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External storage device

US5550709A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 4, 1994
Grant dateAug 27, 1996
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 4, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01L2924/01079
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An external storage device includes an external storage device main and an external storage device unit. The external storage device main includes a thin type external storage device module formed into a one-side sealed package and having a storage medium series element containing at least one non-volatile semiconductor memory device, and a flat type external connection terminal connected to an input/output terminal of the storage medium series element and led and exposed to a backside of the external storage device module. The external storage device unit includes an external storage device main detachable section for engaging, insertedly attaching and detaching the external storage device main, a resilient contact electrically connecting to the external connection terminal of the external storage device main to be mounted, and at least a part of circuit function for driving and controlling the storage medium series element.

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