Electronic apparatus
According to an embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a printed circuit board including a plurality of devices that include a nonvolatile memory package and a controller package configured to control the nonvolatile memory package, and a housing accommodating the printed circuit board. The housing includes an opening on a surface constituting the housing. An encryption device among the plurality of devices is present in a first region. The first region is a region on the printed circuit board that is not irradiated with light emitted from a light source placed at the opening. The encryption device is a device used for an encryption process of data to be stored into the nonvolatile memory package.
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a first printed circuit board, a second printed circuit board and a plurality of devices including a nonvolatile memory package and a controller package configured to control the nonvolatile memory package, the controller package being mounted on the first printed circuit board;
a spacer with a first slit, the spacer being interposed between the first and second printed circuit boards; and
a housing accommodating the first and second printed circuit boards and the spacer, the housing including an opening on a surface constituting the housing, wherein
the first slit is placed between the opening and an encryption device among the plurality of devices and the first slit directs an air flow from the opening into an inside of the spacer,
the encryption device is present in a first region, the encryption device being a device used for an encryption process of data to be stored into the nonvolatile memory package,
the first printed circuit board contains the first region and a second region, the first region being a region that is not irradiated with light emitted from a light source placed at the opening, and the second region being a region that is irradiated with the light emitted from the light source at the opening, and
the first region and the second region are defined by the spacer.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the encryption device includes the controller package, which includes an encryption function of performing the encryption process.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the plurality of devices further include a volatile memory package, and
the encryption device includes the volatile memory package.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the encryption device includes the nonvolatile memory package.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing accommodates a board assembly including the first and second printed circuit boards,
the board assembly has a structure that the first and second printed circuit boards and the spacer are fixed to each other,
the first and second printed circuit boards are arranged in a thickness direction,
the spacer is interposed between the first and second printed circuit boards mutually adjacent in the thickness direction, and
the spacer includes a frame part extending along an outer edge of one of the first and second printed circuit boards and a reinforcing part connecting a plurality of sides constituting the frame part.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising a first heat conductive member interposed between the reinforcing part and one of the first and second printed circuit boards or between the reinforcing part and at least one of the devices arranged on one of the first and second printed circuit boards.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein
one of the first and second printed circuit boards includes a first surface on which the controller package is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface,
the reinforcing part extends across a region of the second surface, the region corresponding to a region of the first surface on which the controller package is mounted, and
the first heat conductive member is located between the second surface and the reinforcing part.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a second heat conductive member, wherein
the controller package is arranged on one main surface of two main surfaces of the board assembly and is set in contact with the housing through the second heat conductive member.
9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the spacer between the opening and the encryption device is provided with two types of slits different in direction that are alternately arranged on the surface of the spacer or slits that are arranged in parallel with each other on the surface of the spacer.
10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the spacer includes a frame part extending along an outer edge of the first and second printed circuit boards, and
the first slit is a slit cut in the frame in a first direction inclined to a normal line of a side wall of the housing.
11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein
the spacer further includes a second slit between the opening and the encryption device, and
the second slit is a slit cut in the frame in a second direction inclined to the normal line of the side wall of the housing, the second direction being different from the first direction.
12. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a printed circuit board including a plurality of devices that include a nonvolatile memory package and a controller package configured to control the nonvolatile memory package; and
a housing accommodating the printed circuit board, the housing including an opening in a first region of a first surface constituting the housing, wherein
an encryption device among the plurality of devices is arranged on a first main surface, which is one of two main surfaces of the printed circuit board,
the encryption device is a device used for an encryption process of data to be stored into the nonvolatile memory package, and
the housing includes no openings in a second region of the first surface constituting the housing, the second region bounded by a first position intersected by an imaginary extension of the first main surface of the printed circuit board and a second position intersected by an imaginary extension of a second surface of the housing that faces the first main surface of the printed circuit board.
13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the encryption device includes the controller package, which includes an encryption function of performing the encryption process.
14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 13 , further comprising another encryption device, wherein
said another encryption device is arranged on a second main surface of the printed circuit board opposite to the first main surface, and
the housing includes no openings in a third region of the first surface constituting the housing, the third region bounded by a third position intersected by an imaginary extension of the second main surface of the printed circuit board and a fourth position intersected by an imaginary extension of a third surface of the housing that faces the second main surface.
15. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the plurality of devices further include a volatile memory package, and
the encryption device includes the volatile memory package.
16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the encryption device includes the nonvolatile memory package.
17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein
the housing accommodates a board assembly including a plurality of printed circuit boards,
the board assembly has a structure that the plurality of printed circuit boards and a spacer are fixed to each other,
the plurality of printed circuit boards re arranged in a thickness direction,
the spacer is interposed between plural ones of the printed circuit boards mutually adjacent in the thickness direction, and
the spacer includes a frame part extending along an outer edge of the printed circuit boards and a reinforcing part connecting a plurality of sides constituting the frame part.
18. The electronic apparatus according to claim 17 , further comprising a first heat conductive member interposed between the reinforcing part and one of the printed circuit boards or between the reinforcing part and at least one of the devices arranged on one of the printed circuit boards.
19. The electronic apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein
one of the printed circuit boards includes a first surface on which the controller package is mounted and a second surface opposite the first surface,
the reinforcing part extends across a region of the second surface, the region corresponding to a region of the first surface on which the controller package is mounted, and
the first heat conductive member is located between the second surface of the one of the printed circuit board and the reinforcing part.
20. The electronic apparatus according to claim 19 , further comprising a second heat conductive member,
wherein the controller package is arranged on one main surface of two main surfaces of the board assembly and is set in contact with the housing through the second heat conductive member.
21. The electronic apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein a surface of the spacer opposite to the opening is provided with a slit.