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US 10,566,719 B2Granted
Connector for mounting on a circuit board
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsKirk B. Peloza, Michael Rowlands, Kent E. Regnier
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Abstract
A connector includes terminals with contacts. In an embodiment the contacts are positioned in a vertical connector similar to an edge card connector but with a differential pair aligned in a vertical direction. Thus the connector can provide edge-coupled differential pair in a high-density configuration.
Claims8
A connector, comprising:
- a housing having a slot with opposite sides that extend longitudinally along the housing and a central plane parallel with the opposite sides and midway therebetween, the housing configured to mount vertically on a circuit board;
- a first terminal having a first contact with a first contact edge, the first terminal being substantially planar shaped and the first contact edge being an edge of the first contact most extended in a direction orthogonal to the central plane of the slot;
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- a second terminal having a second contact with a second contact edge, the second terminal being substantially planar shaped and the second contact edge being an edge of the second contact most extended in a direction orthogonal to the central plane of the slot, wherein each of the contacts of the first and second terminals are configured in a closed loop, and each of the loops has a length and a width and the length is at least two times the width and, wherein the first and second terminals are configured to provide a differential pair with both terminals in a plane that is orthogonal to the circuit board.
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A connector, comprising:
- a housing having a slot with opposite sides that extend longitudinally along the housing, the housing configured to mount on a circuit board;
- a first terminal having a first contact with a first contact portion, the first terminal being substantially planar shaped and the first contact portion being a portion of the first contact extending into the slot between the opposite sides;
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- a second terminal having a second contact with a second contact portion, the second terminal being substantially planar shaped and the second contact portion being a portion of the second contact extending into the slot between the opposite sides, the first and second contact wherein each of the contacts of the first and second terminals are configured in a closed loop, and each of the loops has a length and a width and the length is at least two times the width and, wherein the first and second terminals are configured to provide a differential pair with both terminals in a plane that is orthogonal to the circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.