CN204374831U - Function slot and use the mainboard of this function slot - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model provides a functional slot and a motherboard using the functional slot. The functional slot is compatible with the next-generation size specification NGFF standard, and can selectively insert an adapter card to provide a standard PCI transmission interface for peripheral interconnection. Therefore, it can be set on the main board to support two transmission interface standards of M.2 and PCI; in addition, the main board can also be provided with a fast peripheral interconnection PCIe slot capable of inserting a baseboard management controller BMC card; therefore, the main board can On the premise of not increasing the area of the motherboard, it flexibly supports multiple transmission interface standards, thereby saving time and cost for circuit design and testing of the motherboard.

Description

Function slot and the motherboard using the function slot

technical field

The utility model relates to a mainboard of an electronic product, in particular to a functional slot capable of selectively providing at least two interface specifications under the premise of maintaining the area of the original mainboard and a mainboard using the functional slot.

Background technique

Generally speaking, in order to allow users to improve or expand the functions of current electronic products, the motherboard will be provided with multiple slots as input and output signal interfaces, and the corresponding wiring layout will be carried out so that each slot can be connected to the motherboard. communicate with the CPU on the However, the current trend of electronic products towards miniaturization and multi-functionalization leads to a limitation in the area of the main board, and at the same time, it must provide a sufficient number of slots to support various transmission interfaces, which greatly increases the design difficulty of the main board.

For example, the main board used by the server usually has the function of Baseboard Management Controller (BMC). Under the premise of the large area of the main board, the circuit layout of the main board is relatively easy, but if it is for a small area When the motherboard specification, such as microATX, needs to provide BMC functions and at least support four expansion slots, audio and network functions at the same time, the circuit design of the motherboard will become quite difficult. In addition, the motherboard must be designed with different circuit layouts for different usage requirements, which will increase the cost of design and testing.

Utility model content

In order to solve the aforementioned problems, the main purpose of this utility model is to provide a functional slot and a motherboard using the functional slot, which solves the design restrictions faced by the current motherboard and supports multiple slots without increasing the area of the original motherboard. Various transmission interface standards, and can selectively provide BMC function, so that the configuration flexibility of the motherboard is improved.

The secondary purpose of the utility model is to provide a functional slot and a motherboard using the functional slot, which can be applied to various occasions and save the time and cost of circuit design and testing of the motherboard.

In order to achieve the above purpose, the utility model provides a functional slot, which is compatible with the next-generation size standard (NGFF or M.2), and can selectively insert an adapter card to provide PCI (PCI) transmission interface. Therefore, two transmission interface standards of M.2 and PCI can be provided in a single slot.

The utility model also provides a main board using the above-mentioned functional slot, and at least one of the above-mentioned functional slots is provided on its surface. In addition, the motherboard can also be provided with a PCIe slot, which can selectively insert a baseboard management controller (BMC) card.

Thus, the utility model can utilize the shortcut peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot to selectively insert a shortcut peripheral interconnection (PCIe) card or a BMC insertion card, and can utilize the function slot to selectively insert an M .2 Plug-in card or riser card to flexibly support BMC function or provide PCI slot, with multiple configuration methods.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is a top view of a shortcut peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot inserted with a PCIe X4 plug-in card related to the first embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a left view of a PCIe slot inserted with a BMC card according to the second embodiment of the present invention, wherein the BMC card is a vertical card.

3 is a top view of a PCIe slot inserted with a BMC card according to the third embodiment of the present invention, wherein the BMC card is a horizontal card.

Fig. 4 is a top view of a functional slot inserted with an M.2 card according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a top view of the functional slot inserted with the riser card according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention.

(Symbol Description)

10...Motherboard

20...Express Peripheral Interconnect Slot

21...PCIe X4 card

22...BMC card

30...function slots

31...M.2 card

32... Riser card

321...peripheral interconnect standard slots

322...conversion chip

40...PCIe X1 slots

Detailed ways

In order to further understand the utility model, the preferred embodiments of the utility model are described as follows in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

Please refer to Fig. 1, the utility model provides mainboard 10, and the surface of this mainboard 10 is provided with fast peripheral equipment interconnection (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express, PCIe) slot 20, function slot 30 and PCIe X1 slot 40, function slot 30 Both the PCIe X1 slot 40 and the PCIe X1 slot 40 are arranged along the length direction of the peripheral interconnection express (PCIe) slot 20 and are located on both sides of the peripheral interconnection express (PCIe) slot 20.

The fast peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot 20 adopts the specification standard of PCIe X4, and its pin definition (Pin Definition) can support the line signals of the PCIe X4 transmission interface and the BMC transmission interface at the same time, making the fast peripheral interconnection (PCIe) The slot 20 can selectively insert a PCIe X4 card 21 (as shown in Figure 1) or a BMC card 22 (as shown in Figures 2 and 3). Wherein, the definition of the pins of the PCIe slot 20 is a common technology in the field, and will not be repeated here.

