TWI807726B - Transfer test board and graphics card test device - Google Patents

Abstract

The application provides an transfer test board, which includes a transfer board, a transfer slot, a fixing column, a clamping piece and a transfer pin, and the transfer slot, the fixing column and the clamping piece are arranged on the same surface of the transfer board, the transfer pins are arranged on a side wall of the transfer board, and the transfer slot is provided with a conductive contact piece, and the conductive contact piece is used to electrically connect the first type an expansion card, so that the transfer test board can be transformed into a second type of expansion card, the fixing column and the clamping piece are used to fix the first type an expansion card, and the transfer pins are used to connect external connectors. The application also relates to a graphics card testing device. By using the above-mentioned transfer test board, expansion cards of different specifications can also be converted into standard expansion cards and directly connected to the connector.

Description

Transition test board and graphics card test setup

The present application relates to the technical field of signal transfer, in particular to a transfer test board and a graphics card test device.

At present, when an expansion card is inserted into a slot, more conventional expansion cards can be directly inserted into the slot. For example, some expansion cards can be connected to an industrial standard PCIe4 slot. However, in different product projects, the expansion card needs to be designed with a special specification gold finger. If a special specification gold finger design is used, in order to be able to work with it, it needs to be connected with a corresponding connector, which is not convenient for technology development and factory testing.

In view of this, it is necessary to provide a test adapter board and a graphics card testing device, which are designed to convert an expansion card with a special gold finger design into an expansion card with a standard gold finger, so that it can be used in conjunction with a conventional slot.

An embodiment of the present application provides a transfer test board. The transfer test board includes a transfer board, a transfer slot, a fixing column, a clamping piece, and a transfer pin. The transfer slot, the fixing post and the The clamping member is arranged on the same surface of the adapter board, the adapter pin is arranged on a side wall of the adapter plate, and a conductive contact piece is provided in the adapter slot, and the conductive contact piece is used to electrically connect the first type of expansion card, so that the transfer test board is converted into a second type of expansion card, the fixing column and the clamping member are used to fix the first type of expansion card, and the adapter pins are used to connect to an external connector.

In this embodiment, a conductive contact piece is provided in the transition slot, and after the conductive contact piece is electrically connected with the first type expansion card, the transition test board is transformed into a second type expansion card, and then can be directly plugged into a conventional slot through the transition pin, and the fixing column and the clamping member jointly fix the first type expansion card, so as to prevent the first type expansion card from falling off from the transition slot. For example, in this embodiment, the first type of expansion card is an expansion card of a special specification. After the expansion card of this special specification is connected with the transfer test board, the transfer test board can be converted into a standard specification of the expansion card, i.e. the second type of expansion card. The above-mentioned expansion card of special specification can be directly connected with a conventional slot.

In at least one embodiment, the adapter board is a circuit board, and the conductive contacts in the adapter slot are electrically connected to the circuit board.

In this embodiment, the adapter board is a circuit board, so as to realize the electrical connection between the adapter board and the adapter slot.

In at least one embodiment, the clamping member includes two clamping portions, and the two clamping portions are arranged symmetrically for clamping the first type of expansion card.

In this embodiment, the first type of expansion card is limited by the two clamping parts, so as to prevent the first type of expansion card from detaching from the adapter slot.

In at least one embodiment, the clamping member further includes a first resisting portion, the first resisting portion is disposed on one side of the retaining portion, and is configured to restrict the first type of expansion card along a first direction.

In this embodiment, the first abutting portion constrains the first type of expansion card along the first direction, which facilitates the assembly of the first type of expansion card and the adapter slot, and at the same time, also plays a role in positioning the first type of expansion card.

In at least one embodiment, the clamping member further includes a second resisting portion, the second resisting portion is disposed on the other side of the retaining portion, and the second resisting portion is adjacent to the first resisting portion, and the second resisting portion is used to restrict the first type of expansion card along the second direction.

In this embodiment, the second abutting portion restricts the first type of expansion card along the second direction, which facilitates the assembly of the first type of expansion card and the transfer slot, and at the same time, also plays a role in positioning the first type of expansion card, thereby realizing multi-dimensional positioning of the first type of expansion card.

In at least one embodiment, the transfer pin is provided with a conductive contact piece, and the transfer pin is electrically connected to the external connector through the conductive contact piece.

