Multimedia card and mobile electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11640512-B2
Application number	US-201917276072-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 17, 2019
Priority date	Sep 13, 2018
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

A multimedia card includes a substrate, and a main control chip, a memory chip, and an interface contacts that are disposed on the substrate. The main control chip and the memory chip are covered with a packaging layer. The interface contacts includes a power contact, configured to receive a first voltage that is input from the outside; and a transformer circuit is further disposed on the substrate, is coupled to the interface contacts, the main control chip, and the memory chip, and is configured to convert the input first voltage into a second voltage, to provide two types of power supplies with the first voltage and the second voltage for the main control chip and the memory chip. In the foregoing manner, an area of the multimedia card is reduced, and a quantity of working modes of the multimedia card increases.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A multimedia card comprising a substrate, eight contacts, a transformer circuit disposed on the substrate, a control chip, and a memory chip, wherein:
the eight contacts are disposed on the substrate,
the multimedia card comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,
the first edge is parallel to the second edge,
the third edge is parallel to the fourth edge,
a distance between the first edge and the second edge is a first distance, a distance between the third edge and the fourth edge is a second distance,
the first distance is greater than the second distance,
a contact of the eight contacts is a power supply contact configured to receive a first voltage,
the power supply contact is coupled to the transformer circuit, and the transformer circuit is configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage,
four contacts of the eight contacts are distributed along the first edge, and the other four contacts of the eight contacts are distributed along the second edge,
the control chip and the memory card are covered with a packaging layer, and
based on the multimedia card working in an HS200 mode, the memory chip is configured to receive the first voltage from the power supply contact, and the control chip is configured to receive the second voltage from the transformer circuit.

2. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein the multimedia card complies with an Embedded Multi Media Card (eMMC) protocol.

3. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein the first voltage is 3.3V and the second voltage is 1.8V.

4. The multimedia card of claim 1 ,
wherein the eight contacts comprise a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, a fourth contact, a fifth contact, a sixth contact, a seventh contact, and an eighth contact,
wherein the four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the first edge comprise: the first contact, the second contact, the third contact, and the fourth contact distributed along the first edge,
wherein the other four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the second edge comprise: the fifth contact, the sixth contact, the seventh contact, and the eight contact distributed along the second edge, and
wherein the fourth contact and the fifth contact are adjacent to the third edge, and a shape of the fourth contact is L shape, a shape of the fifth contact is L shape.

5. The multimedia card of claim 4 , wherein the fourth contact comprises a first body part and a first extension part, the first extension part extends between the third contact and the first edge, the first body part is distributed along the third edge, and the fifth contact comprises a second body part and a second extension part;
wherein the second extension part extends between the sixth contact and the second edge, the second body part is distributed along the edge.

6. The multimedia card of claim 1 ,
wherein the eight contacts comprise a power contact, a ground contact, a clock contact, a command contact, a first data contact, a second data contact, a third contact, and a fourth data contact.

7. The multimedia card of claim 6 ,
wherein the four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the first edge comprise: the second data contact, the command contact, the ground contact, and the fourth data contact distributed along the first edge,
wherein the other four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the second edge comprise: the third data contact, the power contact, the first data contact, and the clock contact distributed along the second edge.

8. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the multimedia card is a shape of a nano-SIM card.

9. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein a size of the multimedia card is a size of a nano-SIM card.

10. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the first edge and the second edge is 12.3 mm, and a distance between the third edge and the fourth edge is 8.8 mm.

11. The multimedia card of claim 1 , wherein a chamfer is disposed between the first edge and the fourth edge.

12. A mobile electronic device comprising: a subscriber identification module (SIM) card slot and a memory card slot that are disposed on a same card tray, wherein the SIM card slot and the memory card slot have a same shape, and the memory card slot is configured to accommodate a multimedia card, wherein the multimedia card comprises a substrate, eight contacts, a transformer circuit disposed on the substrate, a control chip, and a memory chip, wherein:
the eight contacts are disposed on the substrate,
the multimedia card comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,
the first edge is parallel to the second edge,
the third edge is parallel to the fourth edge,
a distance between the first edge and the second edge is a first distance, a distance between the third edge and the fourth edge is a second distance,
the first distance is greater than the second distance,
a contact of the eight contacts is a power supply contact configured to receive a first voltage,
the power supply contact is coupled to the transformer circuit, and the transformer circuit is configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage,
four contacts of the eight contacts are distributed along the first edge, and the other four contacts of the eight contacts are distributed along the second edge,
the control chip and the memory card are covered with a packaging layer, and
based on the multimedia card working in an HS200 mode, the memory chip is configured to receive the first voltage from the power supply contact, and the control chip is configured to receive the second voltage from the transformer circuit.

13. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the multimedia card complies with an Embedded Multi Media Card (eMMC) protocol.

14. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 , wherein the first voltage is 3.3V and the second voltage is 1.8V.

15. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 ,
wherein the eight contacts comprise a first contact, a second contact, a third contact, a fourth contact, a fifth contact, a sixth contact, a seventh contact, and an eighth contact,
wherein the four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the first edge comprise: the first contact, the second contact, the third contact, and the fourth contact distributed along the first edge,
wherein the other four contacts of the eight contacts distributed along the second edge comprise: the fifth contact, the sixth contact, the seventh contact, and the eight contact distributed along the second edge, and
wherein the fourth contact and the fifth contact are adjacent to the third edge, and a shape of the fourth contact is L shape, a shape of the fifth contact is L shape.

16. The mobile electronic device of claim 15 , wherein the fourth contact comprises a first body part and a first extension part, the first extension part extends between the third contact and the first edge, the first body part is distributed along the third edge, and the fifth contact comprises a second body part and a second extension part;
wherein the second extension part extends between the sixth contact and the second edge, the second body part is distributed along the edge.

17. The mobile electronic device of claim 12 ,
wherein the eight contacts comprise a power contact, a ground contact, a clock contact, a command contact, a first data contact, a second data contact, a third contact, and a fourth data contact.

18. The mobile electronic device of c

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Li Zhongzheng
• Zhou Jian
• Li Zhixiong
• Wang Jingyang

Classifications

• G06K19/072

  the record carrier comprising a plurality of integrated circuit chips · CPC title

• G11C16/30

  Power supply circuits · CPC title

• G06K19/07743 Primary

  External electrical contacts · CPC title

• G06K19/0701 Primary

  at least one of the integrated circuit chips comprising an arrangement for power management · CPC title

• G06K19/0772 Primary

  Physical layout of the record carrier · CPC title