CN218388094U

CN218388094U - Circuit mother board and circuit system

Info

Publication number: CN218388094U
Application number: CN202221957376.8U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 蒋谦
Original assignee: Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co Ltd
Current assignee: Zhuhai Pantum Electronics Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-07-26
Filing date: 2022-07-26
Publication date: 2023-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 2032-07-26

Abstract

The application discloses a circuit mother board and a circuit system. The circuit motherboard is provided with an installation space for at least two functional modules which can be combined functionally; the function module on the circuit motherboard sets the corresponding function of the function module according to the function and the type of the pre-installed device; the mounting space is a bonding pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device for carrying out surface mounting on the bonding pad; or the installation space is an adapter interface used for connecting the functional module, the functional module is designed on a circuit daughter board, and the circuit daughter board is provided with an interface matched with the adapter interface. According to the scheme, when different combinations of the functional modules are required to be carried out on the circuit motherboard, the electronic devices of the functional modules are only required to be pasted on the circuit motherboard or connected to the circuit motherboard through the interface, so that possible repeated design in hardware design is reduced, and research and development efficiency is improved.

Description

Circuit mother board and circuit system

Technical Field

The utility model relates to an image forming apparatus and electronic circuit technical field especially relate to a circuit mother board and circuit system.

Background

With the increase of market demand, hardware products of image forming apparatuses such as printers are increasingly competitive, and the functional diversity and iterative update cycle of the image forming apparatuses are shortened, resulting in a corresponding compression of the time period for hardware development. In addition, in the design process of the current hardware, manufacturers need to replace materials frequently, and how to develop the hardware quickly and well becomes more and more important in the hardware development process of the image forming equipment.

However, the inventor of the present application finds in research that it is often necessary to design an increase or decrease of functional modules of an existing hardware circuit, or to recombine functional modules of an image forming apparatus, and at this time, the hardware circuit design can only be redesigned, including redrawing of a schematic diagram of a circuit, redesigning of a circuit board, and the like, thereby greatly slowing down the speed of hardware development.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The embodiment of the application provides a circuit motherboard, which is convenient for improving the hardware design efficiency of image forming equipment when functional modules are recombined.

In a first aspect, the present application provides a circuit motherboard having an installation space for at least two functional modules that can be functionally combined;

the function module on the circuit motherboard sets the corresponding function of the function module according to the function and the type of the pre-installed device;

the mounting space is a bonding pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device for carrying out surface mounting on the bonding pad;

or the installation space is an adapter interface used for connecting the functional module, the functional module is designed on a circuit daughter board, and the circuit daughter board is provided with an interface matched with the adapter interface.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, an electronic circuit and an electronic component are further connected between the installation spaces of the at least two functional modules.

In one possible implementation form, in combination with the first aspect, the electronic circuitry is a copper wire.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the electronic component is a combination of a resistive element, a capacitive element, or an inductive element.

With reference to the first aspect, in a possible implementation manner, the function module includes a control module, a Flash module, a dynamic random access memory module, a scanning module, a sensor module, a power module, a WiFi module, a display module, a USB module, a security module, or a motor module.

In a second aspect, the present application provides a circuit system comprising a circuit motherboard, and at least two functional modules mounted on the circuit motherboard for functional combination;

the circuit motherboard is the circuit motherboard of the first aspect, and the circuit motherboard has an installation space for the functional module;

In the circuit motherboard provided by the embodiment of the application, the circuit motherboard is provided with the installation space of at least two functional modules capable of performing function combination, the installation space can be a bonding pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device for performing surface mounting on the bonding pad; or the installation space is a switching port for connecting the functional module, the functional module is designed on the circuit daughter board, and the circuit daughter board is provided with an interface matched with the switching port, so that when the circuit mother board needs to carry out different combinations of the functional module, only the electronic device of the functional module needs to be pasted on the circuit mother board, or the electronic device is connected to the circuit mother board through the interface, thereby reducing possible repeated design in hardware design and improving the research and development efficiency.

In addition, in the embodiment of the application, the functions included in the circuit motherboard are set according to the machine functions or the machine types, when a certain functional module needs to be added to the circuit motherboard, the corresponding functional interfaces are configured on the circuit motherboard according to the machine types or the machine functions, at least one of the scanning module, the sensor module, the controller module, the power module, the WiFi module, the safety circuit module, the display module, the motor module, the memory module, the network module and the USB module can be directly connected to the circuit motherboard through the functional module interface for use, when one element or a newly added element in a circuit is replaced, the whole circuit motherboard does not need to be redesigned, the module can be directly inserted into the circuit motherboard for use, the time for designing the circuit is saved, and the circuit cost is reduced.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention, the drawings used in the description of the embodiments will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the description below are only some embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious for those skilled in the art that other drawings can be obtained according to the drawings without inventive labor.

