TWI656700B - High speed connector in vertical type and conductive module threrof - Google Patents

Abstract

A conductive module of a vertical high-speed connector includes an insulating rubber core and a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and fixed to the insulating rubber core. Each of the conductive terminals is an integrally formed elongated structure and includes an embedded section embedded in the insulating core, a fixed section extending from opposite ends of the embedded section, a bent section, and a contact extending from the bent section segment. The width of the embedded section is between 0.28 and 0.42 mm, the width of the fixed section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm, the width of the bent section is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm, and the width of the contact section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm. The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and one of the adjacent two pairs of differential signal terminals is provided with a ground terminal, and any two ground terminals of the conductive module are not connected with the conductive series. Further, the present invention further provides a vertical high speed connector.

Description

Vertical high speed connector and its conductive module

The present invention relates to a connector, and more particularly to a vertical high speed connector and a conductive module thereof that are not provided with any conductive series members.

Most of the existing vertical high-speed connectors are provided with a conductive series member, and the conductive series members are connected to the plurality of ground terminals to enable the plurality of the ground terminals to be electrically connected to each other. Thereby, the existing vertical high-speed connector can improve its performance through the conductive series to pass various tests.

However, since the existing vertical high-speed connectors mostly rely on the above-mentioned conductive series to improve performance, that is, the existing vertical high-speed connectors pass various tests in the manner of adding components, so that the construction of other components must accommodate the above-mentioned conductive The series of connectors makes the overall construction of the existing vertical high speed connector more complicated. To put it another way, the research and development direction in this field ignores the improvement of the conductive modules (such as conductive terminals) inside the vertical high-speed connector.

Accordingly, the inventors believe that the above-mentioned defects can be improved, and that the invention has been studied with great interest and with the use of scientific principles, and finally proposes a present invention which is rational in design and effective in improving the above-mentioned defects.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a vertical high-speed connector and a conductive module thereof, which can effectively improve the defects that may be generated by the existing vertical high-speed connector.

The embodiment of the invention discloses a vertical high-speed connector, comprising: an insulating body; and two conductive modules, which are inserted into the insulating body, and each of the guides The electric module includes a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and an insulating rubber core fixing a plurality of the conductive terminals; wherein each of the conductive terminals is an integrally formed elongated structure and includes: a buried a section embedded in the corresponding insulating rubber core, and the buried section has a width of 0.28 to 0.42 mm; a fixed section formed by extending from one end of the embedded section, and the fixed section Width is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bent section is formed extending from the other end of the embedded section, and the width of the bent section is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm; and a contact section from the bend a plurality of the conductive segments of the conductive module are respectively facing the plurality of the conductive modules, and the plurality of the conductive terminals of the conductive module are respectively formed by the plurality of the conductive terminals a conductive terminal, and among any two of the conductive terminals located in different conductive modules and facing each other, a minimum spacing is formed between the two contact segments, and the two buried segments are substantially parallel to each other Parallel; wherein, each of the conductive modules The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and one of the adjacent two pairs of the differential signal terminals is disposed between the ground terminals, and the vertical high speed connection The device does not have a conductive series connecting any two of the ground terminals.

The embodiment of the invention also discloses a vertical high-speed connector, the applicable frequency band is 0.05~17 GHz, and the vertical high-speed connector comprises an insulating body, two conductive modules inserted in the insulating body, and a sleeve Each of the conductive modules comprises a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and an insulating rubber core fixing a plurality of the conductive terminals; each of the The conductive terminal is an integrally formed strip-shaped structure and includes: a buried portion embedded in the corresponding insulating rubber core, and the buried portion has a width of 0.28 to 0.42 mm; Forming from one end of the embedded section, and the width of the fixing section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bending section is formed extending from the other end of the embedded section, and the bending section is a width of between 0.35 and 0.42 mm; and a contact section formed from the extension of the bending section, and the width of the contact section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; wherein any one of the conductive modules The conductive terminals are respectively facing the other a plurality of the conductive terminals of the conductive module; wherein each of the conductive modules includes a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and any two adjacent ones One of the ground terminals is disposed between the differential signal terminals.

