WO2005104025A1 - Memory card with two standard sets of contacts and a contact covering mechanism - Google Patents
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Definitions
- This invention relates generally to the use and structure of removable electronic circuit cards having different mechanical and/or electrical interfaces, particularly those including mass re-programmable non-volatile integrated circuit memory.
- Electronic circuit cards including non-volatile memory cards, have been commercially implemented according to a number of well-known standards.
- Memory cards are used with personal computers, cellular telephones, personal digital assistants (PDAs), digital still cameras, digital movie cameras, portable audio players and other host electronic devices for the storage of large amounts of data.
- PDAs personal digital assistants
- Such cards usually contain a re-programmable non-volatile semiconductor memory cell array along with a controller that controls operation of the memory cell array and interfaces with a host to which the card connected.
- Several of the same type of card may be interchanged in a host card slot designed to accept that type of card.
- a card made according to one standard is usually not useable with a host designed to operate with a card of another standard.
- PC Card Standard provides specifications for three types of PC Cards. Originally released in 1990, the PC Card Standard now contemplates three forms of a rectangular card measuring 85.6 mm. by 54.0 mm., having thicknesses of 3.3 mm. (Type I), 5.0 mm. (Type II) and 10.5 mm. (Type III). An electrical connector, which engages pins of a slot in which the card is removably inserted, is provided along a narrow edge of the card. PC Card slots are included in current notebook personal computers, as well as in other host equipment, particularly portable devices.
- the PC Card Standard is a product of the Personal Computer Memory Card international Association (PCMCIA).
- PCMCIA Personal Computer Memory Card international Association
- CFTM card CompactFlashTM card
- the CFTM card is rectangularly shaped with dimensions of 42.8 mm. by 36.4 mm. and a thickness of 3.3 mm., and has a female pin connector along one edge.
- the CFTM card is widely used with cameras for the storage of still video data.
- a passive adapter card is available, in which the CF card fits, that then can be inserted into a PC Card slot of a host computer or other device.
- the controller within the CF card operates with the card's flash memory to provide an ATA interface at its connector.
- the SmartMediaTM card is about one-third the size of a PC Card, having dimensions of 45.0 mm. by 37.0 mm. and is very thin at only 0.76 mm. thick. Contacts are provided in a defined pattern as areas on a surface of the card. Its specifications have been defined by the Solid State Floppy Disk Card (SSFDC) Forum, which began in 1996. It contains flash memory, particularly of the NAND type.
- SSFDC Solid State Floppy Disk Card
- the SmartMediaTM card is intended for use with portable electronic devices, particularly cameras and audio devices, for storing large amounts of data.
- a memory controller is included either in the host device or in an adapter card in another format such as one according to the PC Card standard. Physical and electrical specifications for the SmartMediaTM card have been issued by the SSFDC Forum.
- MMCTM MultiMediaCard
- MMC MultiMediaCard System Specification
- MMC A MultiMediaCard Association
- MMC products having varying storage capacity are currently available from SanDisk Corporation.
- the MMC card is rectangularly shaped with a size similar to that of a postage stamp.
- the card's dimensions are 32.0 mm. by 24.0 mm. and 1.4 mm. thick, with a row of electrical contacts on a surface of the card along a narrow edge that also contains a cut-off corner.
- a modified version of the MMCTM card is the later Secure Digital (SD) card.
- SD Card has the same rectangular size as the MMCTM card but with an increased thickness (2.1 mm.) in order to accommodate an additional memory chip when that is desired.
- a primary difference between these two cards is the inclusion in the SD card of security features for its use to store proprietary data such as that of music.
- Another difference between them is that the SD Card includes additional data contacts in order to enable faster data transfer between the card and a host.
- the other contacts of the SD Card are the same as those of the MMCTM card in order that sockets designed to accept the SD Card can also be made to accept the MMCTM card.
- a total of nine contacts are positioned along a short edge of the card that contains a cutoff corner.
- This card is smaller than the SD card but provides much of the same functionality. It has a modified rectangular shape with dimensions of 21.5 mm. long, 20.0 mm. wide and 1.4 mm. thick. A total of eleven electrical contacts are positioned in a row on a surface of the card along one edge.
- the miniSD memory card is available from SanDisk Corporation and described in the "SanDisk miniSD Card Product Manual,” version 1.0, April 2003.