Fig. 1 is a schematic circuit diagram of a circuit motherboard according to an embodiment of the present application;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a circuit system in an embodiment of the present application.

Detailed Description

For better understanding of the technical solutions of the present invention, the following detailed descriptions of the embodiments of the present invention are provided with reference to the accompanying drawings.

It should be understood that the described embodiments are only some embodiments of the invention, and not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present invention, all other embodiments obtained by a person skilled in the art without making creative efforts belong to the protection scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the embodiments of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that the term "and/or" as used herein is merely one type of association that describes an associated object, meaning that three relationships may exist, e.g., a and/or B may mean: a exists alone, A and B exist simultaneously, and B exists alone. In addition, the character "/" herein generally indicates that the former and latter related objects are in an "or" relationship.

Referring to fig. 1, in one embodiment of the present application, a circuit motherboard is provided.

In the embodiment of the present application, the circuit motherboard 100 has a mounting space for at least two functional modules that can be functionally combined.

Wherein the mounting space may be a pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device that is mounted on the pad.

Or the installation space is an adapter interface used for connecting the functional module, the functional module is designed on the circuit sub-board, and the circuit sub-board is provided with an interface matched with the adapter interface.

In the circuit motherboard provided in the embodiment of the present application, the circuit motherboard has an installation space for at least two functional modules that can be functionally combined, the installation space may be a pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device that performs mounting on the pad; or the installation space is an adapter interface used for connecting the functional module, the functional module is designed on the circuit daughter board, and the circuit daughter board is provided with an interface matched with the adapter interface, so that when the circuit mother board needs to carry out different combinations of the functional module, only the electronic device of the functional module needs to be pasted on the circuit mother board, or the electronic device is connected to the circuit mother board through the interface, thereby reducing possible repeated design in hardware design and improving research and development efficiency.

The above-described circuit motherboard and its advantages are described in a more detailed embodiment of the present application.

The circuit motherboard 100 has a mounting space for at least two functional modules that can be functionally combined. The function module on the circuit motherboard sets the function corresponding to the function module according to the function and the type of the pre-installed device.

In the embodiment of the present application, the pre-installed device may be, but is not limited to, an image forming apparatus such as a printer, the circuit motherboard may be a circuit board installed inside the image forming apparatus, and the functional combination of the functional modules of the circuit board may be related to a preset model of the image forming apparatus or related to a function to be integrated by the image forming apparatus, for example, the image forming apparatus may be a model of A3 or A4, or the image forming apparatus may be a color printer, a black-and-white printer, or other different functional models. It is understood that the circuit motherboard 100 may mount different functional modules on the mounting spaces of the different functional modules according to the combination of functions to implement different functions. For the installation space of the functional module corresponding to the unnecessary function, the functional module is not needed to be installed and is suspended.

In one embodiment of the present application, the mounting space may be a pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device, such as a digital IC, an analog IC, and the like, which is mounted on the pad.

In an embodiment of the present application, the installation space may also be an adapter port for connecting a functional module, the functional module is designed on the circuit daughter board, and the circuit daughter board has an interface matching with the adapter port, so that the circuit connection between the circuit mother board and the circuit daughter board of the functional module is realized through the electrical connection between the adapter port and the interface.

As shown in fig. 1, the functional module may be a control module, such as an SoC (System on a Chip, abbreviated as SoC) module 101, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), or a microcomputer including a Memory, a processor and/or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), and the present Application does not limit the Specific form of the controller, and the functional module may further include a Flash module 102, a Dynamic Random Access Memory module, such as a DDR (Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory) module 103, a scanning module 104, a sensor module 105, a power supply module 106, a WiFi module 107, a display module 108, a USB module 109, a security module 110, or a motor module 111. For some models with full functions, all the functional modules can be integrated, and for other models, only a limited number of modules can be provided. Therefore, in the embodiment of the application, the functions included in the circuit motherboard are set according to the machine functions or the machine types, when a certain functional module needs to be added to the circuit motherboard, the corresponding functional interface is configured on the circuit motherboard according to the machine types or the machine functions, at least one of the scanning module, the sensor module, the controller module, the power module, the WiFi module, the safety circuit module, the display module, the motor module, the memory module, the network module and the USB module can be directly connected to the circuit motherboard through the functional module interface for use, when one element or a newly added element in a circuit is replaced, the whole circuit motherboard does not need to be redesigned, the module is directly inserted into the circuit motherboard for use, the time for designing the circuit is saved, and the circuit cost is reduced.