The embodiment of the invention further discloses a conductive module of a vertical high-speed connector, comprising: an insulating rubber core; and a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and fixed to the insulating rubber core, wherein each of the conductive terminals is integrated The formed strip-like structure comprises: a buried section embedded in the insulating rubber core, and the buried section has a width of 0.28 to 0.42 mm; a fixed section from one end of the embedded section An extension is formed, and the width of the fixing section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bending section is formed extending from the other end of the embedded section, and the width of the bending section is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm And a contact segment formed from the extension of the bending segment, and the width of the contact segment is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; wherein the plurality of the conductive terminals comprise a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals And one of the adjacent two pairs of the differential signal terminals is disposed between the ground terminals, and any two of the ground terminals of the conductive module are not connected to a conductive series.

In summary, the vertical high-speed connector and the conductive module disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention have a size design of each conductive terminal and a mutual matching of each of the conductive terminals and the corresponding insulating rubber core. Excellent high-frequency signal transmission performance (such as insertion loss and reflection loss), thus eliminating the need to use any conductive series to electrically connect multiple ground terminals.

For a better understanding of the features and technical aspects of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying claims limit.

100‧‧‧Vertical high speed connector

1‧‧‧Insulating body

11‧‧‧Long side wall

111‧‧‧Snap holes

12‧‧‧Short side wall

13‧‧‧Positioning column

14‧‧‧through slot

141‧‧‧ front notch

142‧‧‧ rear notch

2‧‧‧Electrical Module

21‧‧‧Electrical terminals

21s‧‧‧Differential signal terminal

21g‧‧‧ Grounding terminal

211‧‧‧buried section

2111‧‧‧ Groove

2112‧‧‧Chamfering

212‧‧‧ fixed section

213‧‧‧Bend section

2131‧‧‧Chamfering

214‧‧‧Contact section

22‧‧‧Insulating rubber core

221‧‧‧protrusion

23‧‧‧Elongate structure

231‧‧‧ positioning slot

3‧‧‧Metal casing

W211, W211', W212, W213, W214‧‧ Width

σ 213, σ 214‧‧‧ angle

1 is a perspective view of a vertical high speed connector of the present invention.

Figure 2 is an exploded perspective view of Figure 1.

3 is an exploded perspective view of another perspective of FIG. 1.

4 is an exploded perspective view of the two conductive modules of FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the conductive terminal of FIG. 4. FIG.

6 is a schematic plan view of the conductive terminal of FIG. 5.

Figure 7 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1 taken along line VII-VII.

Figure 8 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1 taken along line VIII-VIII.

Figure 9 is a cross-sectional view of Figure 1 taken along line IX-IX.

Fig. 10 is an enlarged schematic view showing the X portion of Fig. 9.

Please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 10 for an embodiment of the present invention. It should be noted that the related embodiments of the present invention are only used to specifically describe the embodiments of the present invention so that It is to be understood that the scope of the invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3, the embodiment discloses a high speed connector in vertical type 100, which can be applied to a frequency range of 0.05 to 17 GHz and has high-speed signal transmission capability (for example, 22.5 Gbps). And the vertical high speed connector 100 of the present embodiment does not include any conductive series connecting more than two ground terminals. That is, the vertical high speed connector 100 of the present embodiment excludes a right angle connector and also excludes any connector including a conductive string.

The vertical high-speed connector 100 includes an insulative housing 1 , two conductive modules 2 that are inserted into the insulative housing 1 , and a metal housing 3 that is sleeved outside the insulative housing 1 . In other words, the vertical high-speed connector 100 of the present embodiment may also be composed of the insulative housing 1, the two conductive modules 2, and the metal casing 3 (that is, the closed type), but does not include Other elements, but the invention is not limited thereto. The construction and connection relationship of the respective components of the vertical high speed connector 100 will be described below.

The insulative housing 1 includes two long side walls 11 facing each other, two short side walls 12 facing each other, and two positioning posts 13 extending from the inner edges of the two short side walls 12 and facing each other. The two long side walls 11 and the two short side walls 12 generally form a rectangular ring body to surround and form a through hole 14 . The two positioning posts 13 are located substantially in the through-groove 14 , and each of the positioning posts 13 protrudes from the end portion only by the through-groove 14 , and the configurations of the end portions of the two positioning posts 13 are different from each other.

