Compact high-speed electrical connector
AssigneeAmphenol Commercial Products (Chengdu) Co., Ltd.
InventorsJun Fan, Tao Zeng, Ki Ka Lau
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Abstract
A compact card edge connector for providing high-speed interconnections between different components. The card edge connector includes a mating interface configured to receive a card, a second interface configured to mount to a printed circuit board, and a fourth interface configured to mate with a cable component. The mating interface is perpendicular to the second interface and parallel to the fourth interface. For each column of mating ends at the mating interface, the connector includes two rows mounting ends at the second interface and one column of mounting ends at the fourth interface.
Claims20
An electrical connector having a mounting interface configured to face a circuit board, the electrical connector comprising:
- a housing comprising a slot elongating in a first direction perpendicular to both a mating direction and the mounting interface;
- and a plurality of conductive elements held by the housing, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a first end curving into the slot and a second end opposite the first end, wherein:
- the first ends of the plurality of conductive elements are arranged in a first column parallel to the first direction;
- the second ends of a first subset of the plurality of conductive elements are configured to mount to the circuit board in the first direction, and are arranged in one or more rows perpendicular to the first column;
- and the second ends of a second subset of the plurality of conductive elements are arranged in a second column parallel to the first column.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a plurality of conductive elements each comprising a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the plurality of conductive elements comprising a first subset of conductive elements and a second subset of conductive elements;
- a first wafer comprising a first interface and a second interface perpendicular to the first interface, the first interface comprising the first ends of the first subset of conductive elements, the second interface comprising the second ends of the first subset of conductive elements;
- a second wafer comprising a third interface aligned with and stacked above the first interface, and a fourth interface parallel to the third interface, the third interface comprising the first ends of the second subset of conductive elements, the fourth interface comprising the second ends of the second subset of conductive elements;
- a shell holding the first wafer and the second wafer, the shell comprising a front slot exposing both the first interface and the third interface, and a rear slot exposing the second interface;
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- a latch pivotably connected to the shell and configured to secure a mating component at the second interface.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing comprising a slot elongating in a direction perpendicular to a mating direction;
- a first plurality of conductive elements held by the housing, each of the first plurality of conductive elements comprising a first end curving into the slot and a second end opposite the first end and configured to mount to a printed circuit board;
- a second plurality of conductive elements held by the housing, each of the second plurality of conductive elements comprising a first end curving into the slot and a second end opposite the first end and configured to mate with a cable component;
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- a shell holding the housing, the shell comprising an opening separate from the slot of the housing and aligned with the slot of the housing in the direction perpendicular to the mating direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.