Abstract:
A single element electrical connector includes a single conductive contact element formed into a cage structure having a wire insert end and a wire contact end along a longitudinal centerline axis of the connector. The cage structure defines an upper pick-up surface having a surface area suitable for placement of a suction nozzle of a vacuum transfer device, as well as a pair of contact tines biased towards the centerline axis to define a contact pinch point for an exposed core of a wire inserted into the connector. A contact surface is defined by a member of the cage structure for electrical mating contact with a respective contact element on a component on which the connector is mounted.
Abstract:
In some designs, getting a flexible circuit (flex) to assume a bent state can be helpful in efficiently routing electrically conductive pathways. One efficient way to implement soldering of flexes in a bent state during a reflow operation is to manipulate paneling that hold batches of the flexes to reliably maintain a suitable bend in those flexes. In some embodiments, a flex can be surface mounted to a portion or the whole of an electric device during a reflow operation during which the bent state is maintained by paneling that is at least partially attached to a periphery of the flex. Another solution is to utilize vacuum or hot glue fixtures to maintain a bend in the flex during surface mounting and reflow operations.
Abstract:
A connector includes a surface mount contact and housing. The surface mount contact has a cylindrical portion, a lance, and a pair of surface mount soldering portions. The cylindrical portion has a cylindrical shape into which a wire core of an electrical wire is inserted. The lance is positioned in an intermediate portion of the cylindrical portion along an axial direction thereof and secures the wire core when the electrical wire is inserted. The pair of surface mount soldering portions project from the cylindrical portion. Each of the pair of surface mount soldering portions extend from an end of the cylindrical portion in a direction orthogonal to the axial direction.
Abstract:
A connecting terminal, a semiconductor package, a wiring board, a connector, and a microcontactor that can achieve a stable contact with a contact target are provided. To achieve the object and to establish an electrical connection to a contact target by making a physical contact with the contact target, there are provided a plurality of conductive terminal-forming members each having a terminal portion, which is extended in a band shape and at least a part of a surface of which forms a curved surface. Each terminal portion is configured so that a part of which is laminated on a part of at least one terminal portion in a thickness direction. All the terminal portions may be laminated at respective tip portions in the thickness direction.
Abstract:
An electronic component includes an electronic component body having lead wires led out therefrom and compliant pins. Compliant pins include connections to be connected to lead wires and are in contact, at end surfaces on the other side thereof, with a lead-wire lead-out surface of the electronic component body. Compliant pins are provided at one end thereof with connectors to be press-fitted into the throughholes of a circuit board.
Abstract:
A contact member inserted in a piercing hole of a socket provided between a first contacted member and a second contacted member facing each other, the contact member includes a first contact part configured to come in contact with a first pad formed in the first connected member; a second contact part configured to come in contact with a second pad formed in the second connected member; and a spiral cylindrical part formed in a spiral manner with respect to an axial line connecting the first pad and the second pad, the spiral cylindrical part having one end formed in a large diameter curved part having the first contact part, the spiral cylindrical part having another end formed in a small diameter curved part having the second contact part; the spiral cylindrical part having an external circumferential surface coming in contact with an inside wall of the piercing hole.
Abstract:
A high speed socket includes an insulative housing and a printed circuit board body portion. The PCB body portion includes a PCB and surface mount contacts. Each surface mount contact has a first end portion for making contact with an integrated circuit held in the socket and a second end portion for surface mounting to a printed circuit board. The socket's printed circuit board includes AC grounded conductive columns (ACGCC) that extend from a first planar surface of the PCB to a second planar surface of the PCB. The printed circuit board also includes signal conductors. The signal conductors are shielded by the ACGCCs. In one aspect, the socket includes capacitors that are surface mounted to the socket's PCB. In another aspect, the surface mount contacts include self-adjusting solder tails that accommodate PCB warpage.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for accessing a high speed signal routed on a conductive trace on an internal layer of a printed circuit board (PCB) using high density interconnect (HDI technology) are provided. The conductive trace may be coupled to a microvia (μVia) having a conductive dome disposed above the outer layer pad of the μVia. In-circuit test (ICT) fixtures or high speed test probes may interface with the conductive dome to test the high speed signal with decreased reflection loss and other parasitic effects when compared to conventional test points utilizing plated through-hole (PTH) technology.
Abstract:
A ball grid array (BGA) connection system includes an integrated circuit (IC) package that includes a plurality of conductive balls forming a ball grid array (BGA) arranged in a matrix pattern. A printed circuit board (PCB) includes a plurality of ball sockets arranged in a corresponding matrix pattern. Each ball socket includes a base having one side that engages the PCB and an opposing side configured for seating a conductive ball of the BGA. A plurality of prongs are secured to and extend from the base and configured to receive and hold a conductive ball into contact with the base.
Abstract:
A multi-layer printed circuit board assembly providing a rigid structural platform for supporting a plurality of surge protector modules for coupling to multi-line communications cables on one board. The multi-layer printed circuit board assembly includes a printed circuit board, multiple protector female sockets pins and at least two connectors mounted on the printed circuit board. The multi-layer printed circuit board assembly can also include a ground plane and a pin support block. The multiple protector female socket pins partially reside in receptacles within the printed circuit board and are arranged to receive and electrically connect surge protector modules to the multi-layer printed circuit board. This allows the traces within the printed circuit board to electrically connect each lead of a designated communication line with a corresponding surge protector pin.