TW202332149A - Expansion apparatus with specific function ic component - Google Patents

Abstract

An expansion apparatus includes a circuit board, a plurality of connectors, a transmission wire and a specific function IC component. The plurality of connectors are electrically connected on an edge of the circuit board. The transmission wire is electrically connected to the circuit board. The specific function IC component is electrically connected to the circuit board. Moreover, the specific function IC component includes a transfer circuit board and a specific function IC chip which is electrically fixed on the transfer circuit board. The specific function IC chip is electrically fixed on the circuit board through the transfer circuit board, and is electrically connected to an external electronic equipment through the transmission wire.

Description

Expansion device with specific function IC components

The invention relates to an expansion device, in particular to an expansion device with an IC element capable of expanding a specific function.

In the past, traditional personal computers communicated with the outside world through various connectors on the I/O interface, such as Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors, External Serial Advanced Technology Attachment , eSATA) connector, Firewire (Fire wire, or IEEE 1394) and audio connector (Audio Jack). Although very convenient, setting these connectors on the motherboard inside the computer will occupy a considerable proportion of the configuration space on the motherboard.

In view of this, someone proposes an expansion device. This expansion device is a USB hub (USB HUB). It is quite practical for people who use the device to work, process files or even play games. Although, the USB hub provides external expansion and connection to many peripheral devices, there are no other additional functions that can be used.

Therefore, how to make the above-mentioned USB hub keep up with the evolution of the connector is a subject that those skilled in the art would like to discuss.

Therefore, the main purpose of the present invention is to solve the traditional deficiencies. The present invention builds a specific function IC component on the expansion device, allowing the user to have a specific function in addition to the original function of connecting multiple peripheral devices to the outside world. Application programs with additional functions can be used, so that users no longer need to load them on their personal computers.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention provides an expansion device with specific function IC components. The expansion device includes: a circuit board, multiple connectors, a transmission wire and a specific function IC component. The plurality of connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board. The transmission wire is electrically connected with the circuit board. The specific function IC element is electrically connected with the circuit board. Wherein, the specific function IC element includes an adapter circuit board and a specific function IC chip electrically fixed on the adapter circuit board, and the specific function IC chip is electrically fixed on the adapter circuit board through the adapter circuit board. The circuit board is electrically connected with external electronic equipment through the transmission wire.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the specific function IC chip is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensing chip or a super-connected chip.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connectors at least include at least one audio connector, at least one USB C-Type connector and at least one USB connector.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a high-definition multimedia interface connector, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, and a Wi-Fi module are further added on the circuit board. At least one of a group or a near field communication module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, one end of the transmission wire is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to a connector.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connector is a PCI-E connector or a USB C-Type male connector.

In one embodiment of the invention, the circuit board has a hub IC component.

To achieve the above purpose, the present invention further provides an expansion device with specific function IC components, the expansion device includes: a circuit board, a plurality of connectors, a transmission wire and a specific function IC chip. The plurality of connectors are electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board. The transmission wire is electrically connected with the circuit board. The specific function IC chip is electrically connected to a circuit substrate inside one of the connectors.

In one embodiment of the present invention, the specific function IC chip is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensing chip or a super-connected chip.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connectors at least include at least one audio connector, at least one USB C-Type connector and at least one USB connector.

In one embodiment of the present invention, a high-definition multimedia interface connector, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, an NGFF connector, and a Wi-Fi module are further added on the circuit board. At least one of a group or a near field communication module.

In an embodiment of the present invention, one end of the transmission wire is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to a connector.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the connector is a PCI-E connector or a USB C-Type male connector.

In one embodiment of the invention, the circuit board has a hub IC component.

The technical content and detailed description of the present invention are hereby described as follows in conjunction with the drawings:

Please refer to Figures 1-3, which are the three-dimensional appearance of the expansion device of the first embodiment of the present invention and the exploded schematic diagram of the expansion device and specific function IC components in Figure 1, as shown in the figure: the present invention mainly discloses an IC with specific functions An expansion device for components, the expansion device 1 includes: a circuit board 11 , a plurality of connectors 12 , a transmission wire 13 , a specific function IC component 14 and an outer shell 15 .

The connectors 12 are electrically connected to the circuit board 11, and the connectors 12 at least include at least one audio jack (Audio Jack) 121, at least one universal serial bus (Universal Serial Bus, USB) The C-Type connector 122 and the at least one USB connector 123 are examples, but not limited thereto. It is worth mentioning that the USB connector 123 in the present invention is mainly an A-Type USB2.0 connector or USB3.0 connector as an example, but in other embodiments, the USB connector 123 can also be Micro USB connector, not limited. The connectors 12 are respectively electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board 11 for connecting external electronic devices (not shown) or transmission wires (not shown). In this figure, the circuit board 11 has a hub IC component.

