IP Library Granted Patent US 9,660,364
Granted Patent B2
US 9,660,364 · App. 14/055,506 · Granted May 23, 2017

System interconnect for integrated circuits

Inventors: Timothy Wig (Northborough, MA); Todd Hinck (Arlington, MA); Sanka Ganesan (Chandler, AZ)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H01R12/53H04B1/3883H04L12/40013H01R12/721H01R31/06H04B15/04
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Patent No.
US 9,660,364
App. No.
14/055,506
Granted
May 23, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device for transmitting data is described herein. In some examples, the electronic device includes a package substrate, and a plurality of integrated circuits to be coupled to the package substrate, at least one integrated circuit comprising a topside connector or an edge connector to be coupled to a cable that is to couple to a cable receptacle.

Claims (22)

1. An electronic device to transmit data comprising:

a package substrate; and

a plurality of integrated circuits coupled to the package substrate, at least one integrated circuit comprising a topside connector coupled to a cable receptacle via a first cable, the cable receptacle also coupled to a printed circuit board via a second cable separate from the first cable, the second cable receiving a sideband signal from the printed circuit board, wherein the at least one integrated circuit is connected to a backplane connector through the cable receptacle, and wherein a backplane package substrate enables data transmission between the at least one integrated circuit and a switch fabric silicon without a repeater.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the package substrate does not include the first cable.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the cable receptacle transmits data to a switch fabric silicon.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the first cable is one of a coaxial cable, a micro-coaxial cable, twin-axial cable, or a flexible printed circuit.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the cable receptacle is a CXP cable receptacle.

6. An electronic device to transmit data comprising:

an integrated circuit coupled to a package substrate, the integrated circuit having a topside connector coupled to a first cable; and

a double-ended cable receptacle that is electrically coupled to the first cable from the topside connector and a second cable separate from the first cable that is electrically coupled to a chassis panel comprising a printed circuit board, the second cable receiving a sideband signal from the printed circuit board, wherein the integrated circuit is connected to a backplane connector through the double-ended cable receptacle, and wherein a backplane package substrate enables data transmission between the integrated circuit and a switch fabric silicon without a repeater.

7. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the double-ended cable receptacle transmits the data from the integrated circuit to the printed circuit board.

8. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the topside connector is a network interface connector integrated into the first cable.

9. The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the topside connector is a network interface connector that attaches to the first cable through one of a low insertion force connector and a land grid array.

10. A system to transmit data comprising:

an integrated circuit coupled to a first package substrate, the integrated circuit to have a topside connector coupled to a first cable;

a double-ended cable receptacle coupled to the first cable that is to transmit the data from the topside connector of the integrated circuit of the first package substrate to a chassis panel comprising a printed circuit board, the double-ended cable receptacle also coupled to a second cable separate from the first cable, the second cable receiving a sideband signal from the printed circuit board; and

a backplane printed circuit board comprising a switch fabric silicon, wherein the integrated circuit is connected to a backplane connector through the double-ended cable receptacle, and wherein the backplane printed circuit board enables data transmission between the integrated circuit and the switch fabric silicon without a repeater.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the double-ended cable receptacle resides within the backplane printed circuit board.

12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first package substrate does not include the first cable.

13. The system of claim 10 , wherein the double-ended cable receptacle transmits data to the switch fabric silicon.

14. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first cable is one of a coaxial cable, a micro-coaxial cable, a twin-axial cable, or a flexible printed circuit board cable.

15. The system of claim 10 , wherein the first cable comprises a connector, wherein the connector is a quad small form-factor pluggable connector.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2014
From: WIG, TIMOTHY; HINCK, TODD; GANESAN, SANKA
To: INTEL CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61714871 · Oct 17, 2012
Related Publication 20140106582A1 · Apr 17, 2014