Coaxial Compliant Pin Electrical Connector
Original Publication Date: 1990-Apr-01
Included in the Prior Art Database: 2005-Mar-15
Publishing Venue
IBM
Related People
Petrozello, J: AUTHOR [+2]
Abstract
With increasing demand for low-noise, high-density connectors, it has become necessary to introduce ground shielding to the signal pins in electrical contact systems. The Coaxial Compliant Pin Connector is a shielded, high-performance, high-density connector that is inserted into a circuit board by press fit. It requires no solder operation and allows for close center contact spacing.
Coaxial Compliant Pin Electrical Connector
With
increasing demand for low-noise, high-density
connectors, it has become necessary to introduce ground shielding to
the signal pins in electrical contact systems. The Coaxial Compliant
Pin Connector is a shielded, high-performance, high-density connector
that is inserted into a circuit board by press fit. It requires no
solder operation and allows for close center contact spacing.
The Coaxial
Compliant pin consists of a signal pin 1 with a
compliant press fit section 2 situated at the base of the pin which
is required for the press fit connection to the circuit board signal
PTH. A dialectric material 3, such as
TEFLON*, is molded around the
signal pin 1. The signal pin 1, with its
molded dialectric insulator
3, is inserted into the ground contact 4 which is composed of a
seamless Be Cu tube.
The assembly
is swaged to form the elliptical tube compliant
section 5 required for the press fit connection of the ground contact
4 with the circuit board ground PTH.
The circuit
board 6 is composed of a series of step drilled
holes 7 which are plated to form the copper PTH 8 for the signal and
ground simultaneously. A secondary
drilling or laser operation
severs the connection between the signal PTH 9 and the ground PTH 10.
In this design, it is not necessary to
drill all the way through the
board which allows for more internal wiring.
The assembled and swaged Coaxial Compl...