In more detail, the through slot 14 includes a front slot 141 and a rear slot 142 on opposite sides, and the front slot 141 is used to provide a corresponding component (such as a connector or an electronic card). The rear slot 142 is configured to provide the two conductive modules 2 to be inserted. The insulative housing 1 defines a fastening hole 111 in each of the long side walls 11 , and the fastening holes 111 on the two long side walls 11 face each other, and the fastening holes 111 and the positioning on the insulative housing 1 The positions of the columns 13 are all adjacent to the rear notch 142 described above.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , each of the conductive modules 2 includes a plurality of conductive terminals 21 arranged in a row and an insulating core 22 for fixing the plurality of conductive terminals 21 . The two insulating rubber cores 22 are respectively formed with a protruding portion 221, and the protruding portions 221 of the two insulating rubber cores 22 are respectively embedded in the two fastening holes 111 of the insulating body 1.

Further, the two insulating rubber cores 22 are of the same or symmetrical configuration in this embodiment, and the two insulating rubber cores 22 are fastened to each other to form an elongated configuration 23, and the elongated configuration 23 is A positioning groove 231 is formed in each of the two ends of the length of the longitudinal direction. The two positioning posts 13 of the insulative housing 1 are respectively inserted into the two positioning slots 231 of the elongated structure 23, and the end of each positioning post 13 The portion protrudes from the corresponding positioning groove 231.

Thereby, the vertical high-speed connector 100 of the present embodiment is manufactured by using two insulating rubber cores 22 of the same configuration and capable of being fastened to each other. In the case of the shape, only one mold is needed to reduce the cost, and the two insulating rubber cores 22 which are mutually fastened can be engaged with the positioning posts 13 of the insulating body 1 through the positioning grooves 231 to further enhance the joint effect.

As shown in FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 , and as shown in FIG. 7 to FIG. 10 , each of the conductive terminals 21 is an integrally formed elongated structure, and the configurations of the plurality of conductive terminals 21 in the embodiment are substantially the same. Therefore, for convenience of explanation of the present embodiment, the following description will be made with the configuration of a single conductive terminal 21. However, the configuration of the plurality of conductive terminals 21 of the present invention is not limited to the same. That is, in the embodiment not shown in the present invention, the vertical high speed connector 100 may also include the conductive terminals 21 of different configurations.

In more detail, the conductive terminal 21 includes a buried section 211, and a fixed section 212 formed from an end of the embedded section 211 (such as the bottom end of the embedded section 211 in FIG. 5). A bent portion 213 formed by extending the other end of the embedded portion 211 (such as the top end of the embedded portion 211 in FIG. 5) and a contact portion 214 formed by extending from the bent portion 213.

The buried section 211 is embedded in the corresponding insulating rubber core 22, and the widths W211 and W211' of the embedded section 211 are between 0.28 and 0.42 mm. In more detail, the opposite sides of the embedded section 211 are each formed with a groove 2111, and the length of each groove 2111 is approximately 50-65% of the length of the embedded section 211, and the above two The groove bottoms of the grooves 2111 are spaced apart by 0.26 to 0.3 mm (that is, the width W211'). In other words, the embedded section 211 has two or more widths W211, W211' in the present embodiment and the outer shape is substantially I-shaped, but the present invention is not limited thereto.

The width W212 of the fixing section 212 is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm. The fixing section 212 has only one width W212 in the embodiment and is an L-shaped surface mount (SMT) pin. In other words, the portion of the conductive terminal 21 that is located outside the insulating core 22 and protrudes through the through slot 14 is defined as the upper portion in this embodiment. The fixed segment 212 is described. Further, at the junction of the fixed section 212 and the embedded section 211, since the width W212 of the fixed section 212 is smaller than the width W211 of the buried section 211, the embedded section 211 is formed to be respectively connected to the above fixed Segment 212 opposes two chamfers 2112 on the two sides. That is, the present embodiment does not connect the fixed section 212 and the buried section 211 in a tapered configuration to prevent the above-described width-decreasing configuration from affecting the signal transmission of the conductive terminal 21.

