Abstract: A backplane connector assembly includes a first backplane connector and a second backplane connector. The first backplane connector includes a number of first conductive terminals, a first insulating bracket, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and a shielding space. The second backplane connector includes a second terminal module. Each second terminal module includes mating terminals mated with the first conductive terminals and a shielding shell surrounding a periphery of the mating terminals. The shielding shell is received in the shielding space. As a result, the backplane connector assembly of the present disclosure reduces crosstalk and improves the quality of signal transmission.

Abstract: A backplane connector includes a housing, a number of terminal modules, a metal shielding surrounding portion and a mounting block. The housing includes a base, a receiving groove and a number of insulating protrusions integrally extending from the base. The terminal module includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal has a first mounting foot. The second signal terminal has a second mounting foot. The metal shield surrounding member includes a first tail portion, a second tail portion and a hollow portion sleeved on the insulating protrusion. The mounting block is received in the receiving groove. As a result, the shielding effect of the backplane connector is improved.

Abstract: A backplane connector includes a number of wafers and a spacer for assembling the number of wafers together. Each wafer includes an insulating frame. The insulating frame includes a first protrusion. The spacer includes a body portion. The body portion has a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. A periphery of each slot is surrounded by the body portion. Compared with the prior art, the spacer of the present disclosure is provided with a number of slots for holding the first protrusions of the wafers. As a result, the wafers can be easily assembled and fixed as a whole.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes multiple electrical modules sequentially stacked along a vertical direction. Each electrical module includes an insulating block being arc-shaped, a row of conductors fixed to the insulating block, and a first shielding member. The row of conductors includes multiple first grounding conductors and multiple pairs of first signal conductors arranged on the insulating block along a left-right direction. The two first signal conductors in a same pair of first signal conductors have a same length. The first shielding member has a first main body portion overlapping with a projection of one pair of first signal conductors in the vertical direction. The first shielding member and each conductor bend and extend downward from a top thereof and backward from a front thereof to be arc-shaped. The first contact portions of the row of conductors located on the same electrical module are located on a same horizontal plane.

Abstract: An electrical component including a polymeric body which (i) defines at least one electrical connection; or (ii) is configured for attachment to an electrical cable or wire; or (iii) is configured for attachment to an electrical apparatus, wherein the polymeric body or a portion thereof includes a thermochromic composition which has a first colour condition below a first threshold temperature and a second colour condition if the composition is heated above the first threshold temperature, and wherein the thermochromic composition maintains the second colour condition until it is cooled below a second threshold temperature.

Abstract: A plug connector adapted for connecting corresponding wires includes an insulative body integrally formed with two rows of plug contacts in a lateral direction and a transverse bar. The plug contacts are categorized with differential-pair contacts and grounding contacts alternately arranged with each other in a longitudinal direction. The transverse bar extends along the longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction and is unitarily linked to rear ends of all the grounding contacts of each row of plug contacts while being isolated from the differential-pair contacts. All the contacts and the transverse bar are stamped from a same sheet metal initially, and the differential-pair contacts are successively disconnected from the transverse bar after the plug contacts are integrally formed with the insulative body.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a number of mating modules. The mating module includes a number of conductive terminals, a first metal shield, a second metal shield and cables. The conductive terminals extend along a mating direction. The conductive terminal includes a tail portion and a mating portion. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the tail portion. The conductive terminals include differential signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. Compared with the prior art, the electrical connector of the present disclosure is a cable electrical connector. Besides, the conductive terminal extends along the mating direction, thereby simplifying the structural design of the conductive terminal. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector assembly having the electrical connector.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

Abstract: Provided is a board coupling structure in which a power supply circuit board is formed as a separate board, more specifically, to a board coupling structure in which a signal processing circuit board for processing signals such as image signals, voice signals, and the like and a power supply circuit board are formed as different types of boards and the different types of boards are laterally coupled to each other. The board coupling structure includes a first circuit board, a second circuit board formed of a smaller number of layers than the number of layers of the first circuit board, and a fastening unit configured to laterally fasten a contact edge of the first circuit board to a contact edge of the second circuit board which are facing each other.

