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DIMM riser care with an angled DIMM socket and a straddle mount DIMM socket

US8873249B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

11Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Justin P. Bandholz · Cary, US
Brian M. Kerrigan · Cary, US
Edward J. McNulty · Raleigh, US
Pravin Patel · Cary, US
Peter R. Seidel · Cary, US
Philip L. Weinstein · Apex, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 4, 2012
Grant date	Oct 28, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 27, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49147
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A DIMM riser card that includes a PCB having a first edge, a second edge, and one or more faces. The first edge of the PCB is configured for insertion into a main board DIMM socket. The first edge includes electrical traces that electrically couple to a memory bus. The DIMM riser card includes an angled DIMM socket mounted on one face of the PCB, where the angled DIMM socket is configured to accept a DIMM at an angle not perpendicular to the PCB and electrically couple the DIMM to the memory bus. The DIMM riser card includes a straddle mount DIMM socket mounted on the second edge of the PCB. The straddle mount DIMM socket is configured to accept a DIMM and electrically couple the DIMM to the memory bus through the electrical traces on the first edge of the PCB.

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