In this embodiment, conductive contacts are provided on the transfer pins to facilitate the electrical connection between the transfer board and the external slot.

In at least one embodiment, the transfer test board includes a plurality of transfer pins, two adjacent transfer pins are separated by different distances, and some of the transfer pins are provided with the conductive contacts.

In this embodiment, the transfer test board is provided with a plurality of conductive pins, and the distances between adjacent conductive pins are different, so that the transfer test board can be equivalent to a conventional expansion card.

In at least one embodiment, the adapter plate is provided with a groove, and the adapter groove, the clamping member and the fixing column are arranged at the groove.

In this embodiment, the transfer groove, the clamping member and the fixing column are arranged at the groove, which reduces the volume of the test transfer board. For example, setting the test adapter board in a main casing can reduce the space occupied by the main casing and facilitate the installation of other structures.

Another embodiment of the present application also provides a graphics card testing device. The graphics card testing device includes a transfer test board and a motherboard as described in any one of the above, and the motherboard is provided with a first connector and a second connector, and the first connector and the second connector are respectively electrically connected to the motherboard. connected, and the first connector is electrically connected to the second connector, the transfer test board is detachably arranged on the first connector, and the second connector is connected to the graphics card to be tested.

In this embodiment, the graphics card testing device adopts the above-mentioned transfer test board, and the motherboard does not need to be provided with a connector of a special specification, but can be electrically connected to the transfer test board by using a conventional connector.

In at least one embodiment, the second connector is at least one of a single busbar connector and a serial busbar connector.

In this embodiment, setting the second connector as at least one of a single busbar connector and a serial busbar connector can perform different tests on the graphics card to be tested, thereby improving test efficiency.

The transfer test board and the graphics card test device of the present application, after connecting the first type of expansion card with the transfer test board, make the transfer test board change into the second type of expansion card, making it convenient to connect with conventional slots. Operators can still use connectors with conventional slots in the existing technology research and development and factory testing process, without the need to prepare connectors with special specification slots.

100: transfer test board

10: Adapter board

11: Mounting hole

12: Groove

20: transfer slot

21: Conductive contact piece

30: fixed column

31: Fixing hole

40:Clamping parts

41: Holder

411: guiding slope

42: The first resistance department

43: The second resisting part

50: Transition pin

51: Conductive contact

200: The first type of expansion card

600: Graphics card test device

60: Motherboard

61: First connector

62: Second connector

621: single busbar connector

622: serial bus connector

700: The graphics card to be tested

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an adapter test board in an embodiment of the present application.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view from another angle of view of the transfer test board shown in FIG. 1 .

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the connection between the transfer test board shown in FIG. 1 and the first type of expansion card.

FIG. 4 is an exploded schematic view of the transfer test board and the first type of expansion card shown in FIG. 3 .

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a graphics card testing transfer device in another embodiment of the present application.

The embodiments of the present application will be described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present application. Obviously, the described embodiments are only some of the embodiments of the present application, not all of the embodiments.

It should be noted that when an element is considered to be "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected to the other element or there may be intervening elements at the same time. When an element is referred to as being "on" another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. The terms "top", "bottom", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "front", "rear", and similar expressions are used herein for the purpose of description only.

An embodiment of the present application provides a transfer test board, the transfer test board includes a transfer board, a transfer slot, a fixing post, a clamping piece and a transfer pin, the transfer slot, the fixing post and the clamping piece are arranged on the same surface of the transfer board, the transfer pins are arranged on a side wall of the transfer board, a conductive contact is provided in the transfer slot, the conductive contact is used to electrically connect the first type of expansion card, so that the transfer test board is converted into a second type of expansion card, the fixing post and the clamping piece are used to fix In the first type expansion card, the transition pins are used to connect to external connectors.

In this embodiment, a conductive contact piece is provided in the transition slot, and after the conductive contact piece is electrically connected with the first type expansion card, the transition test board is transformed into a second type expansion card, and then can be directly plugged into a conventional slot through the transition pin, and the fixing column and the clamping member jointly fix the first type expansion card, so as to prevent the first type expansion card from falling off from the transition slot. For example, in this embodiment, the first type of expansion card is an expansion card of a special specification. After the expansion card of this special specification is connected with the transfer test board, the transfer test board can be converted into a standard specification of the expansion card, i.e. the second type of expansion card. The above-mentioned expansion card of special specification can be directly connected with a conventional slot.

