US 2020/0028302 A1 · HIGH FREQUENCY CONNECTOR WITH KICK-OUT

Abstract

Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a high frequency connector system with reduced stub lengths that provide improved performance at high frequencies. A first connector includes a plurality of mating contacts designed to electrically connect to a second plurality of mating contacts associated with a second connector. The first connector includes one or more elastic members such that when the second connector is mated to the first connector, the one or more elastic members are compressed between the first and second connectors. The first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a first distance when initially mated, but when the connectors are released, the first elastic member biases the second connector away from the first connector such that the first and second plurality of contacts overlap by a second distance smaller than the first distance.

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Dependent claims

A connector comprising:

a mating interface adapted to mate with a second connector pressed toward the connector in a mating direction, the mating interface comprising a plurality of mating contacts;
an elastic member adjacent the mating interface and positioned with respect to the mating interface to be deformed in the mating direction by the second connector when mated with the connector,
a latching member positioned to engage a complementary latching member of the second connector,
wherein the latching member is positioned with respect to the plurality of mating contacts such that the second connector is positioned with respect to the plurality of mating contacts by the elastic member and the latching member.

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A method of operating an interconnection system comprising a first connector and a second connector, wherein the first connector has mating contacts positioned to engage with mating contacts in the second connector, the method comprising:

inserting the second connector into the first connector such that an elastic member is compressed between the first connector and the second connector,
releasing the second connector such that the elastic member presses the second connector away from the first connector;
engaging latching features of the first connector and latching features of the second connector such that the mating contacts of the first connector are positioned relative to the mating contacts of the second connector based on the position of the latching features of the first connector and the second connector.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

High frequency connector with kick-out

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High frequency connector with kick-out

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