Patent ID: 7106609

Claim:
A computer memory card, comprising: a plurality of memory sub-boards each carrying a plurality of flash EEPROM integrated circuit chips and including electrical conductors attached thereto which interconnect said chips to a plurality of electrical contacts along an edge of said sub-board, said contacts having a predetermined pattern therealong, a controller sub-board carrying at least one integrated circuit chip and characterized by providing an electronic interface between a host computer system bus and said memory chips, a main circuit board including electrical conductors attached thereto and extending between a plurality of electrical contacts at an edge thereof to said controller sub-board and to a plurality of rows of electrical contacts on a surface of said main circuit board that are each arranged in said pattern, said controller sub-board being attached to said main circuit board, said memory sub-boards being attached to said main board with their edge contacts being electrically connected to respective ones of said plurality of rows of contacts on the main board, and a cover enclosing said main printed circuit board and attached sub-boards in a manner that electrical contact may be made with said plurality of contacts at the edge of the main printed circuit board.