Some embodiments will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the case of no conflict, the following embodiments and features in the embodiments can be combined with each other.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , an embodiment of the present application provides an adapter test board 100 , including an adapter plate 10 , an adapter slot 20 , a fixing column 30 , a clamping member 40 and an adapter pin 50 . The transfer slot 20 is used to connect with the first type expansion card (not shown in the figure) The fixing post 30 and the clamping member 40 are used to fix the first type of expansion card, and the transfer pin 50 is used to connect to an external connector. Using the transfer test board 100, after the first type expansion card 200 is inserted into the transfer slot 20, the transfer test board 100 is converted into a second type expansion card, so that it can be directly connected to a conventional type of external connector, which is convenient for the factory to directly perform testing and technology research and development on the basis of existing connectors.

1 and 2, the adapter plate 10 is a rectangular structure, in this embodiment, the adapter plate 10 is a rectangular plate, the adapter groove 20, the fixing column 30 and the clamping member 40 are arranged on the same surface of the adapter plate 10, and the adapter pins 50 are arranged on the side wall of the adapter plate 10. Taking FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 as an example, the adapter pin 50 is disposed at the lower end of the adapter board 10 .

The adapter plate 10 is provided with several installation holes 11, some of which are located at the corners of the adapter plate 10, and some of the installation holes 11 are located at the center of the adapter plate 10, so that when the adapter plate 10 is installed, the stability of the installation can be improved.

In one embodiment, the adapter plate 10 is provided with a groove 12 , and the adapter groove 20 , the fixing column 30 and the clamping member 40 are arranged at the groove 12 . The adapter slot 20 , the clamping member 40 and the fixing post 30 are arranged at the groove 12 , which reduces the volume of the adapter plate 10 . For example, when the test adapter board 10 is installed in a main case, the space occupied by the test adapter board 10 can be reduced to facilitate the installation of other structures.

In one implementation, the interposer board 10 is a circuit board. By setting the adapter board 10 as a circuit board, it is convenient to realize electrical connection with other structures of the adapter board 10 , and there is no need to use wires to connect it with other structures to realize electrical conduction.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , the transfer slot 20 is a slot structure for connecting with an external expansion card of the first type. The interior of the adapter slot 20 is provided with conductive contact sheets 21. Further, the interior of the transfer slot 20 is provided with several conductive contact sheets 21, which are arranged in sequence, and the conductive contact sheets 21 are electrically connected to the adapter plate 10 made of a circuit board. When the first type expansion card is plugged into the transfer slot 20, the first type The gold finger (golden yellow conductive contact piece) on the type expansion card is electrically connected with the conductive contact piece 21 in the adapter slot 20 to realize signal transmission.

Referring to Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3 and Fig. 4, the fixing column 30 is arranged on one side of the adapter slot 20, and the fixing column 30 is provided with a fixing hole 31. When the first type expansion card 200 is plugged into the adapter slot 20, the first type expansion card 200 can be locked on the fixing column 30 by a locking member, for example, by cooperation between a screw and the fixing hole 31.

Wherein, there is a thread design that cooperates with each other between the fastener and the fixing hole 31, so as to facilitate the installation between the two. It can be understood that, in other embodiments, the fixing column 30 can also fix the first type expansion card 200 in other ways, for example, adopting a spring buckle fixing method, and a spring buckle is provided on the first type expansion card 200.

Please refer to FIG. 1 , FIG. 2 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the clamping member 40 is disposed on the other side of the transfer groove 20 , that is, the transfer groove 20 is disposed between the fixing member and the clamping member 40 . The clamping member 40 includes two clamping portions 41 symmetrically arranged for clamping the first type of expansion card 200 . The clamping portion 41 is provided with a guide slope 411 at an end away from the adapter board 10 , and the guide slope 411 is used to guide the inserting direction of the first type expansion card 200 . Taking the reverse in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 as an example, the two clamping portions 41 are arranged symmetrically along the vertical direction, and the distance between the two clamping portions 41 is approximately the same as the thickness of the clamping plate on the first type expansion card 200 . When the first type expansion card 200 is plugged into the transition slot 20, its clamping plate enters between the two clamping parts 41 along the guide slope 411, and the two clamping parts 41 fix the clamping plate, and at the same time, the first type expansion card 200 is smoothly inserted into the transition slot 20.