One end of the transmission wire 13 is respectively electrically connected to the circuit board 11 , so as to be electrically connected to the connectors 12 and the specific function IC device 14 through the circuit board 11 . The connector joint (not shown in the figure) is electrically connected to the other end of the transmission wire 13 , and is electrically connected to the connectors 12 on the circuit board 11 through the transmission wire 13 and the circuit board 11 .

The specific function IC component 14 is electrically fixed on the circuit board 11 . The function-specific IC component 14 includes a circuit board 141 and a function-specific IC chip 142 electrically fixed on the circuit board 141 . The specific function IC chip 142 is electrically fixed on the circuit board 11 through the transfer circuit board 141 , and is electrically connected with external electronic equipment through the transmission wire 13 .

It is worth mentioning that the specific function IC chip 142 is a file or file encryption chip (Encryption file chip), macro chip (Macro chip), noise reduction chip (Noise reduction chip), signal enhancement function chip (Repeater function chip) , Sensing chip (Sensor chip) or super link chip (Super link chip). The file or file encryption chip is a file or file encryption function. The macro chip has the ability to formulate a macro command setting program to execute the macro command management setting program to perform custom keyboard or recording macro command settings; in the custom keyboard setting, multiple groups of personal configuration files can be customized first , set a single command or a macro command in each personal configuration file, and each personal configuration file corresponds to define a toggle key. The noise reduction chip is used to eliminate the noise signal heard in the earphone. The signal enhancement function chip is a signal amplifier function, which can enhance the signal quality of each interface. The sensing chip is used to sense the environment, such as temperature, humidity, smog, gas and so on. The super connected crystal chip is capable of connecting two computer devices, and can share the keyboard/mouse/data between the two devices.

The outer casing 15 has a corresponding shape for assembling and covering the circuit board 11, the connectors 12 and the specific function IC element 14, and the transmission wire 13 and the connector joint (not shown) Then it is exposed outside the outer casing 15 .

Please refer to FIG. 3 , which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection arrangement between the expansion device and the main computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure: in this embodiment, the expansion device 1 is mainly connected to the computer 3 through the connector joint 16 . More specifically, a motherboard 32 is disposed inside the computer 3 , and a corresponding connection port 321 corresponding to the connector 16 is disposed on the motherboard 32 . The connector joint 16 is mainly plugged into the corresponding connection port 321 on the motherboard 32, whereby the expansion device 1 can communicate with the computer 3 via the transmission wire 13, the connector joint 16 and the corresponding connection port 321. electrical connection.

In this embodiment, the connector joint 16 can mainly be a PCI-E connector joint, and the connection port 321 can be a corresponding PCI-E connector slot, but not limited thereto. The computer 3 has a casing 31 , and the expansion device 1 is mainly disposed in the casing 31 . More specifically, the expansion device 1 is fixed through the outer casing 15 and is arranged inside the front end of the casing 31 to be used as a front line of the computer 3 .

Referring again to FIG. 3 , the interfaces of the connectors 12 are exposed outside the casing 31 in addition to the outer casing 15 . In this way, when the user needs to use the Audio interface, USB C-Type interface or general USB A-Type (such as USB2. Connector 12.

When the signal is transmitted through the USB C-Type connector 122, the function of encrypting files or files, executing macro command setting operations, eliminating the noise signal heard in the earphone, enhancing the signal quality of each interface or connecting two computer devices, The execution of functions such as keyboard/mouse/data can be shared between two devices.

In addition, the USB C-Type connector 122 is mainly a USB C-Type connector female (or male), for users to insert a corresponding USB C-Type connector male (female) 2 . In this way, the devices connected behind the male (female) 2 of the USB C-Type connector (such as transmission lines, mobile devices, desktop computers, notebook computers, tablet computers, hard disks, etc., not shown in the figure) can The expansion device 1 is connected via the USB C-Type interface, and then electrically connected with a device (such as a computer 3 shown in FIG. 3 ) connected behind the expansion device 1 to perform data and power transmission.

Please refer to FIGS. 4 and 5 , which are three-dimensional appearances of IC components with built-in specific functions in the USB C-Type connector of the expansion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention and a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the USB C-Type connector in FIG. 4 . As shown in the figure: the second embodiment is substantially the same as the first embodiment, the difference is that the specific function IC chip 142 is directly electrically fixed on the circuit substrate 1221 inside the USB C-Type connector 122 .

When the signal is transmitted through the USB C-Type connector 122, the function of encrypting files or files, executing macro command setting operations, eliminating the noise signal heard in the earphone, enhancing the signal quality of each interface or connecting two computer devices, The execution of functions such as keyboard/mouse/data can be shared between two devices.

