Coaxial electrical connector element
AssigneeRadiall
InventorSebastien Annequin
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AssigneeRadiall
InventorSebastien Annequin
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The present invention relates to a coaxial electrical connector element for providing electrical connection between at least one contact element and a main printed circuit card, each contact element(s) comprising a central conductor and an outer conductor, the connector element comprising a support element suitable for receiving the contact element(s) and an intermediate printed circuit card carrying conductor tracks enabling the central conductor(s) to be connected electrically to conductor tracks of the main printed circuit card. In the connector element, the intermediate printed circuit card has an end face presenting at least one projecting portion, one of the conductor tracks of the intermediate printed circuit card extending over said projecting portion and coming into contact with a conductor track of the main printed circuit card.
1/ A coaxial electrical connector element for providing electrical connection between at least one contact element and a main printed circuit card, each contact element(s) comprising a central conductor and an outer conductor, the connector element comprising a support element suitable for receiving the contact element(s) and an intermediate printed circuit card carrying conductor tracks enabling the central conductor(s) to be connected electrically to conductor tracks of the main printed circuit card, wherein the intermediate printed circuit card has an end face presenting at least one projecting portion, one of the conductor tracks of the intermediate printed circuit card extending over said projecting portion and coming into contact with a conductor track of the main printed circuit card.
2/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein said intermediate printed circuit card presents orifices each enabling a central conductor of a contact element to be received, each orifice being connected to a conductor track of said intermediate card.
3/ A connector element according to claim 2, wherein said orifices are oblong in section so as to enable the position of the intermediate printed circuit card to be adjusted relative to the support element.
4/ A connector element according to claim 2, wherein the dimensions of the orifices are selected in such a manner that a central conductor can be inserted as a force-fit in a corresponding orifice.
5/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein said end face carries a plurality of projecting portions formed by projections that are preferably placed regularly along said end face, having end faces that are substantially coplanar.
6/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein the support element comprises a box having housings each serving to receive a respective contact element.
7/ A connector element according to claim 6, wherein said box has a first face and a second face, the first face being for receiving the intermediate printed circuit card and the second face preferably including openings enabling the contact element to be inserted in said housings.
8/ A connector element according to claim 6, wherein said box is generally in the form of a rectangular parallelepiped, preferably having portions in relief on one face that are suitable for bearing against the main printed circuit card in order to be soldered thereto.
9/ A connector element according to claim 7, wherein said first face presents peripheral portions projecting from a main plane of said first face, the intermediate printed circuit card being suitable for coming to bear thereagainst.
10/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate printed circuit card and the support element include mutually-co-operating portions in relief.
11/ A connector element according to claim 10, wherein the support element includes at least one deformable tab suitable for holding the intermediate printed circuit card and for making electrical contact with a ground plane thereof.
12/ A connector element according to claim 11, the support element comprising a box with a first face that is substantially square for receiving the intermediate printed circuit card, wherein the box has two deformable tabs disposed substantially in the middles of two parallel edges of said first face.
13/ A connector element according to claim 11, wherein the intermediate printed circuit card has side notches leaving a space between them suitable for receiving said tabs, at least in part.
14/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein the support element is conductive, is connected to ground, and is made in particular out of molded zinc alloy or out of metallized plastics material.
15/ A connector element according to claim 14, wherein the intermediate printed circuit card presents two faces, a first face carrying conductor tracks and a second face presenting a conductive metallized surface over a major portion thereof, which surface is suitable for defining a ground plane and is optionally coated in varnish, the ground plane preferably being connected to the conductive support element.
16/ A connector element according to claim 10, wherein the support element is conductive, is connected to ground, and is made in particular out of molded zinc alloy or out of metallized plastics material, and wherein the ground plane of the intermediate printed circuit card is connected to the support element via said deformable tabs.
17/ A connector element according to claim 1, wherein the intermediate printed circuit card is constituted by a substrate made of glass epoxy.