EP0582960A1 - Connexion à haute fréquence coaxiale à fiches - Google Patents

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EP0582960A1
EP0582960A1 EP93112508A EP93112508A EP0582960A1 EP 0582960 A1 EP0582960 A1 EP 0582960A1 EP 93112508 A EP93112508 A EP 93112508A EP 93112508 A EP93112508 A EP 93112508A EP 0582960 A1 EP0582960 A1 EP 0582960A1
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Edgard Ing. Acke (Grad.)
Michel Ing. Mussen (Grad.)
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/38—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts
    • H01R24/40—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency
    • H01R24/50—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/73—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures connecting to other rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/735—Printed circuits including an angle between each other
    • H01R12/737—Printed circuits being substantially perpendicular to each other
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/62—Means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement
    • H01R13/629—Additional means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts, e.g. aligning or guiding means, levers, gas pressure electrical locking indicators, manufacturing tolerances
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2103/00—Two poles

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  • the invention relates to an RF coaxial connector with several, at a certain pitch on a base, e.g. a printed circuit board, arranged coaxial connectors and corresponding coaxial mating connectors arranged on a base.
  • a base e.g. a printed circuit board
  • coaxial connectors of the 1.0 / 2.3 series are used for the transmission of the RF signals with a pitch, ie an average distance between the mounting holes on a circuit board or a module of 7.5 or 7.62 mm .
  • a pitch ie an average distance between the mounting holes on a circuit board or a module of 7.5 or 7.62 mm .
  • straight and 90 ° angled coaxial connector types with cable connection and with solder pins for a circuit board connection have been used, for example in an arrangement with several coaxial connectors, the connectors of the mating connector have been snapped individually into a bar with suitable holes.
  • RF coaxial plug connections are required for smaller spacing of the order of 5 mm and simplified connection technology.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object, one for a very small pitch of e.g. 5 mm suitable, i.e. to create mechanically and electrically adapted HF coaxial plug connection in simplified connection technology.
  • both the coaxial plug and the coaxial mating connector are fastened to their respective base in a press-in technique and thus advantageously in a simplified connection technique. Since the coaxial mating connectors are integrated in a monoblock, a higher packing density with smaller pitch spacings of e.g. 5 mm can be realized, thus creating a miniature coaxial connector family that - mechanically and electrically adapted - is even smaller than the very small one 1.0 / 2.3 series connector family.
  • the plug connection according to the invention is particularly well suited, in particular, for HD (high density) HF coaxial plug connectors.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment of a plug connection according to the invention with regard to the packing density is obtained if two rows of coaxial mating connectors lying one above the other are provided in the monoblock.
  • the connector can e.g. be constructed as an 8-way connector by providing two rows of four coaxial mating connectors one above the other in a monoblock.
  • the coaxial plugs are fastened together on their base to form a unit.
  • the connector consists of Figures 1 and 2 of several coaxial connectors 1 in a straight version, which are combined by means of a common mounting plate 2 to form a unit 15 on a base, for example a printed circuit board 3 or a rear wall and by means of press-in contacts 4 at a certain pitch of e.g. 5 mm are attached.
  • the plug-in connection also consists of coaxial mating connectors 6 arranged on a base, for example on a printed circuit board 5 or an assembly, which are integrated in a number corresponding to the number of coaxial plugs 1 and at the same pitch as these in a monoblock 7.
  • This consists of conductive material and forms the common outer conductor for all coaxial mating connectors 6 integrated in it, the inner conductor 8 (FIG.
  • the coaxial mating connector are formed in at 90 o angled to their plug-in direction embodiment. 6 Such as in particular the figures refer 1,3 and 4, the connections of the inner conductors of the coaxial mating connector 6 and the outer conductor terminals formed as press-fit contacts 13, 14 respectively 8, the corresponding o angled of 90 o -Abwinkelung of the coaxial mating connector 90 to the connecting direction are arranged.
  • FIG. 2 and 4 show that in the illustrated embodiment of an HD-RF coaxial connector according to the invention two rows of superimposed Coaxial connectors and accordingly two rows of coaxial mating connectors one above the other, each with four coaxial connectors 1 and four coaxial mating connectors 6, are provided, so that the coaxial connectors 1 form an 8-way unit 15 and the monoblock 7 is designed as an 8-way mating connector.
  • the monoblock 7 has eight press-in contacts 13 for the inner conductor connections and 4 ⁇ 3 press-in contacts 14 for the outer conductor connections.
  • the unit 15 is also formed with two guide pins 16 which engage in guide bores 17 of the monoblock 7.
  • FIG. 4 shows that an 8-fold monoblock 7 of approximately 10 ⁇ 24 mm cross-sectional area can be realized with a pitch of 5 mm.
  • the printed circuit boards 3 and 5 shown in FIG. 2 are provided with a coaxial connector unit 15 and a monoblock 7 with coaxial mating connectors 6 as well as with NF connector organs.
  • the printed circuit board 3 can be designed with an LF male connector and the printed circuit board 5 with a corresponding LF female connector. The entire plug-in connection is then produced in certain plug-in phases, which are explained in more detail on the basis of the schematic illustration in FIG.
  • the NF contact means are centered, for example by a guide pin 21 arranged on the printed circuit board 3 in a centering member 22 engages on the circuit board 5.
  • the strip body 24 of an LF female connector arranged on the printed circuit board 5 can slide into the strip body 23 of an LF male connector provided on the other printed circuit board 3.
  • a guide pin 16 of the coaxial connector unit 15 engages in a guide bore 17 of the monoblock 7 in the third plug-in phase in order to first initiate the centering and subsequently the contacting of the RF contact means.
  • an outer conductor spring sleeve 25 slides into the bore 11 of the monoblock 7 in the fourth plugging phase.
  • the inner conductor 8 of the coaxial mating connector 6 of the monoblock 7 slides into a made of insulating material in a fifth plugging phase existing pre-centering funnel 26 of the coaxial connector 1, whereupon the inner conductor socket 27 of the coaxial connector 1 is plugged onto the pin-shaped inner conductor 8 of the coaxial mating connector 6 in a 6th plug-in phase.
  • the NF contact elements 28 and 29 contained in the strip bodies 23 and 24 are connected in the 7th and last plugging phase by further plugging the mixed HF - / NF connector.

