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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2002
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Joe A. Harrison, Olympia, WA (US);
Tom G. Ruttan, Lake Oswego, OR (US);
Mathew C. Miscio, University Place, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR (US);
Abstract
An interconnected circuit module and motherboard use an electrical edge connector with conductive polymer contacts. The circuit module has electrical terminals along an edge of a front surface, and the electrical terminals extend to plated cylindrical grooves that are formed in the edge surface of the circuit module. The electrical edge connector is fastened to a surface of the motherboard and receives the edge terminals of the circuit module. When the circuit module is secured in the edge connector, the conductive polymer contacts are aligned with the cylindrical grooves of the circuit module and compressed against a land grid array on the surface of the motherboard. The connector is able to transmit electrical signals between the circuit module and the motherboard without the used of electrical pin connections.