The width W213 of the bending section 213 is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm, and the bending section 213 has only one width W213 in the embodiment and is formed with an angle greater than 90 degrees and less than 180 degrees (eg, 170 degrees). . Further, at the junction of the bending section 213 and the embedded section 211, the width W213 of the bending section 213 is substantially equal to the width W211 of the embedded section 211. That is to say, the bending section 213 is formed by extending straight from the embedded section 211 away from the fixed section 212 and then bending and extending.

The width W214 of the contact segment 214 is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm, and the contact segment 214 has substantially only one width W214 in the present embodiment and forms an angle (eg, 100) greater than 90 degrees and less than 120 degrees, and The angle between the contact segments 214 and the bent segments 213 are respectively located on opposite sides of the conductive terminals 21. Further, at the junction of the contact segment 214 and the bending segment 213, since the width W214 of the contact segment 214 is smaller than the width W213 of the bending segment 213, the bending segment 213 is formed to be respectively connected to the contact segment. 214 opposite the two sides of the two chamfers 2131. That is, the present embodiment does not connect the contact segment 214 and the bent segment 213 in a tapered configuration to prevent the tapered structure from affecting the signal transmission of the conductive terminal 21.

The above is a description of the configuration of the single conductive terminals 21 of the present embodiment. The following describes the mating relationship between the two conductive modules 2, but is not limited thereto. The plurality of conductive terminals 21 of the conductive module 2 respectively face the plurality of conductive terminals 21 of the other conductive module 2; and any two of the conductive terminals 21 located at different conductive modules 2 and facing each other a minimum space is formed between the two contact segments 214 The distance is abutting against a conductive portion (not shown) of the corresponding member, and the two buried segments 211 are substantially parallel to each other.

Furthermore, in each of the conductive modules 2 (eg, FIG. 4), the plurality of conductive terminals 21 include a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals 21s and a plurality of ground terminals 21g, and any two adjacent pairs of differential signals A ground terminal 21g is provided between the terminals 21s. It should be additionally noted that the vertical high speed connector 100 in this embodiment does not have a conductive series connection connecting any two ground terminals 21g. That is to say, any two ground terminals 21g of the conductive module 2 in this embodiment are not connected to the conductive series members, and thus are electrically separated from each other.

[Technical effect of the embodiment of the present invention]

In summary, the vertical high-speed connector 100 disclosed in the embodiment of the present invention has a size design of each of the conductive terminals 21 and a mutual matching of each of the conductive terminals 21 and the corresponding insulating rubber core 22, thereby Excellent high-frequency signal transmission performance (such as insertion loss and reflection loss), thus eliminating the need to use any conductive series to electrically connect multiple ground terminals.

Moreover, the vertical high-speed connector 100 can reduce the cost by using two insulating rubber cores 22 of the same configuration and capable of being fastened to each other, so that each insulating rubber core 22 is formed by molding only one mold. The two insulating rubber cores 22 that are mutually fastened can be engaged with the positioning posts 13 of the insulative housing 1 through the positioning grooves 231 to further enhance the joint effect.

The above are only the preferred embodiments of the present invention, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. The equivalents and modifications made by the scope of the present invention should fall within the scope of the claims of the present invention. .

Claims (9)

