Abstract: A method is described for electrically connecting a coaxial conductor to a circuit carrier, in particular a printed circuit board. The circuit carrier has a top side and a bottom side, and printed conductors are situated at least on the top side of the circuit carrier. The coaxial conductor also includes an inner conductor and an outer conductor, the coaxial conductor being led, at least partially, from the bottom side of the circuit carrier through a feedthrough provided in the circuit carrier. In addition, at least one first contact conductor is used for electrically connecting the outer conductor to at least one first printed conductor of the circuit carrier, and at least one second contact conductor is used for electrically connecting the inner conductor to at least one second printed conductor of the circuit carrier. The first and the second contact conductors each have a press-in connection at at least one of their contact points with the circuit carrier or with the coaxial conductor.

Abstract: A connector includes a ground frame, an insulator held by the ground frame and having a connection target housing portion, a contact having a contact portion and held by the insulator such that the contact portion is exposed at the connection target housing portion, and a cover member held by the ground frame to be rotatable between an open position and a closed position and having a cover member side locking portion, the ground frame having a projection that is fitted to a positioning shaped portion of the connection end of the connection target, when the connection end is housed in the connection target housing portion, to position the connection target and that catches on the cover member side locking portion, when the cover member is in the closed position, to lock the cover member in the closed position.

Abstract: A disclosed coaxial connector includes: an external conductor having a cylindrical shape to be screwed together with a counterpart connector including a circular opening end, the external conductor having a contact surface provided on inner periphery of the external conductor, with which the opening end comes into contact, and also having a slit formed to allow the external conductor to stretch and shrink in a longitudinal direction of the external conductor; and a center conductor provided coaxial with the external conductor, the center conductor having a length long enough to reach a substrate on which the counterpart connector is provided upright.

Abstract: A housing of a liquid level detection device includes an inner case, which has a first wall portion, and a terminal, which has a projection that extends through the first wall portion and projects to an outside of the inner case. The first wall portion and the projection are covered with a covering portion. A first seal film, which connects between an outer peripheral surface of the projection and the first wall portion, is formed in an inside of the covering portion. A film thickness of the first seal film along an edge line of the terminal progressively increases toward the first wall portion.

Abstract: A connector includes a connector body including a hole, a contact disposed in the hole and arranged such that, when the connector is connected to a substrate, the contact is connected to a corresponding electrical pad on the substrate, a conductive elastomeric interface arranged such that, when the connector is connected to the substrate, the conductive elastomeric interface is between the connector body and the substrate, and a cable connected to the contact. The contact includes a ground ferrule and a locking ferrule arranged to mate with the hole, and the hole of the connector body and the locking ferrule are at least partially threaded. When the connector is connected to the substrate and when the locking ferrule is threaded with the hole, the ground ferrule contacts at least one of the conductive elastomeric interface and the upper surface of the substrate.

Abstract: A connector for surface mounting to a circuit substrate is disclosed having an insulator, a center conductor mounted to the insulator; and a shielding shell externally mounted on the insulator. The shielding shell has a connecting portion and a mounting portion. The mounting portion has a connector mounting body with a shielding portion, a fluid communication well, and at least one opening. A plurality of solder legs are formed on the connector mounting body.

Abstract: A connector includes a housing attached to a board; a ground terminal including a ground base disposed in the housing, and a first ground connection part extending from the ground base toward a first end of the housing and to be connected to a ground line of a coaxial cable; and a signal terminal including a signal base that is held in the housing and surrounded by the ground base while being insulated from the ground base, and a first signal connection part extending from the signal base toward the first end of the housing and to be connected to a signal line of the coaxial cable. The ground terminal and the signal terminal are configured to elastically bend at a second end of the housing when the housing is attached to the board.

Abstract: A radio frequency (RF) connector assembly for a vehicle includes a male connector and a female connector to which a plurality of cables are assembled, respectively. A female housing of the female connector is inserted into a male housing of the male connector to be coupled to each other. Simultaneously, a female terminal module provided in the female connector for a signal transmission of the cables and a male terminal block provided in the male connector for the signal transmission of the cables contact each other to transmit signals. The male connector may include a board with signal pins on one side and a ground plane on the other side and may also include a cover with a plurality of pressurizing protrusions to downwardly press the cables whereby terminals of the cables may stably contact each of a plurality of male signal pins thereunder.

