US 12,469,830 B2
Method of plugging a pluggable processor into a PCBA
Houle Gan, Santa Clara, CA (US); Richard Stuart Roy, Mountain View, CA (US); Yujeong Shim, Cupertino, CA (US); William F. Edwards, Jr., Livermore, CA (US); and Chenhao Nan, Santa Clara, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on May 9, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/659,676.
Application 18/659,676 is a continuation of application No. 17/719,857, filed on Apr. 13, 2022, granted, now 12,002,795.
Prior Publication US 2024/0290763 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. H05K 1/11 (2006.01); H01L 25/16 (2023.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01L 23/00 (2006.01)
CPC H01L 25/162 (2013.01) [H05K 1/11 (2013.01); H05K 1/183 (2013.01); H01L 24/16 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16225 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10015 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1003 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10159 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10166 (2013.01); H05K 2201/1053 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10704 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10719 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.