A vertical high-speed connector includes: an insulative housing; and two conductive modules interposed in the insulative housing, and each of the conductive modules includes a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and fixed An insulating rubber core of the conductive terminal; wherein each of the conductive terminals is an integrally formed elongated structure and includes: a buried portion embedded in the corresponding insulating rubber core, and The width of the embedded section is between 0.28 and 0.42 mm; a fixed section is formed extending from one end of the embedded section, and the width of the fixed section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bent section is buried from the buried section The other end of the segment is formed to extend, and the width of the bending segment is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm; and a contact segment is formed from the extension of the bending segment, and the width of the contact segment is between 0.25~ 0.28 mm; wherein the plurality of the conductive terminals of the conductive module respectively face a plurality of the conductive terminals of the other conductive module, and are located at different conductive modules and facing each other Any two of the conductive terminals A minimum spacing is formed between the two contact segments, and the two buried segments are substantially parallel to each other; wherein each of the conductive modules includes a plurality of pairs of differential signals among each of the conductive modules a terminal and a plurality of grounding terminals, and one of the adjacent two pairs of the differential signal terminals is disposed between the grounding terminals, and the vertical high-speed connector does not have a conductive connection connecting any two of the grounding terminals a stringing member; wherein, in each of the conductive terminals, opposite sides of the buried section are formed with a groove, and the groove bottoms of the two grooves are spaced apart by 0.26 mm to 0.3 mm . The vertical high speed connector of claim 1, wherein each of the conductive terminals has a length of approximately 50 to 65% of the length of the embedded section. The vertical high-speed connector of claim 1, wherein, among each of the conductive terminals, the bending section is formed with two chamfers respectively connected to opposite sides of the contact section, The buried section is formed with two chamfers respectively connected to opposite sides of the fixed section. The vertical high-speed connector according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the two insulating rubber cores have the same or symmetrical configuration, and the two insulating rubber cores are fastened to each other to form a long length. Shape structure. The vertical high-speed connector according to claim 4, wherein the insulating body is formed with two fastening holes, and the two insulating rubber cores are each formed with a protruding portion, and two of the insulating rubber cores are The protrusions are respectively embedded in the two fastening holes of the insulative housing. The vertical high-speed connector according to claim 4, wherein the elongated structure is formed with a positioning groove at each of its two ends in the longitudinal direction, and the inside of the insulating body is formed with two positioning faces facing each other. a column, and two of the positioning posts are respectively inserted into the two positioning grooves of the elongated structure; wherein an end portion of each of the positioning posts protrudes from the corresponding positioning groove, and two The configurations of the end portions of the positioning posts are different from each other. A vertical high-speed connector is applicable to a frequency range of 0.05 to 17 GHz. The vertical high-speed connector comprises an insulative housing, two conductive modules inserted in the insulative housing, and a sleeve disposed outside the insulating body. Each of the conductive modules comprises a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and an insulating rubber core fixing a plurality of the conductive terminals; each of the conductive terminals is integrally formed a strip-like structure and comprising: a buried section embedded in the corresponding insulating rubber core, and the buried section has a width of 0.28 to 0.42 mm; wherein, in each of the conductive terminals , The opposite sides of the embedded section are respectively formed with a groove, and the groove bottoms of the two grooves are spaced apart by 0.26-0.3 mm; a fixed section is formed from one end of the embedded section. And the width of the fixing section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bending section is formed extending from the other end of the embedded section, and the width of the bending section is between 0.35 and 0.42 mm; a contact segment extending from the bent segment, and the contact segment has a width of 0.25 to 0.28 mm; wherein each of the plurality of conductive terminals of the conductive module faces the other of the conductive a plurality of the conductive terminals of the module; wherein each of the conductive modules includes a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and any two adjacent pairs of the differences One of the ground terminals is disposed between the signal terminals. A conductive module of a vertical high-speed connector, comprising: an insulating rubber core; and a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in a row and fixed to the insulating rubber core, each of the conductive terminals being an integrally formed elongated structure And comprising: a buried section embedded in the insulating rubber core, and the buried section has a width of 0.28 to 0.42 mm; wherein the opposite sides of the embedded section are each formed with a concave a groove, and the groove bottoms of the two grooves are 0.26-0.3 mm apart; a fixed section is formed extending from one end of the embedded section, and the width of the fixing section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; a bent section formed from the other end of the embedded section, and the bent section has a width of 0.35 to 0.42 mm; and a contact section formed by extending the bent section, and The width of the contact section is between 0.25 and 0.28 mm; The plurality of conductive terminals include a plurality of pairs of differential signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals, and one of the adjacent two pairs of the differential signal terminals is disposed between the ground terminals, and the conductive module Any two of the ground terminals are not connected to a conductive series. The conductive module of the vertical high-speed connector of claim 8, wherein each of the conductive terminals has a length of approximately 50 to 65 of the length of the embedded section. %.