Abstract: A support apparatus for a component is provided and includes a periphery entirely disposable within a footprint of the component on a surface of a substrate, a first portion having a first surface adhesively connectable to the component, a second portion having a second surface disposable to contact the surface of the substrate in discrete sectors and defining an aperture through which leads are extendable from the component and through the substrate, and vents extending between the discrete sectors from the aperture to the periphery, and bosses disposed to protrude from the second surface and into through-holes defined in the substrate.

Abstract: A system and method for provisioning within a system design to allow the storage and IO resources to scale with compute resources are provided.

Abstract: In the field of wideband microwave circuits placed in a housing, an electromagnetic protection device able to protect a microwave connection between a coaxial microwave connector placed on a housing and at least one element of a microwave circuit contained in said housing is provided. The device is formed by a separate pipe made of a resilient electrically conductive material, and it ensures ground continuity between the electric ground of the microwave circuit and the mechanical ground of the housing.

Abstract: A coaxial connector plug includes a first outer conductor with a cylinder shape extending in a first direction, a first center conductor that has a cylinder shape extending in the first direction and is provided inside the first outer conductor, and an insulation member that fixes the first center conductor to the first outer conductor. In the coaxial connector plug, a communication section to cause the inside and the outside of the first center conductor to communicate with each other is provided in an end portion of the first center conductor on one side in the first direction. A width of the communication section in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction becomes larger as it progresses from the one side toward the other side of the first direction, and the insulation member penetrates from the outside to the inside of the first center conductor through the communication section.

Abstract: Cable assembly including a carrier board having a terminating side and a mounting side that face in opposite directions. The terminating side includes a contact array of electrical contacts. The mounting side includes a mating array of electrical contacts. The contact array and the mating array are interconnected to each other through conductive pathways of the carrier board. The contact array along the terminating side overlaps with the mating array along the mounting side. The carrier board is configured to be mounted onto an electrical component having a two-dimensional array. The cable assembly also includes a plurality of cables having cable end portions that are coupled to the carrier board. The cable assembly includes a shield assembly that extends over the terminating side and covers the cable end portions and the contact array.

Abstract: Systems, methods and apparatuses for attaching devices to ends of a circuit board. An exemplary method includes removing or creating at least a portion of a sacrificial part of a circuit board based on a predefined pattern, inserting a holder device into a remaining portion of the sacrificial part of the circuit board, placing a device at a predefined location on the circuit board, wherein the device is at least partially supported by a portion of the holder device, attaching the device to the circuit board and removing the holder device and the sacrificial part of the circuit board.

Abstract: An electronic device connector includes a connector housing that is combined with a case of an electronic device and a terminal fitting that is held by the connector housing. When the connector housing is combined with the case, the terminal fitting is electrically connected to a contact portion of the electronic device. The terminal fitting includes an internal conductor, an external conductor disposed around the internal conductor, and a dielectric disposed between the internal conductor and the external conductor which are concentrically disposed. The internal conductor and the external conductor are integrally provided with spring portions capable of being elastically deformed in contact with the contact portion of the electronic device.

Abstract: In a method for attaching a connector to a coaxial cable a solder perform is placed upon an end of an outer conductor of the cable. A connector body of the connector is seated upon an interface pedestal and the end of the outer conductor is inserted into a bore of the connector body against the interface pedestal. The outer conductor, the connector body and the interface pedestal contribute sidewalls to form a solder cavity, and the solder perform is heated. A seat may be applied to the interface pedestal to provide a thermal barrier and/or enhanced seal characteristics that are cost efficiently replaceable upon degradation.

Abstract: A semiconductor arrangement is provided. The semiconductor arrangement includes a first dielectric layer surrounding a first transmission line and a magnetic layer surrounding the first dielectric layer. The magnetic layer increases the inductance of the transmission line. The semiconductor arrangement having the magnetic layer surrounding the first transmission line has increased impedance, which promotes current flow through the transmission line, without having increased resistance as compared to a semiconductor arrangement that does not have a magnetic layer. Increased resistance requires increased power, which results in a shorter semiconductor arrangement life span than the semiconductor arrangement without the increased resistance.

