Patent ID: 8472204

Claim:
A card assembly comprising: a) a single module form factor advanced mezzanine card printed wiring board (AMC PWB) as a carrier host card and configured to be accepted between opposing card guides, b) an interposer printed wiring board (PWB) situated between the carrier host card and one of a PCI Mezzanine card (PMC) and a switched mezzanine card (XMC) as a hosted card, wherein said carrier host card and said interposer printed wiring board (PWB) is configured to have a space there-between, the space sufficient to provide clearance between the card guides and the interposer PWB, and c) a customized front panel including a first cutout for the carrier host card and a second cutout for said one of the PCI Mezzanine card (PMC) and the switched mezzanine card (XMC), wherein a width of the interposer PWB is less than a width of the AMC PWB host card in the range of about 0.05 to about 0.15 inches, and wherein a width of the one of the PCI Mezzanine card (PMC) and the switched mezzanine card (XMC) is greater than the space between opposing card guides.