- SIM Subscriber Identity Module
- ETSI European Telecommunications Standards Institute
- GSM 11.11 a recent version being technical specification ETSI TS 100 977 V8.3.0 (2000-08), entitled “Digital Cellular Telecommunications System (Phase 2+); Specification of the Subscriber Identity Module - Mobile Equipment (SIM - ME) Interface,” (GSM 11.11 Version 8.3.0 Release 1999).
- ID-1 SIM and Plug-in SIM Two types of SEVI cards are specified: ID-1 SIM and Plug-in SIM.
- the ID-1 SIM card has a format and layout according to the ISO/IEC
- the ISO/IEC 7810 standard is entitled “Identification cards - Physical characteristics,” second edition, August 1995.
- the ISO/IEC 7816 standard has the general title of "Identification cards - Integrated Circuit(s) Cards with Contacts,” and consists of parts 1-10 that carry individual dates from 1994 through 2000. Copies of these standards are available from the ISO/IEC in Geneva, Switzerland.
- the ID-1 SIM card is generally the size of a credit card, having dimensions of 85.60 mm. by 53.98 mm., with rounder corners, and a thickness of 0.76 mm.
- Such a card may have only memory or may also include a microprocessor, the latter often being referred to as a "Smart Card.”
- Smart Card One application of a Smart Card is as a debit card where an initial credit balance is decreased every time it is used to purchase a product or a service.
- the Plug-in SIM is a very small card, smaller than the MMCTM and SD cards.
- the GSM 11.11 specification referenced above calls for this card to be a rectangle 25 mm. by 15 mm., with one corner cut off for orientation, and with the same thickness as the ID-1 SIM card.
- a primary use of the Plug-in SIM card is in mobile telephones and other devices for security against the theft and/or unauthorized use of the devices, in which case the card stores a security code personal to the device's owner or user.
- eight electrical contacts (but with as few as five being used) are specified in the ISO/IEC 7816 standard to be arranged on a surface of the card for contact by a host receptacle.
- Sony Corporation has developed and commercialized a non-volatile memory card, sold as the Memory StickTM, that has yet another set of specifications. Its shape is that of an elongated rectangle having 10 electrical contacts in a row and individually recessed into a surface adjacent one of its short sides that also contains a cut out corner for orientation.
- the card's size is 50.0 mm. long by 21.5 mm. wide by 2.8 mm. thick.
- a more recent Memory Stick Duo card is smaller, having dimensions of 31.0 mm. long by 20.0 mm. wide by 1.6 mm. thick. Ten contacts are provided in a common recess in a surface and along a short side of the card, which also contains an orienting notch. This smaller card is often used by insertion into a passive adapter having the shape of a Memory Stick card.
- SanDisk Corporation has introduced an even smaller transportable non-volatile TransFlash memory module in a modified rectangular shape, having dimensions of 15.0 mm. long by 11.0 mm. wide by 1.0 mm. thick. Eight electrical contact pads are provided in a row on a surface adjacent a short edge of the card. This card is useful for a variety of applications, particularly with portable devices, and is being incorporated into multimedia camera cell telephones.
- USB Universal Serial Bus
- USB flash drives are typically larger and shaped differently than the memory cards described above.
- An electronic circuit card such as one containing re-programmable non-volatile memory, includes two or more external sets of electrical contacts and a cover for at least one of the sets of contacts that is attached to the card and is rotatable by hand about an axis extending across the width of the card to expose the contacts.
- the two sets of contacts may conform to different recognized mechanical and electrical standards and specifications such as two or more of those described above.
- the internal memory of a memory card most commonly flash memory, is operable through any of the sets of external contacts alone with the appropriate signal protocol.
- the standards that are implemented are preferably those that will allow the system to be used directly with a wide variety of host devices having receptacles with various physical and electronic signal protocol and format characteristics.
- Figures 1A and IB are perspective views of a memory card having two sets of electrical contacts with a cover of one set of contacts closed ( Figure 1A) and with the cover opened ( Figure IB);
- Figures 2A and 2B are plan views of the memory card as shown in
- Figure 3A is a side view of the memory card shown in Figures 1 A -
- Figure 3B is a side view of the memory card shown in Figures 1 A - 2B with its cover in a position intermediate of its open and closed positions;
- Figure 3 A is a side view of the memory card shown in Figures 1A -
- the example memory card described herein utilizes one set of contacts and a signal protocol from one published memory card standard, such as that for the SD card, and the other set of contacts and a signal protocol according another published standard, such as the USB standard or another that provide similar opportunities for use, such as the IEEE 1394 standard.
