US Patent:
20080112133, May 15, 2008
Inventors:
Ola Torudbakken - Oslo, NO
Andreas Bechtolsheim - Menlo Park CA, US
Gilberto Figuera - Modesto CA, US
Hon Hung Yam - San Jose CA, US
Assignee:
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. - Santa Clara CA
International Classification:
H05K 7/04
H05K 7/20
Abstract:
A switch chassis includes a plane having pass-through vias. An array of connector pairs is provided. A connector pair includes a first multi-path connector on first side of the plane and a second multi-path connector on the second side of the plane interconnected through the pass-through vias in the plane. Fabric cards can be connected to respective columns of first connectors and line cards can be connected respective rows of second connectors of the connector pairs to orient the fabric and lines cards orthogonally with respect to each other.