US9271425B1ActiveUtility

Industrial server system

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Assignee: LANNER ELECTRONIC INCPriority: Oct 15, 2014Filed: Oct 15, 2014Granted: Feb 23, 2016
Est. expiryOct 15, 2034(~8.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Tse-Min Lin
H05K 7/1492H05K 7/20736
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Claims

Abstract

The present invention relates to an industrial server system, comprising a housing, a backplane, at least one rear board, a first front board, a second front board, and a power supply, wherein the backplane and the power supply are disposed in the housing, and the rear board, the first front board, and the second front board are coupled and configured to the backplane. Four connected blocks are disposed on the backplane, which makes that at least one rear board, the first front board, and the second front board are able to communicate to each other by a plurality of data connecting units disposed on the backplane. The rear board, the first front board, and the second front board of the present invention can achieve a great transmission efficiency by a specific configuration of connected block on the backplane.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An industrial server system, comprising:
 a housing; 
 a backplane disposed in the housing comprises:
 a first connected block consists of:
 a first transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane; 
 a second transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane; and 
 a plurality of first data connected areas disposed on the reverse side of the backplane in a column; 
 
 a second connected block located beside the first connected block consists of:
 a third transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and located beside the first data connected areas contrary to the second transmitting area; 
 a first circulation opening area disposed on the backplane and located nearby the third transmitting area, for circulating the air in front of and behind the backplane; 
 a second circulation opening area disposed on the backplane and located nearby the third transmitting area, for circulating the air in front of and behind the backplane; 
 a fourth transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and located nearby the first circulation opening area and the second circulation opening area; 
 a plurality of second data connected areas disposed on the reverse side of the backplane in a column; and 
 a plurality of first power supply areas disposed on the reverse side of the backplane and located nearby the second data connected areas; 
 
 a third connected block, located beside the second connected block contrary to the first connected block, consists of:
 a fifth transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane; 
 a sixth transmitting area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and located nearby the fifth transmitting area; 
 a second power supply area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and located beside the fifth transmitting area; and 
 a third power supply area disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and located beside the sixth transmitting area; and 
 
 a fourth connected block, located beside the third connected block contrary to the second connected block; 
 
 at least one rear board connected to the reverse side of the backplane has a first data connector, a second data connector, and a first power supply connector, wherein the first data connector, the second data connector, and the first power supply connector are correspondingly connected to the first data connected areas, the second data connected areas, and the first power supply areas; 
 a first front board connected to the obverse side of the backplane has a first transmitting connector, a fourth transmitting connector, a fifth transmitting connector, and a second power supply connector, wherein the first transmitting connector, the fourth transmitting connector, the fifth transmitting connector, and the second power supply connector are correspondingly connected to the first transmitting area, the fourth transmitting area, fifth transmitting area, and the second power supply area; 
 a second front board connected to the obverse side of the backplane has a second transmitting connector, a third transmitting connector, a sixth transmitting connector, and a third power supply connector, wherein the second transmitting connector, the third transmitting connector, the sixth transmitting connector, and the third power supply connector are correspondingly connected to the second transmitting area, the third transmitting area, sixth transmitting area, and the third power supply area; and 
 a power supply, disposed in the housing and connected to the fourth connected block. 
 
     
     
       2. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the fourth connected block comprises:
 a first power supply area, disposed on the obverse side of the backplane for receiving electricity provided by the power supply; 
 a control module area, disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and beside the first power supply area for monitoring the industrial server system; 
 a second power supply area, disposed on the obverse side of the backplane and beside the control module area for receiving electricity provided by the power supply; 
 a data storage device slot area, disposed on the reverse side of the backplane for coupling at least one data storage device; and 
 an input/output area, disposed on the reverse side of the backplane and located beneath the data storage device slot area for coupling at least one electric module. 
 
     
     
       3. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the electric module is selected from the group consisting of: universal serial bus, local area network, wireless local area network, integrated drive electronics, audio device, advanced technology attachment, audio device and other input/output device. 
     
     
       4. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the control module area is a control transmitting interface to the power supply for status displaying, hardware/software resetting, and power switching. 
     
     
       5. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the rear board is an advanced mezzanine card comprising a communication channel, a module management controller, a module controlling logic, a module memory, an input/output interface, a module interface, a hot-swap electronics, and an extended application unit. 
     
     
       6. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the module memory is selected from the group consisting of: volatile memory, non-volatile memory, flash memory, random access memory, and read-only memory. 
     
     
       7. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 5 , wherein the module controlling logic is selected from the group consisting of: microprocessor, network processor, micro controller unit, field programmable gate array, and application specific integrated circuit. 
     
     
       8. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first transmitting area includes a PCIe x8 (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), two PCIe x4, and three XAUI. 
     
     
       9. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the second transmitting area includes two PCIe x8 and two PCIe x4. 
     
     
       10. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first connected block comprises three first data connected areas, and each first data connected area includes a XAUI and a PCIe x8. 
     
     
       11. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the third transmitting area includes two PCIe x8. 
     
     
       12. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the fourth transmitting area includes six XAUI. 
     
     
       13. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the second connected block comprises three second data connected areas, and each second data connected area includes three XAUI. 
     
     
       14. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the fifth transmitting area includes three XAUI. 
     
     
       15. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the sixth transmitting area is a transmitting interface for the front board to the control module area, the data storage device slot area, and the input/output area. 
     
     
       16. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1  comprises at least one third circulation opening area formed on unused area of the backplane. 
     
     
       17. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the backplane is fixed in the housing by at least one fixer disposed on the obverse side of the backplane. 
     
     
       18. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the first front board and the second front board both comprise an intelligent platform management controller (IPMC) for monitoring and recording process of the first front board and the second front board, as well as reporting and dealing with abnormal events; moreover, the IPMC is also used for managing a power switch and at least one data channel switch of the first front board and the second front board. 
     
     
       19. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the first front board further comprises a reduced instruction set computing (RISC). 
     
     
       20. The industrial server system as recited in  claim 18 , wherein the second front board further comprises a complex instruction set computer (CISC).

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