Abstract: A coaxial connector plug includes a first outer conductive unit that includes a first outer conductor that has a substantially ring-like shape in a portion of which a cutting portion is formed when viewed in plan and first and second outer terminals that are drawn out downwardly from the first outer conductor and a first central conductive unit that includes a first central conductor disposed in an area surrounded by the first outer conductor when viewed in plan. The first and second outer terminals are disposed, when viewed in plan from above, further toward the side on which the cutting portion is formed than a second line with the cutting portion interposed between the first and second outer terminals, the second line being perpendicular to a first line, which connects the center of the first outer conductor and the cutting portion, and passing through the center.

Abstract: A connecting member for the electrically conductive connection of two components, having a (first) conductor which comprises a tubular shell which has at least one opening to reduce axial stiffness.

Abstract: A coaxial plug-type connector with an outer conductor, an inner conductor, and an insulator connecting the outer conductor and the inner conductor, wherein the outer conductor has an axial contact area for making electrically conductive contact with another coaxial plug-type connector. The axial contact area of the outer conductor is provided with one or more projections.

Abstract: An electronic device may have a housing in which electrical components on a printed circuit board are mounted. A connector may be mounted to the edge of the printed circuit board using solder. The connector may have a threaded portion that protrudes through the housing. A threadless portion of the connector may be aligned with the housing. The connector may have a metal body member covered with a metal shell. The metal shell may have a portion that covers the electrical components and serves as an electromagnetic interference shield for the electrical components. The connector may have a threaded barrel. The threaded barrel may have a threaded outer portion with a diameter that is larger than a threaded inner portion. The threadless portion of the connector may lie between the threaded outer and inner portions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DIN jack including a dielectric shroud defining a closed entry lead-in that helps prevent damage caused by a bent or misaligned signal pin of a mating DIN plug without adversely affecting the performance of the DIN connector. The present invention also provides a board lock feature that may be used to hold a DIN jack securely to a circuit board during the manufacturing process.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus includes a base, a vertical support member coupled to the base, and a head member coupled to the vertical support member. The head member is configured to receive and engage a portion of a coaxial cable. Additionally, the base is configured to engage through a through hole or slot arranged through a substrate and provide electrical communication between a portion of the coaxial cable and the substrate.

Abstract: A coaxial connector is adapted to hold a connection object having a ground conductor and a signal conductor and is adapted to be fitted to a mating connector. The coaxial connector has a shell for holding the connection object. The shell comprises a first shell portion having a barrel-shaped shell contact portion, a second shell portion having shell connecting portions, positioning portions for positioning the connection object so that a contact portion of the signal conductor of the connection object is located inside the barrel-shaped shell contact portion as seen in a fitting direction of the coaxial connector and the mating connector, and fixing portions for fixing the connection object.

Abstract: A signal test device includes a metal housing, a circuit board, a protection housing, and a number of fasteners. The circuit board is received in the metal housing. A number of sub-miniature-A (SMA) connectors are mounted to a first side of the circuit board. Each SMA connector includes a base body connected to the circuit board, and a connection head connected to the base body and extending out of the metal housing. An interface is mounted to a second side of the circuit board and extending out of the metal housing. The protection housing is mounted to the second end of the circuit board and is received in the metal housing. The first fasteners extend through and fastened to the base bodies and the circuit board. Opposite ends of each first fastener abut against top and bottom of the inner surface of the metal housing.

Abstract: A guiding function of an annular contact upon mating/removal with/from an opposing connector can be maintained well with a simple configuration. An annular contact is formed with an unruptured annular member having no ruptured part in a circumferential direction and continued in the circumferential direction. As a result, compared with a conventional annular contact having ruptured parts in the circumferential direction, rigidity is increased while maintaining necessary elasticity; and, for example even when an opposing connector is mated or removed in a direction inclined in an axial direction with respect to the axial direction of the annular shape, conventional twisting deformation is suppressed in the annular contact, and the opposing connector is stably guided along the axial direction of the annular shape, thereby well maintaining a mating guiding function of the annular contact.

