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Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016

Filed:

May. 22, 2014
Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

James Lewis Petivan, Austin, TX (US);

Alan R. Dellinger, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/04 (2006.01); H05K 3/42 (2006.01); H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H05K 3/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R 31/041 (2013.01); G01R 31/04 (2013.01); H05K 1/0275 (2013.01); H05K 3/42 (2013.01); H05K 1/0268 (2013.01); H05K 1/113 (2013.01); H05K 3/3447 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10022 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10151 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10651 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10939 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49156 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49167 (2015.01);
Abstract

In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a circuit board may include a connector configured to electrically couple a device to the circuit board. The connector may include a conductive element configured to be electrically coupled to a first voltage and a detection pad configured to be electrically coupled to a second voltage via a resistor, such that when a device pin of a device is electrically coupled to the conductive element, the detection pad is electrically coupled to the conductive element via the device pin.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Petivan, James. (2016). Systems and methods for detecting unauthorized population of surface-mount devices on a printed circuit board (U.S. Patent No. 9519018). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9519018

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