GROUND HEAT SINK FOR DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE COOLING

Aspects of the embodiments are directed to a printed circuit board (PCB) that includes a conductive layer extending from the printed circuit board to act as a heat sink for circuit components electrically and mechanically attached to the PCB. The conductive layer can be a copper ground layer of a multi-layered PCB. The PCB can include one or more circuit components, such as dynamic random access memory elements. In embodiments, the PCB is part of a dual inline memory module. The conductive layer can be fashioned such that it extends out from the PCB and returns over the circuit elements to define an air gap between the conductive layer and the surface of the PCB and/or the surface of the circuit elements. In embodiments, a connection adaptor can be used to accommodate various PCB thicknesses so that the PCB can be electrically connected to an edge connector.