IP Library Granted Patent US 12,469,830
Granted Patent B2
US 12,469,830 · App. 18/659,676 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Method of plugging a pluggable processor into a PCBA

Inventors: Houle Gan (Santa Clara, CA); Richard Stuart Roy (Mountain View, CA); Yujeong Shim (Cupertino, CA); William F. Edwards, Jr. (Livermore, CA); Chenhao Nan (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
H01L25/162H05K1/11H05K1/183H01L24/16H01L2224/16225H05K2201/10015H05K2201/1003H05K2201/10159H05K2201/10166H05K2201/1053H05K2201/10704H05K2201/10719
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Patent No.
US 12,469,830
App. No.
18/659,676
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes forming a module aperture in a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”), forming an electronic communication interface extending around the module aperture, and plugging a pluggable processor module into the module aperture, the pluggable processor module comprising a micro-processor package, a voltage regulator, and a contact. An electronic communication interface of the pluggable processor module is placed in contact with the electronic communication interface of the PCBA.

Claims (26)

1 . A method of plugging a pluggable processor module into a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”), the method comprising:

forming a module aperture in the PCBA;

forming an electronic communication interface extending around the module aperture; and

plugging the pluggable processor module into the module aperture, the pluggable processor module comprising a micro-processor package, a voltage regulator, and a contact, wherein the voltage regulator comprises a capacitor board, a power board and conductive pillars connecting the capacitor board to the power board,

wherein the module aperture is large enough to receive the power board and narrower than the capacitor board, and

wherein an electronic communication interface of the pluggable processor module is placed in contact with the electronic communication interface of the PCBA.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , the method further comprising:

forming the electronic communication interface of the pluggable processor module on a side facing away from the micro-processor package.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the module aperture does not extend through an entire thickness of the PCBA.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising mounting a memory to the PCBA in electronic communication with the electronic communication interface of the PCBA.

5 . The method according to claim 2 , further comprising forming transistors on a side of the power board facing away from the capacitor board.

6 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the electronic communication interface of the pluggable processor module is a land grid array or a pin grid array.

7 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the plugging a processor module into the module aperture comprises inserting an entirety of the voltage regulator into the module aperture.

8 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the module aperture extends through an entire thickness of the PCBA.

9 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the electronic communication interface of the PCBA is configured to engage the electronic communication interface of the pluggable processor module.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein, when the pluggable processor module is plugged into the module aperture, the power board is received in the module aperture.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the capacitor board remain outside the module aperture.

12 . A method of plugging a pluggable processor module into a printed circuit board assembly (“PCBA”), the method comprising:

forming a module aperture in the PCBA;

forming an electronic communication interface extending around the module aperture; and

plugging the pluggable processor module into the module aperture, the pluggable processor module comprising a micro-processor package, a voltage regulator, and a contact, wherein the voltage regulator comprises a capacitor board, a power board and conductive pillars connecting the capacitor board to the power board,

forming a first bolt hole in the capacitor board, and

extending a conductive line from the first bolt hole to one of the conductive pillars.

13 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising supplying power to or from the power board through a bolt disposed in the first bolt hole.

14 . The method according to claim 12 , further comprising forming a second bolt hole in the PCBA.

15 . The method according to claim 14 , further comprising fastening the pluggable processor module to the PCBA using a bolt disposed through the first bolt hole and the second bolt hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2024
From: GAN, HOULE; ROY, RICHARD STUART; SHIM, YUJEONG; EDWARDS, JR., WILLIAM F.; NAN, CHENHAO
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 067566/0326 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17719857 · Apr 13, 2022
Related Publication 20240290763A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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