Card edge coaxial connector
AssigneeADC Telecommunications, Inc.
InventorsJames R. Kerekes, M'hamed Anis Khemakhem, Eric L. Lovaasen
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Abstract
An adapter having a housing, a ground clip and an adapter subassembly all located in the housing. The adapter subassembly includes a proximal portion that can be coupled to a coaxial connector and a distal portion that can be coupled to a printed circuit board. A central conductor in the form of an elongated shaft that runs through the subassembly and has a ball contact end for contacting a conductor located on a printed circuit board and the elongated shaft is tapered in a region near the ball contact.
Claims10
A solderless printed circuit board edge connector comprising:
- a housing including a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of an inner surface of the housing is non-conductive, wherein the non-conductive portion includes a cylindrical recess;
- a conductive cylindrical connector, the conductive cylindrical connector being positioned partially within the cylindrical recess of the housing and partially outside of the housing;
- a conductive center connector positioned within the conductive cylindrical connector;
- a first contact electrically connected to the conductive center connector positioned between the first and second ends of the housing;
- a second contact electrically connected to the conductive cylindrical connector positioned between the first and second ends of the housing;
- wherein the distance between the first and second contacts increases when the printed circuit board edge connector engages a printed circuit board.
A solderless printed circuit board edge connector comprising:
- a housing including a first end and a second end, wherein at least a portion of an inner surface of the housing is non-conductive;
- a conductive cylindrical connector, the conductive cylindrical connector being positioned partially within the housing and partially outside of the housing;
- a conductive center connector positioned within the conductive cylindrical connector;
- a first contact electrically connected to the conductive center connector positioned between the first and second ends of the housing;
- a second contact electrically connected to the conductive cylindrical connector positioned between the first and second ends of the housing;
- wherein the distance between the first and second contacts increases when the printed circuit board edge connector engages a printed circuit board;
- wherein the return loss is better than −30 decibel from 0 Megahertz to 2500 Megahertz for printed circuit boards having a thickness of between 0.062 inches to 0.093 inches.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.