In an embodiment of the application, through the predesign, still be connected with electronic circuit and electronic components between the installation space of different function modules, the electronic circuit can be the copper conductor, and electronic components can be the combination of resistance, electric capacity or inductance component to when selecting for use the function module of certain function, only need with the IC paster of function module to the installation space can, perhaps be connected the circuit daughter board of function module with the switching mouth.

The circuit motherboard in the embodiment is convenient for the combined design of hardware and reduces the research and development cost.

The circuit mother board in the above embodiment may also be applied to a circuit system for implementing different combinations of functions of image forming apparatuses of different models.

Specifically, the circuit system can comprise the circuit motherboard and at least two functional modules which are arranged on the circuit motherboard and are used for carrying out functional combination.

Specifically, the functional module may be a control module, such as a System on a Chip (SoC) module 101, a Central Processing Unit (CPU) of the image forming apparatus, or a microcomputer including a Memory, a processor and/or an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), where the Application does not limit the Specific form of the controller, a Flash module 102, a Dynamic Random Access Memory module, such as a DDR module (Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory, DDR SDRAM for short) 103, a scanning module 104, a sensor module 105, a power supply module 106, a WiFi module 107, a display module 108, a USB module 109, a security module 110, or a motor module 111.

The circuit board 100 has a mounting space for at least two functional modules that can be combined in function.

The circuit system can reduce the cost of circuit design and is convenient for realizing different types of circuits with function combination.

A more specific circuit system, which is a circuit system applied to an image forming apparatus, is illustrated in fig. 2.

The circuitry includes a circuit motherboard 200. The function module on the circuit motherboard 200 sets a function corresponding to the function module according to the function and the kind of the device to be mounted in advance. In a preferred embodiment, the circuitry is applied to a device model that is pre-provisioned with full functionality.

The image forming device of the machine type is integrated with all functions, and the function modules comprise: an SOC module 201, a scan circuit module 202, a WiFi module 203, a motor control module 204, a fixing control circuit module 205, a high voltage circuit control module 206, an LSU control circuit module 207, a motor circuit module 208, a fax circuit module 209, a display panel module 210, a sensor module 211, a color calibration module 212, a switch control module 213, a security circuit module 214, a debug module 215, a USB module 216, a network module 217, and a power conversion module 218.

The circuit board 200 has a space for mounting the above-described functional modules.

The mounting space may be a pad corresponding to the functional module, and the functional module is an electronic device that is mounted on the pad. For example, for the security chip, a digital IC control chip with a pin count of 100 or more may be used as the security chip, and the mounting space may be a pad corresponding to the security chip type flat package.

The installation space can also be used for connecting the adapter openings of the functional modules. For example, for the display panel module 210, the display panel module may be designed on an independent circuit daughter board, and the installation space corresponds to a VGA or HDMI adapter, and may be connected to a circuit interface on the circuit daughter board, so as to implement the display function.

In the embodiment of the present application, the electronic circuit 300 is designed in advance between the control module (SOC module 201) and other functional modules. The electronic circuit 300 may include a filter circuit, a signal transmission circuit, and the like according to its actual function. The transmission line of the electronic circuit 300 is a copper wire, and the electronic circuit 300 includes a combination of components such as a capacitor, a resistor, and an inductor.

In other embodiments of the present application, the functions of the circuit system integrated with the model with all functions may be simplified relative to the model with all functions, that is, the functional modules with corresponding functions are detached from the circuit system, so that unnecessary repeated circuit hardware design may be avoided, and the efficiency of model replacement may be improved.

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and should not be taken as limiting the invention, and any modifications, equivalent replacements, improvements, etc. made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. A circuit motherboard is characterized in that the circuit motherboard is provided with an installation space for at least two functional modules which can be combined in function;

2. A circuit mother board according to claim 1, wherein electronic circuits and electronic components are further connected between the mounting spaces of the at least two functional modules.

3. The circuit motherboard of claim 2, wherein the electronic circuitry is copper wire.

4. A circuit motherboard according to claim 2, characterised in that the electronic components are combinations of resistive, capacitive or inductive elements.

5. The circuit motherboard of claim 1 wherein the functional module comprises a control module, a Flash module, a dynamic random access memory module, a scan module, a sensor module, a power module, a WiFi module, a display module, a USB module, a security module, or a motor module.

6. A circuit system is characterized by comprising a circuit motherboard and at least two functional modules which are arranged on the circuit motherboard and are used for carrying out functional combination;

the circuit motherboard is the circuit motherboard according to any one of claims 1 to 5, and the circuit motherboard is provided with a mounting space for the functional module;