Patent ID: 8477492

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: an enclosure; a battery installed within the enclosure; a number of device components installed within the enclosure; and a main logic board, including a processor and a memory, formed on a contiguous multi-layered printed circuit board, configured to receive power from the battery and control the portable electronic device, the printed circuit board comprising: a first custom shaped portion configured to fit in a first space between the battery and the number of device components including the processor; a second custom shaped portion configured to fit in a second space between the battery and the number of device components including circuitry for operating the portable electronic device; and a thin and narrow third portion installed in a pathway between the number of device components and the battery that connects the first space and the second space wherein the thin and narrow shaped portion only includes traces for providing data or power connections between the first custom shaped portion and the second custom shaped portion.