Patent ID: 7848115

Claim:
A system for supplying electrical connectivity to one or more circuit board based devices, the system comprising: a backplane, comprising a mounting surface including a plurality of modular power connectors; and at least one module, comprising: an interface portion including at least one connector for electrically connecting the module with an external device; at least one module adapter card including a power connection portion connected with a corresponding one of the plurality of modular power connectors of the backplane; a circuit board based device including a circuit board connected with the module adapter card, the circuit board based device having a plurality of power related electrical contacts and a plurality of data-related electrical contacts, wherein at least one of the plurality of power-related electrical contacts is in electrical communication with the power connection portion through the module adapter card, and at least one of the data-related electrical contacts is connected with the interface portion, wherein the backplane is configured to connect with a power supply, such that the power supply supplies power to the at least one module through one of the modular power connectors when the at least one module is connected with the corresponding modular power connector.