In one embodiment, the clamping member 40 further includes a first abutting portion 42 . The first abutting portion 42 is disposed on one side of the locking portion 41 for constraining the first type of expansion card 200 along a first direction, which is the length direction of the adapter board 10 . Taking the direction in FIG. 1 as an example, the first resisting portion 42 is provided on the two holding portions 41 The left side is convenient for the first type expansion card 200 to be assembled with the adapter slot 20, and at the same time, it can also position the first type expansion card 200 along the left and right direction.

In one embodiment, the clamping member 40 further includes a second abutting portion 43, the second abutting portion 43 is disposed on the other side of the locking portion 41, and the second abutting portion 43 is adjacent to the first abutting portion 42, and the second abutting portion 43 is used to restrict the first type of expansion card 200 along a second direction, the second direction being the height direction of the adapter board 10. Taking the direction in FIG. 1 as an example, the second resisting portion 43 is provided on the upper ends of the two holding portions 41 to facilitate the assembly of the first-type expansion card 200 and the transfer slot 20, and at the same time, it can also position the first-type expansion card 200 along the up-down direction. The first type of expansion card 200 can be positioned in multiple dimensions by setting the first abutting portion 42 and the second abutting portion 43 .

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 , in order to electrically connect the transfer pin 50 to an external connector, a conductive contact piece 51 is provided on the surface of the transfer pin 50 . The transfer pin 50 is electrically connected to the external connector through the conductive contact piece 51 , so that the information in the first type expansion card 200 can be transmitted to the external connector.

In one embodiment, the transfer test board 100 includes a plurality of transfer pins 50, and two adjacent transfer pins 50 are separated by different distances. Some transfer pins 50 are provided with conductive contacts 51, and the transfer pins 50 without conductive contacts 51 are fixed in the connector to improve the stability of the connection between the transfer test board 100 and the external connector.

It can be understood that the distance between two adjacent transition pins 50 can be designed according to existing connector slot standards, so that the transition test board 100 can be equivalent to a conventional expansion card and can be directly plugged into a conventional connector slot.

Please refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 again. The first type of expansion card 200 described in this embodiment is an expansion card of special specifications. For example, a common expansion card, such as a memory card, can be directly plugged into an industry-standard PCI-Ex4 slot. The industry-standard PCI-Ex4 slot is mainly used in solid-state drives. However, the first type of expansion card 200 in this embodiment cannot be directly plugged into an industrial standard PCI-Ex4 slot.

In order to be able to directly plug the first type of expansion card 200 into the industry standard PCI-Ex4 slot, the first type of expansion card 200 is inserted into the transition slot 20 of the transfer test board 100, and the fixing column 30 and the clamping member 40 fix the first type of expansion card 200 slot. The conductive contacts 21 in the adapter slot 20 are respectively electrically connected to the first type expansion card 200 and the adapter board 10, so that the adapter test board 100 as a whole forms a second type expansion card that can be directly plugged into an industrial standard PCI-Ex4 slot, where the second type expansion card is a conventionally used expansion card. After the first-type expansion card 200 is transformed into the second-type expansion card through the transfer test board 100 , it can be directly plugged into an industrial standard PCI-Ex4 slot.

It can be understood that, in other embodiments, in order to be able to insert the transfer test board 100 into an industry-standard PCI-Ex8 slot or an industry-standard PCI-Ex16 slot, the transfer pin 50 can be designed accordingly, so that the transfer test board 100 can be inserted, thereby improving the versatility of the transfer test board 100.

Referring to Fig. 5, another embodiment of the present application also provides a graphics card testing device 600, the graphics card testing device 600 includes the transfer test board 100 and the motherboard 60 in any of the above-mentioned embodiments, the motherboard 60 is provided with a first connector 61 and a second connector 62, the first connector 61 and the second connector 62 are respectively electrically connected to the motherboard 60, and the first connector 61 is electrically connected to the second connector 62, the transfer test board 100 is detachably arranged on the first connector 61, and the second connector The device 62 is connected with the graphics card 700 to be tested.

The mainboard 60 is a circuit board, on which the first connector 61 and the second connector 62 are arranged and electrically connected to the circuit board respectively.

