Adaptable graphics board form factor with adjacent orientation to a motherboard for use with plural external I/O requirements in information handling systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11599150-B2
Application number	US-201916290745-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 1, 2019
Priority date	Apr 11, 2018
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

A system and method of implementing an adaptable graphics board form factor design comprising an adaptable graphics board including a reconfigurable zone subset of components including a reconfigurable I/O module having display data ports disposed along a first edge of the adaptable graphics board, the adaptable graphics board including a set of core components including the graphics processor and graphics memory, wherein the reconfigurable zone subset of components are orientable relative to the set of core components to interface with an information handling system chassis of a first model specification selected from a plurality of model specifications for information handling systems in which the adaptable graphics board may be used, and the adaptable graphics board including a connector pad interface area for receiving an array of compressible electrical spring contacts of a compression jumper pad for a flexible compression jumper connector, wherein the connector pad interface area is disposed along a second edge of the adaptable graphics board for alignment adjacent to a motherboard to be operatively coupled via the flexible compression jumper connector in the information handling system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An adaptable graphics board form factor design comprising:
an adaptable graphics board for an information handling system including a set of core components comprising a graphics processor and a graphics memory, the adaptable graphics board to interface with a motherboard of the information handling system along a first edge of the adaptable graphics board; and
a reconfigurable zone subset of components having a modifiable location for external display data ports disposed along a second edge of the adaptable graphics board with respect to the set of core components, wherein the adaptable graphics board is implementable with a plurality of model specifications for information handling systems depending on orientation of the external display data ports.

2. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 1 wherein the external display data ports interface with a side of a chassis of a first model specification of the information handling system.

3. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 2 wherein the external display data ports may be relocated on the reconfigurable zone subset of components to a third edge of the adaptable graphics board to interface with a side of a chassis of a second model specification that is a different side than the side of the chassis of the first model specification of information handling system.

4. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 1 wherein the reconfigurable zone subset of components may be rotated such that the external display data ports may interface with a side of a chassis of a second model specification that is a different side than the side of the chasses of the first model specification of information handling system.

5. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 1 wherein the set of core components includes an array of electrical contacts at a connector pad interface area along the first edge for receiving an array of compressible electrical spring contacts of a compression jumper pad for a flexible compression jumper connector to interface with the motherboard.

6. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 1 wherein the set of core components further comprises a graphics processor pin break out, and data routing between the graphics processor and graphics memory.

7. The adaptable graphics board form factor of claim 1 , further comprising:
a reconfigurable I/O module providing an I/O connection point between the graphics processor and in the reconfigurable zone subset of components to provide operative coupling to the external display data ports in a plurality of orientations without reconfiguration of the set of core components.

8. An information handling system comprising:
a chassis supporting a motherboard and an adaptable graphics board, wherein the motherboard and graphics board are adjacently aligned;
the adaptable graphics board includes a set of core components for interfacing with the motherboard, wherein the set of core components includes a graphics processor and graphics memory;
the adaptable graphics board further includes a reconfigurable zone subset of components that is configured to interface with the information handling system chassis of a first model specification and is modifiable to a plurality of orientations usable with a plurality of model specifications; and
the reconfigurable zone subset of components includes a modifiable location for external display data ports such that orientation of the reconfigurable zone subset of components may be adjusted with respect to the set of core components and the information handling system chassis.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the reconfigurable zone subset of components includes at least one external display data port customized for interface with the information handling system chassis.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the reconfigurable zone subset of components may be rotated with respect to the set of core components such that the adaptable graphics board may interface with multiple configurations of locations of motherboard and information handling system chassis for a plurality of model specifications of information handling systems.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:
the adaptable graphics board set of core components including a first connector pad interface area; and
a flexible compression jumper connector having a first compression jumper pad with a first array of compressible communication contacts operatively coupled to the first connector pad area of the adaptable graphics board.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the flexible compression jumper connector includes a second compression jumper pad operatively coupled to a second connector pad interface area of the motherboard.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the flexible compression jumper connector has a flexible jumper trace array cable between the first compression jumper pad and the second compression jumper pad adjustable as to relative height between the graphics board and the adjacent motherboard and providing lanes of data communication between a central processor on the motherboard and the graphics processor.

14. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:
A first clamping mechanism including a compression screw to compress the first array of compressible communication contacts to a plurality of electrical contacts at the first connector pad interface area, wherein the compression screw is threaded into a compression screw receiver mounted on or in the adaptable graphics board.

15. The system of claim 8 wherein the set of core components of the adaptable graphics board further comprises power planes supplying the graphics processor and graphics memory.

16. A method of assembling an information handling system with an adaptable graphics board form factor in comprising:
selecting a first model specification selected from a plurality of model specifications for information handling systems in which an adaptable graphics board may be used;
orientating a reconfigurable zone subset of components relative to a set of core components of the adaptable graphics board, wherein the orientation is adapted to the first model specification, and wherein the set of core components includes a graphics processor and a graphics memory;
aligning a first edge of the adaptable graphics board adjacent to a motherboard and a second edge of the adaptable graphics board with a side of an information handling system chassis;
interfacing the adaptable graphics board at the first edge with the motherboard via a flexible compression jumper connector; and
operatively coupling at least one external display data port along the second edge to interface with the side of the information handling system chassis.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
selecting a second model specification selected from the plurality of model specifications for information handling systems in which the adaptable graphics board may be used; and
orienting the reconfigurable zone subset of components relative to a set of core components, wherein the second orientation is adapted to interface with a chassis of the second model specification along a different edge of the adaptable graphics board than the orientation for the first model specification.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the reconfigurable zone subset of components includes an I/O module for I/O connectivity between the at least one external display data port in a plurality of orientations and the set of core components.

19. The method of cl

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Schnell Arnold Thomas
• Guerra Ivan
• Sahota Gurpreet

Classifications

• G06F1/1658

  related to the mounting of internal components, e.g. disc drive or any other functional module · CPC title

• G06F1/203

  for portable computers, e.g. for laptops · CPC title

• G06F1/1633 Primary

  Constructional details or arrangements of portable computers not specific to the type of enclosures covered by groups G06F1/1615 - G06F1/1626 · CPC title

• G06F1/185

  Mounting of expansion boards · CPC title

• G06T1/20 Primary

  Processor architectures; Processor configuration, e.g. pipelining · CPC title