A low-profile Universal-Serial-Bus (USB) assembly includes a modular USB core component and an external case. The modular USB core component includes a PCBA in which all passive components and unpackaged IC chips are attached to a single side of a PCB opposite to the metal contacts. The IC chips (e.g.,...http://www.google.de/patents/US20080020641?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20080020641 - Single Chip USB Packages By Various Assembly Methods
