Interposers with alignment guides
View Patent ↗An interposer may include a plurality of magnetic plates disposed in the interposer. The interposer may further include contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the interposer and alignment guides disposed on the exterior portion of the interposer. In an example, the contact pins may provide a serial bus connection.
1. An interposer, comprising:
a housing defining a cavity to receive an electronic device;
a plurality of magnetic plates disposed in the housing of the interposer;
a first connector positioned within the housing to couple to a serial hub of the electronic device;
a second connector disposed on an exterior portion of the housing to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device;
contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the housing of the interposer to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device; and
alignment guides disposed on the exterior portion of the housing of the interposer.
2. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the contact pins provide an electrical connection between the interposer and an electronic device coupleable to the interposer.
3. The interposer of claim 1 , further comprising respective structures surrounding each magnetic plate among the plurality of magnetic plates, wherein each respective structure surrounds each respective magnetic plate such that an individual portion of each magnetic plate is exposed.
4. The interposer of claim 1 , wherein the contact pins provide a serial bus connection.
5. The interposer of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of attraction plates disposed on an exterior portion of the interposer that is different than the exterior portion in which the plurality of magnetic plates and the plurality of contact pins are disposed.
6. An interposer, comprising:
a housing defining a cavity to receive an electronic device;
an attraction plate disposed in an interior portion of the housing;
a first connector positioned within the housing to couple to a serial hub of the electronic device;
a second connector disposed on an exterior portion of the housing to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device;
contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the housing of the interposer to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device;
and
alignment guides disposed on an exterior portion of the housing.
7. The interposer of claim 6 , wherein a first alignment guide is located between a first attraction plate and the contact pins, and a second alignment guide is located between a second attraction plate and the contact pins.
8. The interposer of claim 6 , further comprising a rigid flex circuit board coupled to the serial hub, the rigid flex circuit board having a via disposed along a perimeter of the rigid flex circuit board, the via to connect a first portion of the rigid flex circuit board to a first ground location and a second portion of the rigid flex circuit board to a second ground location.
9. The interposer of claim 6 , wherein the housing has a first lateral dimension that is between 101% and 115% larger than the electronic device that is insertable into the housing, and wherein the housing has a second lateral dimension that is between 101% and 115% larger than the electronic device.
10. A system, comprising:
a first interposer comprising:
attraction plates disposed in an interior portion of a housing of the first interposer;
a first connector positioned within the housing to couple to a serial hub of an electronic device;
a second connector disposed on an exterior portion of the housing to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device;
contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the housing of the first interposer to duplicate communication with the serial hub of the electronic device; and
alignment guides disposed on an exterior portion of the first interposer; and
a second interposer comprising:
magnetic plates disposed in the second interposer;
contact pins disposed on an exterior portion of the second interposer; and
alignment guides disposed on the exterior portion of the second interposer, wherein the attraction plates of the first interposer are coupleable to the magnetic plates of the second interposer.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the alignment guides of the first interposer and the alignment guides of the second interposer provide alignment of the first interposer and the second interposer when the first and second interposer are coupled.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the relative locations of the attraction plates of the first interposer is substantially the same as the relative locations of the magnetic plates of the second interposer.