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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2007
Siew S. Hiew, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Kyu Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham C. MA, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-shiang Shen, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Siew S. Hiew, San Jose, CA (US);
Jin Kyu Kim, San Jose, CA (US);
Abraham C. Ma, Fremont, CA (US);
Ming-Shiang Shen, Taipei Hsien, TW;
Super Talent Electronics, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) assembly includes a modular USB core component that is retractably mounted into an external housing. The modular USB core component includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips (e.g., USB controller, flash memory) are attached to the PCB by wire bonding or other chip-on-board (COB) technique. The passive components are attached by conventional surface mount technology (SMT) techniques. The housing includes a retractable mechanism that facilitates selective exposure of metal contacts, either by sliding a front portion of the modular USB core component into and out of a front opening of the housing, or by providing a cover plate that slidably covers the front portion of the modular USB core component.