Abstract: A coaxial cable assembly includes a coaxial cable having a terminating end and a conductor being exposed at the terminating end. A cable housing holds the coaxial cable and has a conductor slot receiving the exposed conductor. A cable shield is coupled to the cable housing and provides electrical shielding for the terminating end of the coaxial cable. The cable housing is configured to be coupled to a circuit board such that the exposed conductor directly engages a signal pad of the circuit board for electrical connection thereto.

Abstract: A cable assembly including a coaxial cable having active components mounted thereon, a housing substantially surrounding the coaxial cable, and a launch connector mounted to the outside of the housing and in connection with the coaxial cable.

Abstract: A coaxial connector assembly comprises a cable coaxial electrical connector and a board coaxial electrical connector mounted on a PCB and connecting to the cable coaxial electrical connector. The cable coaxial electrical connector defines a pair of retaining arms extending toward the board coaxial electrical connector, thereby the pair of retaining arms locking with the board coaxial electrical connector or the PCB to ensure a good engagement of the two coaxial connectors.

Abstract: A capacitively coupled flat conductor connector is provided with a male connector body and a female connector body. An alignment insert is coupled to the male connector body, the alignment insert dimensioned to support a predefined length of an inner conductor. An alignment receptacle is coupled to the female connector body, the alignment receptacle dimensioned to receive a connector end of the alignment insert to seat an overlapping portion of an inner conductor and an inner conductor trace parallel with one another against opposite sides of a dielectric spacer. An outer conductor dielectric spacer isolates the contacting elements of the outer conductor signal path between the male and female connectors.

Abstract: A building block set comprises a plurality of transparent blocks each having a hollow internal cavity with a light source fitted within each cavity and first and second electrically conductive connectors extending through each block and into the internal cavity with a circuit within the cavity for illuminating the light in response to an electronic input to either connector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a coaxial connector (1), comprising a first and a second connector part (2, 3) and an adapter (4) arranged therebetween. The first and the second connector part (2, 3) include a first inner conductor (5) and a first outer conductor (8), including a first internal cylindrical contact surface (24) and a second internal cylindrical contact surface (25), respectively. In a socket area (17) of the first inner conductor (5), a first mechanical operative-connection means interacts with a second mechanical operative-connection means (11) in the installed state in order to establish a mechanical connection (13) that is effective in the axial direction (z). The first inner conductor (5) protrudes beyond the level of the mechanical operative-connection means (10, 11) so the internal cylindrical contact surface (24) is able to compensate a large axial offset (dz) of the connector parts (2, 3) relative to the adapter (4).

Abstract: Structures and methods that simplify the assembly of connector inserts. One example may provide a connector insert having a termination block that is arranged to receive an end of a cable. The termination block may provide a first number of conductors in a first row and a second number of conductors in a second row. The termination block may be stepped such that the first number of conductors emerge from the termination block at a different position along their lengths than the second number of conductors. The first number of conductors may then attach to a first side of a printed circuit board or other connector portion, while the second number of conductors may then attach to a second side of the printed circuit board or other connector portion.

Abstract: Manufacturing efficiency of a connector is greatly improved, and the manufacturing costs and the product cost can be reduced. A coaxial connector (P) for a board of the present invention is configured so that an extended portion of an outer terminal (42) and an extended portion of an inner terminal (44) are positioned so that one extended portion is not superimposed on the other extended portion when a half-cylinder portion of the outer terminal is viewed from an upper side.

Abstract: A terminal load includes an insulating cylinder internally defining a receiving space having a locating surface, and having a front open end and a rear end provided with a notch; an insulating cap mounted to the front open end of the insulating cylinder; a circuit board mounted on the locating surface to rearwardly project a rear narrowed section from the notch; a connection terminal electrically connected with the circuit board to forward extend through the insulating cap; and a conductive cap having a top hole and fitted around the rear end of the insulating cylinder with the rear narrowed section of the circuit board extended through the top hole and clamped between two contacting arms at two opposite sides of the top hole. The terminal load with the above structure can be driven by punching to safely assemble to an outer housing, and the conductive cap ensures good conducting effect.

