Direct connect orthogonal connection systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9184530-B2
Application number	US-201314050282-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 9, 2013
Priority date	Oct 10, 2012
Publication date	Nov 10, 2015
Grant date	Nov 10, 2015

Abstract

A direct-attach orthogonal electrical connection system with improved high frequency performance is provided. A conductive member is provided between first and second components, each having signal and ground conductors. The conductive member is electrically coupled to ground conductors of both the first and second components and may also have openings through which signal conductors of the first and second components may connect. As such, signal conductors may be positioned relative to the conductive member such that a uniform impedance is maintained along a signal path throughout the interconnection, reducing noise and reflections. The first-type conductive elements may be formed with multiple beams of different lengths to create multiple points of contact distributed along an elongated dimension. For example, a third beam may be fused to a mating portion to allow a tolerance for deviations in alignment between two directly attached connectors.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a plurality of conductive elements, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a mating portion adjacent a distal end of the conductive element, the mating portion comprising:
a first beam extending in a first direction;
a second beam parallel to the first beam, each of the first beam and the second beam comprising a mating surface; and
a third beam comprising a mating surface, the third beam being shor…

Assignees

• Amphenol Corp

Inventors

• Cohen Thomas S

Classifications

• H01R13/6473

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/03

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R4/023

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/26 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R43/16

  Electricity · mapped topic