Patent ID: 7547213

Claim:
A memory module for use with a connector having a socket, the memory module comprising: a substrate including a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface, the first major surface having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge; a microelectronic device carried by the substrate; and a plurality of external contact pads operably coupled to the microelectronic device and disposed on the first major surface of the substrate proximate to the second longitudinal edge, the external contact pads including a first contact pad with a first end proximate to the second longitudinal edge and a second contact pad with a second end proximate to the second longitudinal edge, wherein the first end is spaced apart from the first longitudinal edge by a first distance and the second end is spaced apart from the first longitudinal edge by a second distance different than the first distance.