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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2012
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jimmy G. Foster, Sr., Morrisville, NC (US);
Tony C. Sass, Fuquay Varina, NC (US);
Paul A. Wormsbecher, Apex, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a socket that receives a memory module that includes a card having card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge, auxiliary voltage pads along at least one of the vertical card edges, and one or more persistent, solid-state memory chips on one or both card faces. A latch pivotally coupled to the socket is movable between a latched position and an unlatched position. The latch includes electrical latch contacts positioned for being engaged with the auxiliary voltage pads when that latch is in the latched position and being disengaged from the auxiliary voltage pads when the latch is in the unlatched position. The electrical latch contacts may provide a different voltage to the auxiliary voltage pads than the socket provides to the card edge voltage pads along the lower card edge.