Memory module, main board, and server device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12079146-B2
Application number	US-202117383056-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2021
Priority date	Dec 30, 2020
Publication date	Sep 3, 2024
Grant date	Sep 3, 2024

Abstract

A memory module includes a memory substrate including a main connector and an auxiliary connector, configured to be connected to an external device; and a plurality of memory chips mounted on at least one of a first surface or a second surface of the memory substrate, wherein the main connector is disposed on one side of the memory substrate, and the auxiliary connector is disposed on the second surface of the memory substrate.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A server device, comprising:
a main board including a processor socket, a first memory module socket, a second memory module socket, a board connector an extension wiring and a channel wiring connecting the processor socket to the first memory module socket;
a processor coupled to the processor socket;
a first memory module connected to the first memory module socket;
a board-to-board (B2B) connector coupled to the first memory module; and
a second memory module connected to the second memory module socket, wherein:
the first memory module is connected to the processor by the channel wiring, and
the second memory module is connected to the processor by the channel wiring, the first memory module, the B2B connector, the board connector, and the extension wiring,
the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket are integrally coupled to the main board,
the board connector is connected to the B2B connector and disposed between the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket, and
the extension wiring connects the board connector to the second memory module socket.

2. The server device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a third memory module, wherein:
the board connector is provided in plural to include a first board connector disposed between the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket, and a second board connector,
the extension wiring is provided in plural to include a first extension wiring connected between the first board connector and the second memory module socket, and a second extension wiring,
the main board further includes a third memory module socket coupled to the third memory module,
the third memory module is connected to the processor by the channel wiring, the first memory module, the first B2B connector, the first board connector, the first extension wiring, the second memory module, a second B2B connector connected to the second board connector, and the second extension wiring connected between the second board connector and the third memory module socket,
the third memory module socket, is different from the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket, and
each of the second memory module and the third memory module has a different structure from the first memory module.

3. The server device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first memory module includes a memory buffer chip configured to transmit at least one of a data signal and a command/address signal received from the processor to at least one of the second memory module and the third memory module.

4. The server device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the main board further includes a third memory module socket different from the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket,
the board connector is provided in plural to include a first board connector and a second board connector,
the first board connector is disposed between the first memory module socket and the second memory module socket, and
the second board connector is disposed between the third memory module socket and the second memory module socket.

5. The server device as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising:
a third memory module connected to the third memory module socket, wherein;
an extension wiring is provided in plural to include a first extension wiring connected between the first board connector and the second memory module socket, and a second extension wiring,
the third memory module, is connected to the processor by the second extension wiring, a second (B2B) connector connected between the second board connector and the second memory module, the second memory module, the first extension wiring the first B2B connector, the first memory module, and the channel wiring, and
the second extension wiring is connected between the second board connector and the third memory module socket.

6. The server device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the third memory module has a different structure from the first memory module and the second memory module, and
each of the first memory module and the second memory module has the same structure.

7. The server device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the number of semiconductor chips included in the third memory module is less than the number of semiconductor chips included in the first memory module.

8. A server device, comprising:
a main board including a processor socket, a first memory module socket, a second memory module socket, a channel wiring, a board connector, and an extension wiring;
a processor coupled to the processor socket;
a first memory module connected to the first memory module socket;
a board-to-board (B2B) connector connecting the first memory module to the board connector; and
a second memory module connected to the second memory module socket, wherein:
the first memory module is connected to the processor by the channel wiring, and
the second memory module is connected to the processor by:
the channel wiring connecting the processor socket to the first memory module socket,
the first memory module,
the B2B connector,
the board connector, and
the extension wiring connecting the board connector to the second memory module socket.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Jeonghyeon
• Kwon Yongsuk
• Kim Kyungsoo
• Kim Jonghoon
• Seok Jonghyun
• Lee Jonggeon

Classifications

• G06F13/409

  Mechanical coupling (back panels H05K7/1438) · CPC title

• G11C7/1063

  Control signal output circuits, e.g. status or busy flags, feedback command signals · CPC title

• G11C5/06

  Arrangements for interconnecting storage elements electrically, e.g. by wiring · CPC title

• G06F13/4068 Primary

  Electrical coupling · CPC title

• H01R12/737

  Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other (for printed connections H05K3/366) · CPC title