Abstract: A signal test apparatus for a serial attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) device includes an SAS female connector to be connected to the SAS device, an SAS male connector to be connected to a server, first and second pairs of subminiature version A (SMA) connectors, and first and second groups of switches. When the first pair of SMA connectors is connected to an oscillograph to test a pair of output signals from the SAS device, the second group of switches are turned on and the first group of switches are turned off to communicate the SAS device with the server. When the second pair of SMA connector is connected to the oscillograph to test another pair of output signals from the SAS device, the first group of switches are turned on and the second group of switches are turned off to communicate the SAS device with the server.

Abstract: A signal detection apparatus for a serial attached SCSI (SAS) device includes an SAS female connector to be connected to a SAS device, an SAS male connector to be connected to a system, and first to fourth pairs of subminiature version A (SMA) connectors. When the first pair of SMA connectors is connected to an oscillograph to detect a pair of output signals from the SAS device, the second and third pairs of SMA connectors connect the SAS device with the system. When the second pair of SMA connector is connected to the oscillograph to detect another pair of output signals from the SAS device, the first and fourth pairs of SMA connectors connect the SAS device with the system.

Abstract: Instability of an electric connection state due to solder-wicking from a board connecting part of an electrically-conductive shell can be prevented with a simple configuration. A recessed part recessed toward a fixed contact and a movable contact is provided in the board connecting part of the electrically-conductive shell attached to an insulating housing. An excessive amount of a solder material or flux that is used at the board connecting part of the electrically-conductive shell and tries to rise along the wall surfaces of the board connecting part or the electrically-conductive shell is stored in the recessed part. The acting force of the rise is reduced by a reverse-tapered inclined surface constituting a wall surface of the recessed part. Furthermore, the length of the rise of the solder material and flux is extended by a curved wall surface of the recessed part. Thus, so-called solder-wicking is configured to be prevented well.

Abstract: An improved phase shifter assembly is provided. The phase shifter assembly may comprise first and second sub-assemblies with certain common actuating elements. In one example, a first phase shifter sub-assembly is provided, the first phase shifter sub-assembly including a first phase shifter carrier, a first phase shifter printed circuit board mounted on the first phase shifter carrier, a first wiper printed circuit board coupled to an input of the first phase shifter printed circuit board and having at least a first end coupled to transmission lines on the first phase shifter printed circuit board, and at least one wiper support mechanically coupling the first wiper printed circuit board to the first phase shifter printed circuit board. A second phase shifter is similarly provided. Common actuating elements may include a pivot arm and a throw arm.

Abstract: A coaxial connector coaxial connector includes a contact, a housing, and a shell. The contact includes a contact portion adapted to be connected to a mating contact of a mating connector and a connecting portion adapted to be connected to a signal conductor. The shell includes a first shell portion having a shell contact portion adapted to be connected to a mating shell of the mating connector and a second shell portion having a shell connecting portion adapted to be connected to a ground conductor. When connecting to a connection object, by sandwiching the connection object between the connecting portion of the contact and the shell connecting portion of the shell, the contact portion of the contact is connected to the signal conductor while the shell contact portion of the shell is connected to the ground conductor.

Abstract: A connector includes a signal terminal, an insulating member, a ground terminal and an enclosure. The signal terminal has a main body extending in one direction, and a contact arm provided on each side of the main body for contacting another conductor. The insulating member encloses the main body. The ground terminal has a cylindrical main body enclosing the insulating member, and a contact arm provided on each side of the cylindrical main body for contacting another conductor. The cylindrical main body includes first and second semi-cylindrical parts, each having semi cylindrical shapes. The semi-cylindrical parts make a cylindrical shape as a whole by both end parts of the circumferential direction being assembled so as to mutually overlap. An insertion hole is formed in the enclosure where an assembly of the signal element, the insulating member and the ground terminal are inserted.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a grounding terminal, a signal terminal and an insulating body. The grounding terminal has an annular body. The annular body is formed by curling and has a seam. The seam extends to form at least one grounding pin. The signal terminal has a base located below the annular body. The base has one end provided with a soldering portion and the other end extending upwards to form a contact portion in the center of the annular body, and the base does not overlap a projection of the seam on a plane where the base locates. The insulating body wrapps the grounding terminal and the signal terminal, and the grounding pin and the soldering portion protrude out of the insulating body.