The functional slot 30 adopts the next-generation size specification standard (Next Generation FormFactor, NGFF or M.2), and changes 15 to 20 of the pin numbers 8 to 48 in the above-mentioned NGFF standard specification as power supply ( Power), so that the above-mentioned functional slot 30 can selectively insert an M.2 plug-in card 31 (as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 ) and an adapter card 32 (as shown in FIG. 4 ). Wherein, the above-mentioned M.2 plug-in card 31 may be a wireless network module, and the above-mentioned adapter card 32 is a Peripheral Interconnect Standard (PCI) slot.

The configuration mode of the first embodiment provided by the motherboard 10 of the present utility model is shown in Figure 1, the PCIe X4 plug-in card 21 is inserted in the fast peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot 20, and the wireless network module is inserted in the function slot 30 The M.2 card 31, as for the PCIe X1 slot 40 is unused. Therefore, the configuration method of this embodiment can be adapted to the usage requirements of general personal computers.

Please refer to FIG. 2 for the occasions where the BMC function needs to be provided. The configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention is to insert the BMC card 22 upright into the PCIe slot 20 to provide the BMC function. In addition, the above-mentioned shortcut peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot 20 can also be changed to a horizontal type for horizontally inserting the BMC card 22, as shown in Figure 3 is the third embodiment of the present utility model, so that PCIe X1 The slots 40 can be exposed, and the user has more slots to use.

Based on the foregoing description, the PCIe slot 20 can be arranged vertically or horizontally on the motherboard 10, and is used to insert the BMC card 22 in a vertical or horizontal manner, so that the motherboard 10 can flexibly provide the PCIe X1 slot 40 , and cooperate with the function slot 30 to provide the function of the wireless network.

Please refer to Fig. 4, the utility model also provides the 4th embodiment, mainly is to remove the shortcut peripheral interconnection (PCIe) slot 20 and the PCIe X1 slot 40 of the aforementioned embodiment, and the main board 10 is provided with three screw holes H, and The three screw holes H are located in front of the opening of the functional slot 30, so that the functional slot 30 can be replaced with a longer riser card 32, and at the same time, the screw holes H are used to lock the screw holes H to fix the riser card 32, such as As shown in FIG. 5 ; wherein, the above-mentioned riser card has a peripheral interconnection standard (PCI) slot 321 and a conversion chip 322 for providing a PCI slot for users to use. Based on different riser card designs, technicians can adjust the number and position of screw holes on the motherboard.

To sum up, the utility model provides a motherboard with flexible configuration and multi-functionality, more efficiently uses the area of the motherboard, and at the same time can use a single circuit layout to deal with various use occasions, and can reduce the number of problems caused by changing the design of the motherboard. the testing fee.

The above-mentioned examples are used to illustrate the preferred implementation of the present utility model. The present utility model is not limited to the above-mentioned examples, and within the scope of the technical ideas disclosed in the present utility model, some modifications are made to it. and changes still belong to the scope of the present utility model.

Claims (9)

1. a function slot, is characterized in that, is compatible with time generation dimensions standard NGFF, and optionally can plugs adapter to provide peripheral hardware interconnect standard PCI transmission interface.

2. function slot as claimed in claim 1, is characterized in that,

Described function slot is that 15 ~ 20 pin position changes in pin bit number 8 ~ 48 in secondary generation dimensions standard are defined as power supply.

3. a mainboard, is characterized in that, is provided with at least one function slot as claimed in claim 1 on this mainboard surface.

4. mainboard as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that,

Also include the interconnected PCIe slot of the peripheral being arranged at described mainboard surface, and optionally can plug the interconnected PCIe plug-in card of peripheral or baseboard management controller BMC plug-in card.

5. mainboard as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, the interconnected PCIe slot of described peripheral meets PCIe X4 standard specification.

6. the mainboard as described in claim 4 or 5, is characterized in that, the interconnected PCIe slot of described peripheral is vertical type or horizontal slot.

7. mainboard as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, described function slot can plug wireless network module.

8. mainboard as claimed in claim 6, it is characterized in that, when the interconnected PCIe slot of described peripheral is horizontal slot, described mainboard also includes PCIe X1 slot.

9. mainboard as claimed in claim 3, is characterized in that,

Also include at least one screw hole, and this at least one screw hole is arranged at the opening front of described function slot, adapter is inserted with in described function slot, to provide peripheral hardware interconnect standard PCI transmission interface, and be fixed at least one screw hole described by least one screwed lock and described adapter is positioned described mainboard.