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Abstract

A circuit board, a cartridge with the circuit board, and methods of manufacturing the circuit board and cartridge are provided. A circuit board has a storage device and a plurality of terminals arranged thereon along one axis thereof. A first set of the terminals are for read/write operations of the storage device to modify data contained in the storage device. A second set of the terminals are for communicating electrical power to the storage device. At least two of the second set of terminals are arranged on the circuit board at two edges thereof. The circuit board may be applied to a housing holding marking material. The method of manufacturing the circuit board includes defining first and second circuits having first and second terminals, respectively. A substrate is provided and the first and second circuits are formed on the substrate with the first and second terminals thereof being conjoined at a conjoined area. Thereafter, the substrate together with the first and second circuits are cut through the conjoined area. The cutting forms first and second circuit boards of first and second portions of the cut substrate. The first circuit board carries the first circuit with the first terminal extending to an edge of the first circuit board defined by the cutting. The second circuit board carries the second circuit with the second terminal extending to an edge of the second circuit board defined by the cutting.

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