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US 2025/0047040 A1Published application
Lead frame with electrical shorting protection
AssigneeSamtec, Inc.
InventorsAaron TUCKER, Richard L. JONES, III
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Abstract
A cable termination that helps prevent unwanted, inadvertent electrical shorting between a signal conductor and a cable ground shield, cable serve shield, or cable reference shield of a cable, such as a coaxial or twin axial cable.
Claims20
1:
- An electrical connector comprising:
- a leadframe housing;
- a first electrical conductor that defines a first material thickness edge;
- and
- an electrically non-conductive barrier positioned on or adjacent to the first material thickness edge, wherein
- the barrier is carried by the leadframe housing.
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2:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising:
- a second electrical conductor that defines a second material thickness edge;
- and
- an electrically non-conductive barrier positioned on or adjacent to the second material thickness edge.
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3:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a cable that includes a cable shield, wherein the cable shield is electrically insulated from the first material thickness edge.
4:
- The electrical connector of claim 2, further comprising a cable that includes a cable shield, wherein the cable shield is electrically insulated from the second material thickness edge.
5:
- The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the cable shield defines a shield edge, and the shield edge is positioned approximately greater than 0 mm to approximately 0.24 mm from the second material thickness edge.
6:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a first cable conductor electrically connected, physically connected, or both electrically and physically connected to a first mount portion of the first electrical conductor.
7:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a second electrical conductor and a second cable conductor electrically connected, physically connected, or both electrically and physically connected to a second mount portion of the second electrical conductor.
8:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the barrier is non-removably attached to the leadframe housing.
9:
- The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the barrier is configured to be provided by a single dipping operation.
10:
- An electrical connector comprising:
- a leadframe housing;
- a first differential signal pair carried by the leadframe housing, the first differential signal pair including a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor, the first electrical conductor including a first mount portion and the second electrical conductor including a second mount portion, the first mount portion including a first material thickness edge and the second mount portion including a second material thickness edge;
- and
- a twin axial cable electrically connected, physically connected, or both electrically and physically connected to the respective first electrical conductor and the respective second electrical conductor, wherein
- the twin axial cable includes a cable shield, the cable shield defines a shield edge, and the shield edge either:
- is spaced greater than approximately 0 mm but less or equal to approximately 0.24 mm from the first material thickness edge and/or the second material thickness edge;
- or
- extends beyond or over the first material thickness edge and/or the second material thickness edge.
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11:
- The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the shield edge is spaced greater than approximately 0 mm but less than 0.25 mm from the first material thickness edge and/or the second material thickness edge.
12:
- The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the shield edge is spaced greater than approximately 0 mm but less than approximately 0.5 mm from the first material thickness edge and/or the second material thickness edge.
13:
- The electrical connector of claim 10, wherein the shield edge is spaced greater than approximately 0 mm but less than approximately 1 mm from the first material thickness edge and the second material thickness edge.
14:
- An electrical connector comprising:
- a leadframe housing;
- a first differential signal pair carried by the leadframe housing, the first differential signal pair including a first electrical conductor and a second electrical conductor, the first electrical conductor including a first mount portion and the second electrical conductor including a second mount portion, the first mount portion including a first material thickness edge and the second mount portion including a second material thickness edge, a first barrier positioned on or adjacent to the first material thickness edge and a second electrically dielectric barrier positioned on or adjacent to the second material edge;
- and
- a twin axial cable electrically connected, physically connected, or both electrically and physically connected to the respective first electrical conductor and the respective second electrical conductor, wherein
- the twin axial cable includes a cable shield, the cable shield defines a shield edge, and the shield edge is spaced greater than approximately 0 mm but less than approximately 0.24 mm from the first and/or the second electrically dielectric barriers.
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15:
- An electrical connector comprising:
- a first electrical conductor that defines a first material thickness edge;
- a second electrical conductor that defines a second material thickness edge;
- an electrically non-conductive first barrier positioned on the first material thickness edge;
- and
- an electrically non-conductive second barrier positioned on the second material thickness edge, wherein
- the first barrier and the second barrier are discrete and independent.
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16:
- The electrical connector of claim 15, wherein the first and the second barriers do not span both the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor.
17:
- The electrical connector of claim 15, wherein the first and the second barriers do not receive a first cable conductor, a second cable conductor, or both the first and the second cable conductors.
18:
- The electrical connector of claim 15, wherein the first barrier has a thickness greater than approximately zero microns and less than or equal to one micron.
19:
- The electrical connector of claim 15, wherein the first barrier has a thickness greater than approximately zero microns and less than or equal to approximately ten microns.
20-38. (canceled)