Compact high speed connector
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsBrandon Janowiak, Kent E. Regnier, Jerry Kachlic
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Abstract
A connector system includes a plug assembly that has a front connector mounted to a circuit board. The connector has two wafers that each support a row of terminals and uses shims and pegs to precisely control the spatial relationship of the two wafers to the circuit board. The wafers need not be directly contacting the circuit board and the terminals can have tails that can be positioned slightly above the circuit board and connector to pads on the circuit board via solder connections. The connector system is optimized so as to enable support of 25 Gbps data rates.
Claims18
A plug connector assembly, comprising:
- a cover that defines a body portion;
- a shell that defines a mating portion, the mating portion extending from the cover;
- a connector positioned in the shell, the connector including a first wafer and a second wafer, each of the first and second wafers having an insulative block that supports a row of terminals, each of the terminals in the row including a contact and a tail on opposite ends of the terminal, the connector including a support column that defines the relative position of the wafers with respect to each, the support column extending between the wafers, the connector further including a housing shell positioned around the wafers, the housing shell defining a card slot, wherein the contacts are positioned in the card slot;
- a circuit board mated to the tails of the terminals, the circuit board having a cutout that allows the support column to extend transversely to the circuit hoard;
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- a securing layer positioned on both sides of the circuit board, the securing layer mechanically coupling the circuit board to the wafers.
A plug connector assembly, comprising:
- a cover that defines a body portion;
- a cable that extends from the body portion;
- a shell that defines a mating portion, the mating portion extending from the cover, the shell including a protrusion on two opposing sides;
- a connector positioned in the shell, the connector including a first wafer and a second wafer, each of the first and second wafers having an insulative block that supports a row of terminals, each of the terminals in the row including a contact and a tail on opposite ends of the terminal, the connector further including a housing shell positioned around the wafers, the housing shell defining a card slot, wherein the contacts are positioned in the card slot, the housing shell including a retention block positioned in the protrusion;
- a circuit board mated to the tails of the terminals;
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- a securing layer positioned on both sides of the circuit board, the securing layer mechanically coupling the circuit board to the wafers, wherein the shell, housing shell, insulative block, securing layer and the circuit board form a laminate structure between the two opposing sides of the shell.
A plug connector assembly, comprising:
- a cover that defines a body portion;
- a shell that defines a mating portion, the mating portion extending from the cover;
- a connector positioned in the shell, the connector including a first wafer and a second wafer, each of the first and second wafers supporting a row of terminals, each of the terminals in the row including a contact and a tail on opposite ends of the terminal, a peg provided on one of the wafers, the peg defining a spatial relationship between the first and second wafers, the connector further including a housing shell positioned around the wafers, the housing shell defining a card slot, wherein the contacts are positioned in the card slot;
- a circuit board mated to the tails of the terminals, the circuit board having a cutout that allows the peg to extend transversely through the circuit board;
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- a securing layer positioned on both sides of the circuit board, the securing layer mechanically coupling the circuit board to the wafers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.