IP Library Granted Patent US 7,677,898
Granted Patent B2
US 7,677,898 · App. 12/023,008 · Granted Mar 16, 2010

Patch panel and patch panel connector

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Patent No.
US 7,677,898
App. No.
12/023,008
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exemplary patch panel includes a printed circuit board having a plurality of signal terminals for connecting to two pairs of peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) X1 differential signal terminals of an I/O controller hub (ICH), an interface terminal of a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), four pairs of differential signal terminals of the HDMI, four pairs of differential signal terminals of a graphic and memory controller hub (GMCH), one of another differential signal terminal of the GMCH, and two pairs of differential signal terminals of a PCI-E X16 slot. Therefore, the ICH is connected to the PCI-E X16 slot via the patch panel for supporting a PCI-E X1 card while the GMCH is connected to the HDMI via the patch panel. A patch panel connector is provided to mount the patch panel on a motherboard.

Claims (2)

1. A patch panel operable to a motherboard comprising an I/O controller hub (ICH), a high definition multimedia interface (HDMI), a graphic and memory controller hub (GMCH), and a peripheral component interconnect express (PCI-E) X16 slot, the patch panel comprising a printed circuit board having first to twenty-sixth signal terminals defined on a first side thereof and twenty-seventh to fiftieth signal terminals defined on a second side thereof, wherein the first to thirteenth signal terminals are connected to the twentieth, twenty-fifth, twenty-sixth, twenty-third, twenty-fourth, eighteenth, nineteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth, fifteenth, fourteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second signal terminals respectively, the twenty-seventh to thirty-eighth signal terminals are connected to the forty-eighth, forty-seventh, fiftieth, forty-ninth, forty-sixth, forty-fifth, forty-third, forty-fourth, thirty-ninth, fortieth, forty-first, and forty-second signal terminals respectively, wherein when the first side of the printed circuit board is mounted on the motherboard, the second to the fifth signal terminals are connected to two pairs of PCI-E X1 differential signal terminals of the ICH, the first signal terminal is connected to an interface terminal of the HDMI, the sixth to the thirteenth signal terminals are connected to four pairs of differential signal terminals of the HDMI, the fourth to the nineteenth, twenty-first, and twenty-second signal terminals are connected to four pairs of differential signal terminals of the GMCH, the twentieth signal terminal is connected to one of another differential signal terminal of the GMCH, and the twenty-third to the twenty-sixth signal terminals are connected to two pairs of differential signal terminals of the PCI-E X16 slot, so that the GMCH is connected to the HDMI and concurrently the ICH is connected to the PCI-E X16 slot; wherein when the second side of the printed circuit board is mounted on the motherboard, the twenty-seventh to the thirty-eighth signal terminals are connected to six pairs of differential signal terminals of the GMCH, and the thirty-ninth to the fiftieth signal terminals are connected to six pairs of differential signal terminals of the PCI-E X16 slot, so that the GMCH is connected to the PCI-E X16 slot.

2. A patch panel connector operable to mount the first or second side of the printed circuit board of the patch panel on the motherboard as claimed in claim 1 , the patch panel connector comprising first to thirty-seventh terminals, wherein the first terminal is arranged to connect to an interface terminal of the HDMI, the second to the fifth terminals are arranged to connect to two pairs of PCI-E X1 differential signal terminals of the ICH, the sixth to the thirteenth terminals are arranged to connect to four pairs of differential signal terminals of the HDMI, the fourteenth to the twenty-fifth terminals are arranged to connect to six pairs of differential signal terminals of the GMCH, and the twenty-sixth to the thirty-seventh terminals are arranged to connect to six pairs of differential signal terminals of the PCI-E X16 slot.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2018
From: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
To: HONGFUJIN PRECISION ELECTRONICS(TIANJIN)CO.,LTD.
Reel/Frame 045501/0324 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2008
From: RUI, YI; PAN, AI-YU; SHEN, JIAN-SHE; HUANG, MEI
To: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020440/0440 →