Abstract: [Object] To provide a contact that can hold down effects caused by solder, even if an elastic contacting portion is extending from a location contacting a first member. [Solving means] The contact includes a base portion, an elastic contacting portion and a gap forming portion. The base portion is configured solderable on a component mounting surface of the first member. The elastic contacting portion is configured elastically deformable and relatively swingable with respect to the base portion, and when contacting a contacted surface of the second member, is configured to elastically deform to be in pressurized contact with the contacted surface.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and a first terminal module. The first terminal module includes a first insulating portion and a number of first terminals. The first terminals include a number of pairs of first signal terminals and a number of first ground terminals. The first insulating portion has a first side surface and a second side surface. The electrical connector includes a first metal shield mounted to the second side surface. The first metal shield is located between the second side surface and the insulating body. The first metal shield is in contact with the first ground terminals. The present disclosure increases the shielding area and improves the quality of signal transmission. The present disclosure also relates to an electrical connector assembly and an electrical connector module including the above-mentioned electrical connector.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a housing, a terminal module and a cable connected to the terminal module. The terminal module includes multiple groups of conductive terminals. At least one group of conductive terminals include two signal terminals, a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal. The at least one group of conductive terminals include a connecting portion connecting the first ground terminal and the second ground terminal. The cable includes signal wires electrically connected to the signal terminals and a ground shielding layer wrapped around a periphery of the signal wires. The connecting portion is at least partially wrapped and fixed on the ground shielding layer. With this arrangement, it is easy to connect the ground terminals and the cable ground shielding layer in order to achieve a better shielding effect.

Abstract: The present disclosure a connector including a housing, a terminal module, a metal plate and a shielding member. The housing is provided with a slot. The terminal module includes a number of signal terminals and an insulating block. Each signal terminal is provided with a contact portion extending into the slot. The metal plate and the at least one terminal module are arranged side by side along a thickness direction of the connector. The shielding member extends along the thickness direction to contact the insulating block and to be electrically connected to the ground plate.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

Abstract: An electrical interconnect for passing high speed signals through an electronic system with a high density of signals and high signal integrity. The interconnect includes an electrical connector and a transition portion of a printed circuit board to which the connector is mounted. Signal conductors are connected to pads on the surface of the PCB using edge-to-pad mounting. The pads align with intermediate portions of the signal conductors such that transitions within the connector that could degrade signal integrity are avoided. The signal conductors may be positioned as individually shielded broadside coupled pairs extending in rows within the connector. Surface traces on the PCB connect the pads to signal vias aligned for vertical routing out of the connector footprint. Ground planes underlying the surface traces facilitate a transition from the signal paths in the connector to those in the PCB with low mode conversion avoiding resonances in the connector shields.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a wire end connector for electrically connecting to a board end connector. The wire end connector includes a main body portion and an insertion portion. The insertion portion is connected to the main body portion, and the insertion portion is configured to couple to the board end connector. The main body portion is provided with a plurality of elastic claws extending outward from the main body portion to press on the board end connector when the insertion portion is coupled to the board end connector so as to stably connect the wire end connector to the board end connector.

Abstract: A coaxial connector device includes an insulating body disposed on a circuit board, first and second signal contact members and, a ground contact member, and a conductive partition member. Each of the first and second signal contact members is assembled to the insulating body and has a contact portion protruding from the insulating body and a signal joint portion configured to be joined to a signal terminal portion disposed on the circuit board. The ground contact member is assembled to the insulating body and has a surrounding contact portion surrounding the contact portion and a ground joint portion configured to be joined to a ground terminal disposed on the circuit board. The conductive partition member is disposed between the contact portions and is configured to be provided with a ground potential.

Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a connector for high-speed transmission to be fitted with an external counterpart connector includes a housing and a plurality of terminals. The housing has at least one or more slots. The plurality of terminals includes ground terminals and signal terminals are arranged in the slot along a first direction orthogonal to a fitting direction of the connector. Partition walls are provided between adjacent terminals in the slot, and a height of the partition walls between the ground terminals and the signal terminals in the fitting direction is lower than a height of other partition walls in the fitting direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector module includes an insulating body, a number of conductive terminals and a retaining piece. The insulating body includes an end wall. The end wall has an end surface and a protrusion. The retaining piece includes a main body and a mounting portion for being mounted to a circuit board. The main body includes a frame portion. The frame portion includes a mounting opening and a barb protruding into the mounting opening. The mounting opening is sleeved on the protrusion. The barb at least partially pierces into the protrusion for fixation. The present disclosure also discloses an electrical connector formed by combining a number of electrical connector modules.

Abstract: A mating module includes a conductive terminal, a cable, a first metal shield member and a second metal shield member. The cable includes a core electrically connected to the conductive terminal, an insulating layer wrapped on the core, and a shielding layer wrapped on the insulating layer. The first metal shield member includes a first mounting piece. The second metal shield member includes a second mounting piece. The cable further includes a protruding piece connected to the shielding layer. The protruding piece is directly or indirectly clamped by the first mounting piece and the second mounting piece. As a result, the shielding effect of the mating module is improved. The present disclosure also relates to a cable connector having the mating module.