- Many types of hosts include receptacle slots for SD cards, particularly cell phones, PDAs, MP-3 players, cameras and the like, while USB receptacles are common in personal computers, notebook computers and the like. Such a combination of interfaces thereby allows the memory card system to be used directly with a wider variety of host devices than either one alone.
- a predominately rectangular main body portion 11 in this case a shortened version of the SD card, has a rectangular extension 13 formed as part of the card to provide an additional interface, in this case a USB compatible plug. Since the extension 13 is narrower than the portion 11, end surfaces 12 and 14 of the main body portion 11 exist on either side of the extension 13.
- nine electrical contacts 15 - 23 are provided on bottom surfaces of eight grooves 25 - 32 along one end of the card, the two contacts 22 and 23 being placed in the one groove 32.
- Four electrical contacts 37 - 40 are provided on the flat surface of the extension 13. Both sets of contacts 15 - 23 and 37 - 40 are positioned on the same side of this example memory card but they could alternately be placed on opposite sides.
- the cover 43 is rotatably connected with the card so that it may be closed to cover the contacts 37 - 40 when they are not being used (the position of Figures 1A, 2 A and 3 A) and opened to expose the contacts 37 - 40 when the extension 13 is inserted into a matting receptacle (the position of Figures IB, 2B and 3C). These positions are shown to be one hundred eighty degrees apart.
- the cover 43 is attached to the card portion 11 at its end surfaces 12 and 14 by respective hinges 45 and 47 that allow for such rotation of the cover 43 by hand.
- the cover 43 has thick side portions 49 and 51 to which the hinges 45 and 47 are respectively connected.
- the side portions 49 and 51 fit around the extension 13 when the cover is closed, and a thin layer 53 of material spanning between the side portions 49 and 51 covers the contacts when the cover 43 is closed.
- the layer 53 has a size that is approximately that of the extension 13 in order to cover it when the cover 43 is closed.
- An end portion 55 spanning the side portions 49 and 51 is also preferably provided as part of the cover 43. When the cover 43 is closed, its end portion 55 fits over an extreme end of the extension 13.
- the addition 13 has a minimum length of 12 mm. from the ends 12 and 14 of the main body portion 11 and has a width of 12.35 mm.
- the main body portion 11 of the memory card of Figures 1A and IB in this specific example, is 24 mm. wide with a thickness of 2.1 mm., according to the SD card standard, but its length is shortened so that the overall length of the card, with the cover 43 closed, is the 32 mm. length of the SD card.
- the cover 43 is made to have the same outside width of 24 mm. and its side portions 49 and 51 the same 2.1 mm. thickness as the card portion 11, according to the SD card standard.
- the extension 13 has a thickness 43 of 1.70 mm.
- a 0.4 mm. high ledge may thus be formed at the intersection of the card portions 11 and 13, given their different thicknesses, while an opposite surface on the backside of the first and second portions 11 and 13 is planar without any such discontinuity.
- the thickness difference on the front side is occupied by the layer 53 when the cover 43 is closed.
- the length of the cover 43 is such that the length of the card with the cover closed is the 32 mm. length of the SD card.
- the card structure has the physical dimensions and other physical characteristics of the SD memory card.
- a latch 57 may be provided on the inside of one or both of the side portions 49 and 51 of the cover 43 to snap into mating receptacle(s) (not shown) on the side walls of the extension 13.
- the card can be used as any SD card, the same as if the USB extension portion 13 did not exist. It is inserted into and removed from receptacles of host devices that follow the SD card standard. However, when it is desired to insert the card into a USB receptacle, the cover 43 is opened to expose the extension 13 and its contacts 37 - 40.
- An appropriate latch (not shown) may additionally be included to hold the cover 43 in its opened position.
- the length of the extension 13 has been minimized according to the USB standards in order to maximize the length of the main body portion 11 so that it may hold more or larger integrated circuit chips.
