Patent ID: 8344842

Claim:
Apparatus comprising: a first generally rectangular multilayer circuit board having a thickness, a length and a width defining a first surface and a second surface generally parallel to the first surface, the first and second surfaces being separated by the thickness, the first circuit board comprising a plurality of conductive layers separated by insulating layers and a plurality of surface contacts arranged along and on the surface of a first edge of the first circuit board, the first edge being defined by the length and the thickness of the first circuit board, wherein the conductive layers include conductive traces such that selected ones of the conductive traces are electrically connected to selected ones of the surface contacts; and a plurality of components respectively mounted to the first circuit board; wherein the plurality of surface contacts are configured and arranged to be mechanically and electrically connected to respective conductors on a surface of a second circuit board by surface mount techniques with the first edge proximate and generally parallel to the surface of the second circuit board and the first and second surfaces of the first circuit board generally orthogonal to the surface of the second circuit board.