| US 7,502,882 B2 | ||
| Advanced mezzanine card adapter | ||
| Douglas Lee Stahl, Phoenix, Ariz. (US); David R. Formisano, Chandler, Ariz. (US); Andy Saffarian, Chandler, Ariz. (US); and Marwan Khoury, San Jose, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 14, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/79,627. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0206647 A1, Sep. 14, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 13/00 (2006.01); H01R 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 710—301 [710/315; 439/65] | 19 Claims |
| 1. An Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) adapter for use with an AMC carrier, said AMC adapter comprising:
a printed circuit board including at least one card edge connector configured to connect to an AMC connector on said AMC carrier;
at least one mezzanine card connector disposed on said printed circuit board, said at least one mezzanine card connector being
configured to connect to connectors on a non-AMC mezzanine card;
a management controller electrically coupled between said mezzanine card connector and said card edge connector, said management
controller being capable of communicating with said AMC carrier; and
a bridge electrically coupled between said mezzanine card connector and said card edge connector, said bridge being capable
of converting between different communication protocols used by said non-AMC mezzanine card and said AMC carrier.
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