Abstract: A coaxial cable assembly includes a coaxial cable having a terminating end and a conductor being exposed at the terminating end. A cable housing holds the coaxial cable and has a conductor slot receiving the exposed conductor. A cable shield is coupled to the cable housing and provides electrical shielding for the terminating end of the coaxial cable. The cable housing is configured to be coupled to a circuit board such that the exposed conductor directly engages a signal pad of the circuit board for electrical connection thereto.

Abstract: A clamping apparatus includes a base, a vertical support member coupled to the base, and a head member coupled to the vertical support member. The head member is configured to receive and engage a portion of a coaxial cable. Additionally, the base is configured to engage through a through hole or slot arranged through a substrate and provide electrical communication between a portion of the coaxial cable and the substrate.

Abstract: Connector block for connecting a panel mount coaxial connector to a circuit board. The connector block is electrically conductive, and includes one or more connector slots, each configured to receive a respective coaxial connector that includes an external connection for electrically connecting to a respective complementary coaxial connector of a coaxial cable, and an internal connection for electrically connecting to a trace on a circuit board. The connector block further includes one or more ground pads, each proximate to a respective connector slot. For each of the one or more ground pads, when the panel mount coaxial connector is inserted into the connector slot, the ground pad provides a ground connection to a panel mount coaxial connector, and when the connector block is installed on the circuit board, the ground pad connects to a respective specified ground point on the circuit board, thereby grounding the corresponding panel mount coaxial connector.

Abstract: A push-on connector system includes a male push-on bore including a center conductor pin, and a female push-on core including a socket. The male push-on bore receives the female push-on core. A second bore is configured forwardly of the male push-on bore, and a latch track is positioned in the second bore and forms a plurality of inclined latch surfaces. A movable collar is mounted rearwardly of the female push-on core with a plurality of bayonet pins as is configured for engaging the second bore. The bayonet pins slide along the inclined latch surfaces to axially drive the movable collar into the second bore and secure the female push-on core into the male push-on bore. A resilient member is coupled between the movable collar and female push-on core to bias the female push-on core into the male push-on bore.

Abstract: An inner conductor cap, with a connector end and a cable end, is provided with an inner conductor socket at the cable end and an inner conductor interface at the connector end. The inner conductor socket may be dimensioned to mate with a prepared end of an inner conductor of a coaxial cable. At least one material gap may be provided between a sidewall of the inner conductor socket and an outer diameter surface of the prepared end when the inner conductor cap is mated with the prepared end. A rotation key may be provided for rotating the inner conductor cap.

Abstract: A connecting structure to connect electronic components electrically through a plurality of conducting lines each including a covered segment including a wire conductor covered with an insulating covering and an uncovered segment includes a molding unit and a sealing unit. The molding unit encloses a boundary portion between the covered segment and the uncovered segment of each of the conducting lines so that the uncovered segments project in a first direction from a first end of the molding unit and the covered segments project in a second direction from a second end of the molding unit, and thereby holding the conducting lines to fix positions of the conducting lines relative to one another. The sealing member of an adhesive adheres to the second end of the molding unit and adheres to each of the covered segments of the conducting lines projecting from the second end of the molding unit.

Abstract: A guiding function of an annular contact upon mating/removal with/from an opposing connector can be maintained well with a simple configuration. An annular contact is formed with an unruptured annular member having no ruptured part in a circumferential direction and continued in the circumferential direction. As a result, compared with a conventional annular contact having ruptured parts in the circumferential direction, rigidity is increased while maintaining necessary elasticity; and, for example even when an opposing connector is mated or removed in a direction inclined in an axial direction with respect to the axial direction of the annular shape, conventional twisting deformation is suppressed in the annular contact, and the opposing connector is stably guided along the axial direction of the annular shape, thereby well maintaining a mating guiding function of the annular contact.

Abstract: Occurrence of defective electrical connection caused by dust that has entered the interior through a corresponding insertion hole can be prevented well by a simple configuration. A through hole facing a corresponding insertion hole is formed to penetrate through a movable contact attached to an insulating housing, and two corresponding connector contact pieces are disposed respectively in both sides sandwiching the through hole. Thus, the dust that has entered the interior through the corresponding insertion hole opened when a corresponding connector is not mated is configured to be discharged through the through hole without accumulating the dust on the movable contact to reduce the risk that the electrical conductivity between the movable contact and the fixed contact may be disturbed by the dust.