Please refer to FIG. 6 , which is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection arrangement between the expansion device and the main computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure: the expansion device 1 can be electrically connected to the corresponding USB port on the computer 3 through the USB C-Type male connector 17 through the connector joint 16 on it. The female head of the C-Type connector is used to electrically connect with the computer 3 through the USB C-Type interface and perform ultra-high-speed data transmission and high-current/high-voltage power transmission.

When the signal is transmitted through the USB C-Type connector 122, the function of encrypting files or files, executing macro command setting operations, eliminating the noise signal heard in the earphone, enhancing the signal quality of each interface or connecting two computer devices, The execution of functions such as keyboard/mouse/data can be shared between two devices.

Further, in the first and second embodiments of the present invention, in addition to the above-mentioned audio source connector 121, the USB C-Type connector 122 and the USB connector 123, the expansion device 1 can also be connected to the connectors 12. If the space of the circuit board 11 permits, other connection interfaces are added to increase the practicability and compatibility of the expansion device 1 . Preferably, the expansion device 1 can also add a high definition multimedia interface (High Definition Multimedia Interface, HDMI) connector, a display port (Display Port) connector, an external serial high-tech configuration ( At least one of an external Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (e-SATA) connector, a NGFF (Next-Generation Form Factor) connector, a Wi-Fi module or a Near Field Communication (NFC) module .

However, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of patent protection of the present invention. Therefore, all equivalent changes made by using the description or drawings of the present invention are all included in the rights of the present invention in the same way. Within the scope of protection, I agree with Chen Ming.

1: Expansion device 11: Circuit board 12: Connector 121: Audio connector 122:USB C-Type connector 1221: circuit substrate 123: USB connector 13: Transmission wire 14: Specific function IC components 141: Transition circuit board 142: Specific function IC chips 15: Outer shell 16: Connector joint 2. 17: USB C-Type connector male 3: computer 31: Chassis 32: Motherboard 321: port

Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the appearance of the expansion device according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is an exploded schematic diagram of the expansion device and IC components with specific functions in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection configuration between the expansion device and the main computer according to the first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional schematic diagram of the appearance of the IC components with built-in specific functions in the USB C-Type connector of the expansion device according to the second embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 5 is a partially enlarged schematic diagram of the USB C-Type connector in Figure 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of the electrical connection arrangement between the expansion device and the main computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

1: Expansion device

11: Circuit board

12: Connector

121: Audio connector

122:USB C-Type connector

123: USB connector

13: Transmission wire

14: Specific function IC components

141: Transition circuit board

142: Specific function IC chips

Claims (14)

An expansion device with specific function IC components, the expansion device includes: a circuit board; a plurality of connectors electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board; a transmission wire electrically connected to the circuit board; An IC component with a specific function is electrically connected to the circuit board; Wherein, the specific function IC element includes an adapter circuit board and a specific function IC chip electrically fixed on the adapter circuit board, and the specific function IC chip is electrically fixed on the adapter circuit board through the adapter circuit board. The circuit board is electrically connected with external electronic equipment through the transmission wire. The expansion device with specific function IC components as described in Claim 1, wherein the specific function IC chip is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensing chip or a super-connected chip . The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connectors at least include at least one audio connector, at least one USB C-Type connector and at least one USB connector. The expansion device with specific functional IC components as described in claim 1, wherein a high-definition multimedia interface connector, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, and an external serial high-tech configuration connector are added on the circuit board. At least one of NGFF connector, a Wi-Fi module or a near field communication module. The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in claim 1, wherein one end of the transmission wire is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to a connector. The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in item 5, wherein the connector joint is a PCI-E connector joint or a USB C-Type connector male head. The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in claim 1, wherein the circuit board has a hub IC component. An expansion device with specific functional IC components, the expansion device includes: a circuit board; a plurality of connectors electrically connected to the edge of the circuit board; a transmission wire electrically connected to the circuit board; A specific function IC chip is electrically connected to a circuit substrate inside one of the connectors. The expansion device with specific function IC components as described in claim 8, wherein the specific function IC chip is a file or file encryption chip, a macro chip, a noise reduction chip, a signal enhancement chip, a sensor chip or a super-connected chip . The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in item 8, wherein the connectors at least include at least one audio connector, at least one USB C-Type connector and at least one USB connector. The expansion device with specific functional IC components as described in claim 8, wherein a high-definition multimedia interface connector, a display port connector, an external serial high-tech configuration connector, and an external serial high-tech configuration connector are added on the circuit board At least one of NGFF connector, a Wi-Fi module or a near field communication module. The expansion device with specific function IC components as described in Claim 8, wherein one end of the transmission wire is electrically connected to the circuit board, and the other end is electrically connected to a connector. The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in claim 12, wherein the connector joint is a PCI-E connector joint or a USB C-Type connector male head. The expansion device with specific function IC components as claimed in claim 8, wherein the circuit board has a hub IC component.

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