In this embodiment, the first connector 61 is a PCI-E connector, and the connector is provided with a slot, and the transfer test board 100 is detachably plugged into the slot of the connector. Further, the first connector 61 may be a connector with a PCI-E slot, wherein, the first connector 61 may include PCI-Ex1, PCI-Ex4, PCI-Ex8, and PCI-Ex16 as required.

In one embodiment, the second connector 62 is at least one of a single bus connector 621 (One Wire Connector) and a serial bus connector 622 (I2C Connector). Setting the second connector 62 as at least one of the single busbar connector 621 and the serial busbar connector 622 can perform different tests on the graphics card 700 to be tested and improve test efficiency.

In this embodiment, the second connector 62 in the graphics card testing device 600 includes a single bus bar connector 621 and a serial bus bar connector 622, and the single bus bar connector 621 and the serial bus bar connector 622 are respectively electrically connected to the first connector 61 and the graphics card 700 to be tested. After the transfer test board 100 is plugged into the first connector 61, the first type expansion card 200 transmits information between the transfer test board 100 and the first connector 61, the second connector 62 on the motherboard 60, and the graphics card 700 to be tested, so as to test the graphics card 700 to be tested.

To sum up, the embodiment of the present application provides an adapter test board 100 and a graphics card testing device 600. After connecting the first type of expansion card to the adapter test board 100, the adapter test board 100 is transformed into a second type of expansion card, so that it is convenient to connect with a conventional slot. Operators can still use connectors with conventional slots in the existing technology research and development and factory testing process, without the need to prepare connectors with special specification slots. For example, when testing the graphics card 700 to be tested, the first connector 61 only needs to be a commonly used connector, and the first type of expansion card 200 can be used without preparing a connector of a special specification.

In addition, those of ordinary skill in the art should recognize that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the present application, rather than to limit the present application. As long as they are within the spirit of the present application, appropriate changes and changes made to the above embodiments fall within the scope of the present application.

100: transfer test board

10: Adapter board

11: Mounting hole

12: Groove

20: transfer slot

21: Conductive contact piece

30: fixed column

31: Fixing hole

40:Clamping parts

41: Holder

411: guiding slope

42: The first resistance department

43: The second resisting part

50: Transition pin

51: Conductive contact

Claims (10)

A transfer test board, characterized in that, the transfer test board includes a transfer board, a transfer slot, a fixing column, a clamping member and a transfer pin, the transfer slot, the fixing post and the clamping member are arranged on the same surface of the transfer board, the transfer pin is arranged on a side wall of the transfer board, and a conductive contact piece is provided in the transfer slot, the conductive contact piece is used to electrically connect the first type of expansion card, so that the transfer test board is converted into a second type of expansion card, and the fixing column and the clamping member are used to fix the first type expansion card, the transfer pins are used to connect to external connectors. The transfer test board according to claim 1, wherein the transfer board is a circuit board, and the conductive contacts in the transfer slot are electrically connected to the circuit board. The transfer test board according to claim 2, wherein the clamping member includes two clamping parts, which are arranged symmetrically and are used to clamp the first type of expansion card. The transfer test board according to claim 3, wherein the clamping member further includes a first abutting portion, and the first abutting portion is disposed on one side of the clamping portion for restricting the first type of expansion card along a first direction. The transfer test board according to claim 4, wherein the clamping member further includes a second abutting portion, the second abutting portion is arranged on the other side of the abutting portion, and the second abutting portion is adjacent to the first abutting portion, and the second abutting portion is used to restrict the first type of expansion card along the second direction. The transfer test board according to claim 1, wherein the transfer pin is provided with a conductive contact piece, and the transfer pin is electrically connected to an external connector through the conductive contact piece. The transfer test board as described in claim 6, wherein the transfer test board includes a plurality of transfer pins, two adjacent transfer pins are separated by different distances, and some of the transfer pins are provided with the conductive contacts. The transfer test board according to claim 1, wherein the transfer board is provided with a groove, and the transfer groove, the clamping member and the fixing column are arranged in the groove. A graphics card testing device, wherein, the graphics card testing device includes a transfer test board and a motherboard as described in any one of claims 1 to 8, the motherboard is provided with a first connector and a second connector, the first connector and the second connector are respectively electrically connected to the motherboard, and the first connector is electrically connected to the second connector, the transfer test board is detachably arranged on the first connector, and the second connector is connected to the graphics card to be tested. The graphics card testing device according to claim 9, wherein the second connector is at least one of a single bus connector and a serial bus connector.

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