CN103092308A - Electronic device and electronic system - Google Patents

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CN103092308A
CN103092308A CN2011103506670A CN201110350667A CN103092308A CN 103092308 A CN103092308 A CN 103092308A CN 2011103506670 A CN2011103506670 A CN 2011103506670A CN 201110350667 A CN201110350667 A CN 201110350667A CN 103092308 A CN103092308 A CN 103092308A
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Provided are an electronic device and an electronic system. The electronic device comprises a printed circuit board, a male connector and a female connector, the printed circuit board is provided with at least one functional circuit, the male connector is coupled with the printed circuit board, and the female connector is coupled with the printed circuit board and matched with the male connector. The electronic device is coupled with the other electrical device in a daisy chain mode. The electronic device and the electronic system enable a user to conveniently assemble the electronic device.

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Electronic installation and electronic system
Technical field
The present invention relates to electronic system, particularly relate to a kind of electronic system with high-speed transfer interface.
Background technology
In recent years, along with computer and development of information industry, various new peripheral equipments can connect PC and notebook computer easily, have wherein comprised various external connection type memory apparatus or other peripheral devices.In daily life, the user uses increasing peripheral device, and various peripheral device has its different specifications and laying method, makes the user use these peripheral devices that inconvenience is arranged.Moreover different peripheral devices also is not easy ornaments together.Therefore need another electronic installation badly and solve inconvenience in use.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, for addressing the deficiencies of the prior art, the invention provides a kind of electronic installation, comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) has at least one functional circuit; One public connector is coupled to printed circuit board (PCB); And a female connectors, be coupled to printed circuit board (PCB), match with public connector, wherein electronic installation is with daisy chained another electronic installation that is coupled to.
The present invention also provides a kind of electronic system, comprising: one first electronic installation has one first public connector, one first female connectors and one first printed circuit board (PCB); An and second electronic device, have one second public connector, one second female connectors and one second printed circuit board (PCB), wherein the second public connector matches with the first public connector with the first female connectors respectively with the second female connectors, makes the first printed circuit board (PCB) communicate by letter with the second printed circuit board (PCB) is daisy chained.
The present invention can be so that user more convenient ground assembling electronic device.
For above and other purpose of the present invention, feature and advantage can be become apparent, a preferred embodiment cited below particularly, and coordinate appended accompanying drawing, be described in detail below:
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Fig. 1 is an embodiment of electronic system of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is an embodiment of electronic installation of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention; And
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention.
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100: electronic system;
120: main frame;
EP1, EP6, EP7, M1~M5: electronic installation;
CM: control module;
S11, S21, S71: the first side;
S12, S22, S52, S62: the second side;
HS1, HS2, HS5, HS6, HS7: housing;
MC1, MC2, MC71, MC72: public connector;
FC1, FC2, FC5, FC61, FC62: female connectors;
PCB1, PCB2, PCB5, PCB6, PCB7: printed circuit board (PCB);
30: the electronic installation set;
DB: data bus;
PR: power rail.
Embodiment
Fig. 1 is an embodiment of electronic system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 1, electronic system 100 comprises electronic installation EP1, M1~M5 and a control module (Control module) CM, and wherein electronic installation EP1 can be input/output expander (I/O Expander).In embodiments of the present invention, control module CM is arranged in electronic installation EP1.In certain embodiments, control module CM can be arranged on one of electronic installation M1~M5, or is arranged on a main frame 120 that is coupled to electronic system 100, but is not limited to this.Electronic installation M1~M5 is stacked and placed on electronic installation EP1 with a direction, and above-mentioned direction is the surface perpendicular to electronic installation EP1.Electronic installation M1~M5 and EP1 are to be compatible to the high-speed transfer interface, for example thunder is to (Thunderbolt, or Light Peak) host-host protocol communicates with main frame 120, and is to couple with daisy chained (Daisy-Chain) between electronic installation EP1 and M1~M5.
Specifically, electronic installation M1~M5 can be the peripheral device (peripheral device) of any kind.For instance, electronic installation M1 can be that TV box (TV box), electronic installation M2 can be that CD drive (optical disk drive), electronic installation M3 can be hard disk drive (Hard disk driver, HDD), electronic installation M4 can be that graphics processing unit (Graphics Processing Unit, GPU) device, electronic installation M5 can be loudspeaker (speaker).It should be noted that, quantity and the kind of electronic installation are not limited to this, any have thunder run quickly the interface electronic installation, have than the run quickly transmission speed electronic installation faster at interface interface of thunder, perhaps be all category of the present invention with the daisy chained electronic installation that couples.Due to graphics processing unit of the present invention or CPU (central processing unit) need high-speed computation data, therefore need be arranged in the electronic installation with high-speed transfer interface (for example more than 5Gbps).It should be noted that in certain embodiments, the graphics processing unit of electronic system 100 or CPU (central processing unit) can operate separately and need not pass through main frame 120, and for instance, electronic system 100 external-connection displayers and keyboard or mouse can become PC.
