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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2011
Ravi B. Bingi, Austin, TX (US);
Ranger H. Lam, Austin, TX (US);
Jason R. Talbert, Austin, TX (US);
Pravind K. Hurry, Austin, TX (US);
Brian E. Longhenry, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew W. Steinbach, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff H. Gruger, Austin, TX (US);
Ravi B. Bingi, Austin, TX (US);
Ranger H. Lam, Austin, TX (US);
Jason R. Talbert, Austin, TX (US);
Pravind K. Hurry, Austin, TX (US);
Brian E. Longhenry, Austin, TX (US);
Andrew W. Steinbach, Austin, TX (US);
Jeff H. Gruger, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a connector footprint comprising a first footprint portion operative to receive a first connector portion and a second footprint portion operative to receive a second connector portion. The first footprint portion is compliant with a first communications link type and the first and second footprint portions are jointly compliant with a second communications link type. The printed circuit board includes first conductive traces coupled to the first footprint portion and a first device footprint. The first conductive traces are selectively configurable according to a selected one of the first and second communications link types. The printed circuit board includes a second conductive traces coupled to the second footprint portion and the first device footprint. In at least one embodiment of the apparatus, the first communications link type is AC-coupled and the second communications link type is DC-coupled.