Flexible circuit to wire transition member and method

A method of terminating a connector to a flexible circuit, the method comprising:

• terminating wires to contacts in a connector;
• positioning the wires in wire receiving recesses of a housing of a transition member, the housing having contacts in the transition member extending between the wire receiving recesses and a flexible circuit receiving recess;
• positioning the flexible circuit in the flexible circuit receiving recess;
• terminating the wires to the contacts in the transition member;
• terminating the flexible circuit to the contacts in the transition member;
• stacking multiple transition members;
• providing electromagnetic shielding to the stacked multiple transition members;
• wherein the electrical signals are directed between the wires and the flexible circuit through the contacts in the transition member of the transition member.

A multiple layer flexible circuit to wire transition member, the transition member comprising:

• a housing;
• a flexible circuit receiving recess provided in the housing proximate a first surface of the housing;
• a first wire receiving recess provided in the housing proximate the first surface of the housing;
• a second wire receiving recess provided in the housing proximate a second surface of the housing;
• first contacts extending between the flexible circuit receiving recess and the first wire receiving recess, the first contacts provide an electrical connection between the multiple layer flexible circuit received in the flexible circuit receiving recess and first wires received in the first wire receiving recess;
• second contacts extending between the flexible circuit receiving recess and the second wire receiving recess, the second contacts provide an electrical connection between the multiple layer flexible circuit received in the flexible circuit receiving recess and second wires received in the second wire receiving recess.