Electronic installation EP1 can provide power supply to electronic installation M1~M5 or be coupled to the peripheral device of electronic installation EP1.electronic installation EP1 has functional circuit, functional circuit comprises a bridgt circuit, be compatible to high-speed transfer interface (for example more than 5Gbps) and the transport interface that is different from the high-speed transfer interface in order to bridge joint, the above-mentioned transport interface that is different from the high-speed transfer interface comprises high-definition multi-media interface (High-Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI), digital picture interface (digital visual interface, DVI), Video Graphics Array interface (Video Graphics Array, VGA), socket (Network Interface), general serial bus interface (Universal Serial Bus, USB), audio interface (Audio Interface), make peripheral device to communicate by these interfaces and main frame 120 or electronic installation M1~M5.
Fig. 2 is an embodiment of electronic installation of the present invention.As shown in Figure 2, each electronic installation M1 comprises a printed circuit board (PCB) (printed circuit boards) PCB 1, a public connector MC1, a female connectors FC1, a housing (housing) HS1.Printing board PCB 1 has at least one functional circuit (fuctional circuit), and functional circuit can be graphics processing unit, CPU (central processing unit), storage element or network element, but is not limited to this.Alternative graphics processing unit and the CPU (central processing unit) of using in electronic system 100 or main frame 120 of user perhaps used electronic system 100 and the interior graphics processing unit of main frame 120 and CPU (central processing unit) simultaneously.The user can be undertaken need not passing through main frame 120 with the world-wide web line by the network element in electronic system 100.Housing HS1 has one first side S11 and is different from the one second side S12 of the first side S11, public connector MC1 is arranged in the projection (protrusion) of the first side S11, female connectors FC1 is arranged in the groove (recess) of the second side S12, wherein projection matches with groove, makes public connector MC1 and female connectors FC1 to combine with female connectors and the public connector of another electronic installation (for example one of electronic installation M2~M5) respectively.
Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 3, electronic installation M1 has public connector MC1, female connectors FC1, printing board PCB 1 and housing HS1.Electronic installation M2 has public connector MC2, female connectors FC2, printing board PCB 2 and housing HS2, and its middle shell HS2 is similar to housing HS1, and housing HS2 has the first side S21 and is different from the second side S22 of the first side S21.In addition, electronic installation M3~M5 also has identical device, just repeats no more.The projection of the first side S21 matches with the groove of the second side S12, public connector MC2 matches with public connector MC1 with female connectors FC1 respectively with female connectors FC2, when electronic installation M1 is connected with electronic installation M2, the second side S12 of housing HS1 and the first side S21 of housing HS2 are face-to-face, make the public connector MC2 electric connection of female connectors FC1 with the projection that is arranged at the first side S21 of the groove that is arranged at the second side S12, so that printing board PCB 1 is communicated by letter with printing board PCB 2 is daisy chained.After electronic installation M1~M5 series connection, form electronic installation set 30, data line and the power lead of each electronic installation are connected into data bus (Data Bus) DB and power rail (Power Rail) PR, electronic installation M1~M5 can obtain power supply from electronic installation EP1 by power lead PR, and carries out the transmission of data by data bus DB.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 4, electronic installation EP6 has female connectors FC61 and FC62, printing board PCB 6 and housing HS6.The projection of the first side S11 matches with the groove of the second side S62 of electronic installation EP6, and public connector MC1 matches with female connectors FC61 and FC62.When electronic installation EP6 is connected with electronic installation M1, the second side S62 of housing HS6 and the first side S11 of housing HS1 are face-to-face, make the public connector MC1 electric connection of female connectors FC62 with the projection that is arranged at the first side S11 of the groove that is arranged at the second side S62, so that printing board PCB 6 is communicated by letter with printing board PCB 1 is daisy chained, make electronic installation M1~M5 to communicate by electronic installation EP6 and main frame 120.
Fig. 5 is a schematic diagram of electronic system of the present invention.As shown in Figure 5, electronic installation EP7 has public connector MC71 and MC72, printing board PCB 7 and housing HS7.The recessed groove with the first side S71 of electronic installation EP7 of the second side S52 of electronic installation M5 matches, and female connectors FC5 matches with public connector MC71 and MC72.When electronic installation EP7 is connected with electronic installation M5, the first side S71 of housing HS7 and the second side S52 of housing HS5 are face-to-face, make the public connector MC7 electric connection of female connectors FC5 with the projection that is arranged at the first side S71 of the groove that is arranged at the second side S52, so that printing board PCB 5 is communicated by letter with printing board PCB 7 is daisy chained, make electronic installation M1~M5 to communicate by electronic installation EP7 and main frame 120.
