Information storage device with a bridge controller and a plurality of electrically coupled conductive shields

1. An information storage device comprising:

a disk drive including a disk drive printed circuit board;

a first conductive shield over the disk drive printed circuit board and electrically coupled to the disk drive;

a bridge controller printed circuit board;

a second conductive shield over and electrically coupled to the bridge controller printed circuit board;

a disk drive interface connector electrically coupling the bridge controller printed circuit board with the disk drive printed circuit board;

a third conductive shield attached to the disk drive interface connector;

wherein the first and second conductive shields are in direct contact with each other; and

wherein the third conductive shield is in direct contact with both the first and second conductive shields.

2. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the second conductive shield includes a first conductive tab in contact with the first conductive shield.

3. The information storage device of claim 2 wherein the second conductive shield includes a second conductive tab in contact with the third conductive shield.

4. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the third conductive shield includes a first protrusion in contact with the first conductive shield.

5. The information storage device of claim 4 wherein the third conductive shield includes a second protrusion in contact with the first conductive shield.

6. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the disk drive interface connector is a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) connector.

7. The information storage device of claim 6 wherein the disk drive interface connector is a high-rise SATA connector that includes a rigid plastic body that is at least 6 mm tall and does not include any cable.

8. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the disk drive interface connector does not protrude from the disk drive more than 6 mm in any direction.

9. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the bridge controller printed circuit board includes a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) controller.

10. The information storage device of claim 1 ,

wherein the disk drive further comprises a disk drive top surface, a disk drive bottom surface, and a disk drive periphery, and

wherein the disk drive defines a Z direction that is normal to the disk drive top surface, and

wherein the disk drive defines a disk drive height measured in the Z direction from the disk drive bottom surface to the disk drive top surface, and

wherein the first conductive shield includes a peripheral capacitive flange that at least partially overlaps the disk drive periphery, the peripheral capacitive flange being separated from the disk drive periphery in a direction normal to the Z direction by a clearance, and

wherein the overlap in the Z-direction is at least 5 times the clearance.

11. The information storage device of claim 10 wherein the disk drive is a 2.5″ form-factor disk drive and the overlap is at least 2.5 mm but no more than 10 mm measured in the Z direction.

12. The information storage device of claim 10 wherein the disk drive is a 3.5″ form-factor disk drive and the overlap is at least 2.5 mm but no more than 25.4 mm measured in the Z direction.

13. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the disk drive is a 2.5″ form-factor disk drive, and wherein the first conductive shield comprises sheet metal having a thickness in the range 0.4 mm to 1.2 mm.

14. The information storage device of claim 1 wherein the disk drive is a 3.5″ form-factor disk drive, and wherein the first conductive shield comprises sheet metal having a thickness in the range 0.8 mm to 1.6 mm.