US 11,751,332 B2
Cableless interconnect
Robert Drury, Fotherby (GB); and Sean Michael Robin, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to SOFTIRON LIMITED, London (GB)
Filed by SOFTIRON LIMITED, Chilworth (GB)
Filed on Sep. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/488,459.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/085,970, filed on Sep. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0104357 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. H05K 1/14 (2006.01)
CPC H05K 1/141 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baseboard, including:
a printed circuit board;
a motherboard interface configurable to allow communications between the printed circuit board and a motherboard; and
a first ancillary module interface configurable to allow communications between the printed circuit board and a first ancillary module;
wherein:
the motherboard interface is configured to communicate with a plurality of protocols or standards to enable a communication channel between the motherboard and the ancillary module; and
the first ancillary module interface is configured to communicate with a plurality of protocols or standards to enable the communication channel between the motherboard and the ancillary module;
further comprising a programmable differential amplifier configurable to provide a plurality of signal conditioning options for data channels conforming to a protocol of the first ancillary module.