Abstract:
A connector is provided with a pair of terminals configured to provide a differential signal pair. A ground terminal is positioned on opposing sides of the differential pair. The body of the differential pair is configured so as to bring the differential pair closer together. In an embodiment, the % coupling on the differential pair is increase at least 10% more than a design where the four terminals are positioned at a constant pitch between the tail and the contact.
Abstract:
A shield for a connector that can provide a card-receiving slot is disclosed. The shield includes sides that provide an enclosure. The shield includes a fastener that is held in place by a retaining notch in a bottom of the shield. The retaining notch is configured to support the fastener in place and restrain it from unintended translation or rotation.
Abstract:
An EMI gasket (40) takes the form of a formed conductive shroud that completely encircles a metal shielding cage (10). The shroud has an opening that is surrounded by a plurality of sides and all of the sides contain slots that receive spring contacts (60) of a metal shielding cage (10). The slots contain shoulders (46) to limit the travel of the spring contacts within the shroud slots and thereby limit the travel of the shroud on the shielding cage.
Abstract:
A circuit board (200, 300, 400) design is disclosed that is useful in high speed differential signal applications uses either a via arrangement or a circuit trace exit structure. In the via arrangement, sets of differential signal pair vias (301, 303, 401, 402) and an associated ground (302) are arranged adjacent to each other in a repeating pattern. The differential signal vias (301, 303, 591) of each pair are spaced closer to their associated ground via (302a, 593a) than the spacing between the adjacent differential signal pair associated ground (302b, 593b) so that differential signal vias exhibit a preference for electrically coupling to their associated ground vias. The circuit trace exit structure involves the exit portions of the circuit traces (420, 550) of the differential signal vias (401, 402, 591) to follow a path where the traces then meet with and join to the transmission line portions (552) of the conductive traces.
Abstract:
An electrical connector is provided for mounting on a surface of a printed circuit board having a plurality of holes. The connector includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal-receiving passages. A plurality of first conductive terminals are mounted in some of the passages and include first tail portions insertable in an insertion direction into the holes in the printed circuit board with an interference fit. A plurality of second conductive terminals are mounted in other of the passages and include second tail portions engageable with the surface of the printed circuit board. The second tail portions are constructed to exert forces on the connector in a direction opposite the insertion direction away from the printed circuit board.