Abstract: A connector to be connected to a counterpart connector includes a circuit board having a ground layer, an insulating layer, and a first conductive layer successively stacked, the first conductive layer including a signal circuit and a ground circuit; and a second conductive layer electrically connecting the ground circuit and the ground layer, the second conductive layer being provided on a side of the counterpart connector in the ground circuit.

Abstract: A connector includes a wiring board; a lead configured to connect the wiring board electrically to an external board; a conductive layer configured to connect the lead to the wiring board so as to allow the lead to move in predetermined directions relative to the wiring board when the conductive layer is melted; and a reinforcement member configured to reinforce a mechanical connection of the wiring board and the external board.

Abstract: A connector to be engaged with and connected to an opponent connector, the connector includes a ground plate extending in a first direction; plural signal contacts placed side by side in the first direction, the plural signal contacts being configured to come in contact with corresponding plural signal contacts of the opponent connector; and plural ground contacts placed side by side in the first direction, the plural ground contacts being configured to come in contact with corresponding plural ground contacts of the opponent connector; wherein the ground plate and the ground contacts are formed in a body by processing a single metal plate; and the opponent connector side of the ground plate and the opponent connector side of the ground contacts are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A connector to be engaged with and connected to an opponent connector, the connector includes a ground plate extending in a first direction; plural signal contacts placed side by side in the first direction, the plural signal contacts being configured to come in contact with corresponding plural signal contacts of the opponent connector; and plural ground contacts placed side by side in the first direction, the plural ground contacts being configured to come in contact with corresponding plural ground contacts of the opponent connector; wherein the ground plate and the ground contacts are formed in a body by processing a single metal plate; and the opponent connector side of the ground plate and the opponent connector side of the ground contacts are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a contact. The contact includes a first part including a first terminal part and a first connection part; a second part including a second terminal part and a second connection part, and a third part including an elastic part having a first end and a second end connected to the first part and the second part, respectively. The first connection part and the second connection part face each other across a gap. The second terminal part is configured to come into press contact with an electrode in response to fixation of the housing to a board. The third part is configured to elastically deform in response to attachment of a plug to the housing and/or the fixation of the housing to the board, so as to cause the first connection part and the second connection part to come into contact and be electrically connected.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing and a contact. The contact includes a first part including a first terminal part and a first connection part; a second part including a second terminal part and a second connection part, and a third part including an elastic part having a first end and a second end connected to the first part and the second part, respectively. The first connection part and the second connection part face each other across a gap. The second terminal part is configured to come into press contact with an electrode in response to fixation of the housing to a board. The third part is configured to elastically deform in response to attachment of a plug to the housing and/or the fixation of the housing to the board, so as to cause the first connection part and the second connection part to come into contact and be electrically connected.

Abstract: A connector has a housing, contact modules accommodated within the housing and having transmission path patterns with ends which form a plurality of contacts, and a connecting surface. Each of the contacts is exposed at the connecting surface. The contacts of each of the contact modules are aligned in a first direction, and corresponding contacts of the contact modules are aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so that the contacts are disposed in a matrix arrangement. The lengths of adjacent transmission path patterns are identical within each of the contact modules but different among the contact modules.

Abstract: A connector includes a wiring board; a lead configured to connect the wiring board electrically to an external board; a conductive layer configured to connect the lead to the wiring board; a guide part configured to guide the lead in directions in which the lead extends, when the conductive layer is melted; and a reinforcement member configured to reinforce a mechanical connection of the wiring board and the external board.

Abstract: A cable connector includes a contact assembly including an electrically insulating block body and multiple signal contacts incorporated therein; an intermediary interconnection board having multiple contact connection pads, multiple groups of wire connection pads, and multiple interconnects on its surface, the interconnects connecting the contact connection pads to the corresponding wire connection pads, the contact connection pads being electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts of the contact assembly; and a cable having multiple wires electrically connected to the corresponding wire connection pads. Adjacent groups of the wire connection pads are offset in a direction in which the interconnects extend.

Abstract: A connector has a housing, contact modules accommodated within the housing and having transmission path patterns with ends which form a plurality of contacts, and a connecting surface. Each of the contacts is exposed at the connecting surface. The contacts of each of the contact modules are aligned in a first direction, and corresponding contacts of the contact modules are aligned in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, so that the contacts are disposed in a matrix arrangement. The lengths of adjacent transmission path patterns are identical within each of the contact modules but different among the contact modules.

Abstract: The present invention provides a spin-valve magnetoresistance sensor in which are formed, on top of the substrate, free layers, and pinned layers, enclosing a nonmagnetic spacer layer, and an antiferromagnetic layer adjacent to the pinned layers. The sensor is also equipped with a back layer including at least two nonmagnetic metal layers adjacent to the free layers on the side of the free layers opposite the nonmagnetic spacer layer. The back layer has at least one nonmagnetic metal layer of Cu with high electrical conductivity, preferably formed adjacent to the free layers, as for example in a two-layer structure of Cu and Ru or a three-layer structure Ru/Cu/Ru. In addition to a high read output, fluctuations in Hint with the film thickness of the back layer can be suppressed and sensor characteristics stabilized, and high recording densities can be realized.