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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1997
Brett A. Eddy, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Jason L. Glithero, Mesa, AZ (US);
Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
The present invention is a backplane for printed circuit board modules. The backplane includes first and second redundant, signal transmission channels. Multiple pairs of substantially identical first and second connectors are mounted on the backplane. The first connector of each of the multiple pairs is connected to the first channel and the second connector is connected to the second channel. The first and second connectors each have a long dimension and a short dimension, and are positioned on the backplane with the first connector above the second connector and with the short dimensions of the first and second connectors being most proximate. Modules connected to the second connectors of are oriented substantially 180° opposite to the modules connected to the first connectors. This allows modules on the first channel to be quickly discerned from the modules of the second channel.