In sum, electronic installation M1~M5 of the present invention has public connector and female connectors, make one of electronic installation M1~M5 not need extra connector (or connecting line) can be stacked and placed on mutually another one, and each electronic installation M1~M5 is the mutual daisy chained hot plug that couples (hot-plug) device, make the more convenient assembling electronic device of user, increase convenience.
The feature of the many embodiment of above narration, under making in technical field those of ordinary skill can know the form of understanding this instructions.Under in technical field those of ordinary skill can understand its can utilize disclosure of the present invention for the basis with design or change other techniques and structure is completed the purpose that is same as above-described embodiment and/or reached the advantage that is same as above-described embodiment.Under in technical field those of ordinary skill also can understand the equivalent constructions that does not break away from the spirit and scope of the present invention and can change arbitrarily without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention, substitute and retouch.

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1. electronic installation comprises:
One printed circuit board (PCB) has at least one functional circuit;
One public connector is coupled to printed circuit board (PCB); And
One female connectors is coupled to above-mentioned printed circuit board (PCB), matches with above-mentioned public connector;
Wherein above-mentioned electronic installation is with daisy chained another electronic installation that is coupled to.
2. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned public connector and female connectors meet the thunder interface of running quickly.
3. electronic installation as claimed in claim 2, wherein the above-mentioned functions circuit comprises a bridgt circuit, is compatible to transport interface that thunder runs quickly and is different from the transport interface that thunder is run quickly in order to bridge joint.
4. electronic installation as claimed in claim 2 wherein above-mentionedly is different from transport interface that thunder runs quickly and comprises high-definition multi-media interface, digital picture interface, Video Graphics Array interface, socket, general serial bus interface and/or audio interface.
5. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein above-mentioned public connector matches with the female connectors of another electronic installation, and above-mentioned female connectors matches with the public connector of another electronic installation.
6. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, wherein the above-mentioned functions circuit is that graphics processing unit, CPU (central processing unit), storage element, TV box processing unit and/or light store control module.
7. electronic installation as claimed in claim 1, also comprise a housing, have one first side and one second side, above-mentioned public connector is arranged in a projection of above-mentioned the first side, above-mentioned female connectors is arranged in a groove of above-mentioned the second side, wherein above-mentioned projection matches with above-mentioned groove, makes above-mentioned public connector or above-mentioned female connectors combine with female connectors or the public connector of another electronic installation respectively.
8. electronic installation as claimed in claim 7, wherein above-mentioned printed circuit board (PCB) is arranged in above-mentioned housing, and with above-mentioned public connector and above-mentioned female connectors electric property coupling.
9. electronic system comprises:
One first electronic installation has one first public connector, one first female connectors and one first printed circuit board (PCB); And
One second electronic device, have one second public connector, one second female connectors and one second printed circuit board (PCB), wherein above-mentioned the second public connector matches with above-mentioned the first public connector with above-mentioned the first female connectors respectively with above-mentioned the second female connectors, makes above-mentioned the first printed circuit board (PCB) and daisy chained communication of above-mentioned the second printed circuit board (PCB).
10. electronic system as claimed in claim 9 also comprises:
One input/output expander, have one the 3rd public connector and/or one the 3rd female connectors, above-mentioned the 3rd public connector and above-mentioned the 3rd female connectors match with above-mentioned the first female connectors and above-mentioned the first public connector respectively, make above-mentioned the first electronic installation and above-mentioned second electronic device sequentially be stacked and placed on above-mentioned input/output expander with a direction.
11. electronic system as claimed in claim 10, wherein above-mentioned input/output expander comprises a bridgt circuit, is compatible to transport interface that thunder runs quickly and at least onely is different from the transport interface that thunder is run quickly in order to bridge joint.
12. electronic system as claimed in claim 11 wherein above-mentionedly is different from transport interface that thunder runs quickly and comprises high-definition multi-media interface, digital picture interface, Video Graphics Array interface, socket, general serial bus interface and/or audio interface.
13. electronic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned the first electronic installation and above-mentioned second electronic device have respectively a groove and a projection, above-mentioned projection matches with above-mentioned groove, makes above-mentioned the first female connectors that is arranged at above-mentioned groove and above-mentioned the second public connector that is arranged at above-mentioned projection be electrically connected.
14. electronic system as claimed in claim 9, wherein above-mentioned printed circuit board (PCB) has graphics processing unit, CPU (central processing unit), storage element, TV box processing unit and/or light storage control module.
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