- the cover 43 if it is desired for the cover 43 to lie over the contacts 25 - 32 when opened, the length of the main portion l lcan be shortened and the extension 13 lengthened by a corresponding amount until they have about equal lengths.
- the length of the cover 43 would also then be increased in order to cover the lengthened extension 13. When in its opened position, the cover would lie over the SD card contacts 15 - 23.
- the extension 13 is illustrated in the figures to be centered along the width of the card portion 11, the end edges 12 and 14 of the body portion 11 therefore being equal. However, other arrangements can be used instead. For example, the extension 13 can be positioned along one side of the portion 11 and the cover 43 altered to have one larger side portion instead of the two equal side portions 49 and 51 that are illustrated.
- FIG. 1 Various other details of the example structure shown in the figures can certainly be further altered so long as the contact structure at one end physically conforms to one standard and the contact structure at the other end physically conforms to a second standard.
- One is a memory card standard since numerous hand held devices include receptacles for such cards.
- a memory card standard other than for the SD card, such as one of the others described above, can be utilized instead.
- the second standard is one that is more commonly used on personal computers, notebook computers and other computing devices, in this case the USB standard.
- the IEEE 1394 standard could instead be used for the second standard, for example, but its use is currently not as widespread as the USB.
- both sets of contacts may conform to different memory card standards.
- Flash memory Internal to the memory card is preferably flash memory that is accessed from the SD card contacts 15 - 23 through a controller circuit, as currently exists in SD memory cards.
- An additional interface circuit is provided for converting the SD signal protocols at the SD contacts 15 - 23 into USB signal protocols at the USB contacts 37 - 40.
- a single controller can be used to provide both signal protocols. If one or more additional sets of contacts are provided, provision is made to interface the additional set(s) of contacts with the signal protocols of the additional standard(s), so that the internal memory can be accessed through the additional contact set(s).
- the memory card of is useable with a wide variety of types of host devices.
- the SD card set of contacts 15 - 23 can be inserted into a memory card slot of a PDA, for example, and the other set of contacts 37 - 40 into a USB receptacle of a notebook computer.
- Addition of the second interface increases the convenience and portability of the memory card. This is an advantage for most all uses of memory cards but is of particular benefit in certain applications. For example, if the memory card stores the medical history and other health information of an individual who is carrying the card at the time of an accident or sudden illness, it is more likely that emergency health care providers will have access to a host device that can immediately read the stored information from the card through either of the two interfaces.
- the two interfaces also increase the usefulness of a memory card for transferring data between different types of hosts that do not have a common card interface.
- the second pattern of contacts and hinged protective cover of the card shown in the figures can be included in a memory card based upon most any standard memory card standard. This structure is not limited to use with the SD card.
- the USB plug 13 can, for example, be incorporated in a similar manner into the MMC, miniSD, Memory Stick or Smart Media cards.
- the specific hinges 45 and 47 shown in the example memory card of the figures are sometimes called "dog bone" hinges. They are of rigid material. One end of each of these elongated hinges is attached to the card portion 11 to rotate about an axis 61 that extends across the width of the card through its main portion 11. Another end of each of the hinges 45 and 47 is attached to the cover 43 to rotate about an axis 63 that extends across the width of the cover 43. Both of the axes of rotation 61 and 63 are stationary with respect to their respective card portion 11 and cover 43. During movement of the cover between its opened and closed positions, the axis 63 moves normal to the memory card to allow the cover 43 to adjust between the different levels of the card's top surface.
- This hinge structure can also be modified to provide a detent that holds the cover 43 in its closed position ( Figure 3 A), in place of the latch 57 ( Figure IB), and in its opened position ( Figure 3C).
- One way to do so is to square off the ends of the rigid hinges 45 and 47 and provide mating rectangular receptacles in the card portion 11 and cover 43 that latch the cover at 0° and 90° with respect to the hinges but allows free rotation between those positions.
- An alternate structure replaces the rounded edges of the card portion 11 and the cover 43 with substantially square surfaces, and the hinges 45 and 47 are provided some degree of elasticity so that they pull these planar edges together when the cover 43 is closed. As the cover is then opened by hand, the hinges stretch to allow the edge of the cover to rotate over the edge of the card portion Hand then pull the cover and card together again after the cover has been rotated into its opened position.
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