Berg Technology, Inc.

Fci, Inc.

Framatome Connectors International

Bernardus L Paagman

Niranjan Kumar Mitra

Pieter Cornelis Van Der Laan

Alexander Petrus Van Deursen

Franciscus Bernardus Van Horck

Stefaan Hendrik Jozef Sercu

Thierry Goossens

Ludwig Lange

Derek Andrews

Andrew G Meller

Albertus Van Zanten

Ronald Bekker

Ralph Semmeling

Marcel Meijer

Michel Gerardus Pardoel

Jeroen Dekker

Johannes Van Woensel

The invention relates to an electrical connector that includes an insulating connector housing containing a plurality of slots arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. A plurality of single ended contacts is received in the slots. In particular, the single ended contacts are arranged in pairs in said slots of said matrix, such that, in a first row, a first pair of said contacts accommodates slots in a first column and a second column of said matrix and, in a second row adjacent to said first row, a second pair of said contacts accommodates slots in said second column and a third column of said matrix, wherein positions corresponding respectively to the first row and the third column, and to the first column and the second row are free of contact.

Electrical connector with staggered single ended contacts

The invention pertains to a connector having a grounding element and a housing of an electrically insulating material. The housing includes at least one contact element comprising a contact end, an intermediate part, and a connection end. The connector also includes an electrically insulating voltage variable medium that is provided between the at least one contact element and the grounding element. The electrically insulating voltage variable medium becomes electrically conducting at a voltage that is substantially higher than the operating voltages of a device for which the connector is intended or of which it is a part. The connector described herein is relatively compact and enables constant ESD suppression.

Connector comprising an ESD suppressor

Assembly provided with at least one shielded connector (,) and a board (,), each shielded connector being connected to a predetermined side of said board (,) and being provided with at least one signal contact member (,) fitted in a hole (,) of the board (,), the connector having a shielded housing (,) to shield each signal contact member (,), wherein the board (,), except in areas where connectors (,) are fitted to the board (,), is provided with a first continuous electrically conductive layer (,) on one side and a second continuous electrically conductive layer (,) on the opposite side, each of the shielded connector housings being electrically connected to one of said layers (,), in order to prevent electromagnetic radiation generated by any of said signal contact members (,) from propagating to the outside world.

Assembly of shielded connectors and a board having plated holes

A method for measuring a common mode current (Icm) in an outer conductor of a shielded electrical connector comprising also at least one inner conductor which includes the steps of interconnecting the one inner conductor and the outer conductor at a junction point to a power source and supplying a current (Icm) to the junction point draining substantially all common mode current (Icm) from the outer conductor at the opposite side of the connector by means of a low impedance drain; and sensing the drained common mode current (Icm) with a current sensing device.

Method and apparatus for measuring a transfer impedance of shielded

Connectors are formed from insulative, terminal-carrying frames that are open on at least one major surface. The open major surfaces allows rapid insertion of contact terminals and attachment of wires to contact surfaces within the frame. The frame includes wire receiving openings and cavities for positioning wires within the frame. Electrical continuity between the wires and the terminals may be achieved directly or by a circuit substrate that has circuit traces for electrically connecting an attached wire to a connector terminal. High speed cable connectors can be made in an industrially effective manner by such structures.

Modular high speed connector

Modular connectors employ terminal carriers for gang mounting of terminals onto circuit substrates. The carriers may be shielded for providing shielding through the connector. Substrate mounting systems include press fit, floating surface mount, solder ball and intrusive reflow arrangements.

Modular connectors

An electrical connector formed from a plurality of modules. The connector relays differential pairs of signals, with the signal conductors that define each of the differential pairs residing on different modules in a twin-ax configuration. The modules can include one or more circuit substrates. The conductors on adjacent circuit substrates can have a mirror image relationship.

Modular electrical PCB assembly connector

Right-angle connector

Coaxial connector with impedance control

A method for measuring a common mode current (Icm) in an outer conductor of a device comprising also at least one inner conductor which includes the steps of interconnecting the one inner conductor and the outer conductor at a junction point to a power source and supplying a current (Icm) to the junction point draining substantially all common mode current (Icm) from the outer conductor at the opposite side of the device by means of a low impedance drain; and sensing the drained common mode current (Icm) with a current sensor.

Connector provided with at least two adjacent cavities (5, 6) to accommodate terminals (14), the connector having a selectively metallized plastic structure in order to at least partly shield at least one cavity from the other cavities wherein said connector has at least partly the following housing structure between each shielded cavity and its adjacent cavities: a first insulating plastic wall--at least one metal layer--a second insulating plastic wall, said at least one metal layer being provided as a coating on said first and/or said second plastic walls.

Selectively metallized connector with at least one coaxial or twin-axial

Connector provided with an insulating housing and a plurality of electrically conductive contact members each of said contact members (2, 3; 26; 42; 47) being made of a metal layer arranged on a predetermined insulating part of said connector. This metal layer may be arranged on plastic contact pins or, alternatively, be made of metal strips arranged on the housing (4; 24; 41) of said connector.

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Bernardus L Paagman