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DE4438872C1 (de) * 1994-11-03 1995-12-07 Harting Elektronik Gmbh Koaxialer Winkelverbinder zur Montage auf einer Leiterplatte
DE19707490A1 (de) * 1997-02-25 1998-08-27 Siemens Ag HF-Koaxial-Steckverbinder
EP0872913A2 (fr) * 1997-04-17 1998-10-21 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur coaxial multiple
EP0907219A2 (fr) * 1997-10-01 1999-04-07 Berg Electronics Manufacturing B.V. Embase de connexion coaxiale faite à partir de tÔle poinçonnée
EP0924809A2 (fr) * 1997-12-19 1999-06-23 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur à angle droit pour hautes fréquences
EP0999611A1 (fr) * 1998-11-04 2000-05-10 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited Connecteur multi-coaxial comprenant une cage métallique connectée aux conducteurs extérieurs de plusieurs câbles coaxiaux
DE19851868C1 (de) * 1998-11-10 2001-10-31 Tyco Electronics Logistics Ag Elektrisches Leiterplatten-Bauteil und Verfahren zur automatischen Bestückung von Leiterplatten mit solchen Bauteilen
WO2006044580A1 (fr) * 2004-10-14 2006-04-27 Corning Gilbert Inc. Connecteur electrique a pousser a positions multiples
US7416415B2 (en) 2006-06-12 2008-08-26 Corning Gilbert Inc. Multiple position push-on electrical connector and a mating connector therefor
DE202009017933U1 (de) 2008-03-14 2010-09-02 Huber + Suhner Ag Mehrfach-Koaxialkabel-Steckverbindung
US8317539B2 (en) 2009-08-14 2012-11-27 Corning Gilbert Inc. Coaxial interconnect and contact
US8360805B2 (en) 2008-04-08 2013-01-29 Huber + Suhner Ag Connector banks arranged in parallel and floating manner
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EP0677895A3 (fr) * 1994-04-14 1996-09-11 Siemens Ag Connecteur pour panneaux arrières.
EP0677895A2 (fr) * 1994-04-14 1995-10-18 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur pour panneaux arrières
DE4438872C1 (de) * 1994-11-03 1995-12-07 Harting Elektronik Gmbh Koaxialer Winkelverbinder zur Montage auf einer Leiterplatte
DE19707490C2 (de) * 1997-02-25 2000-05-11 Siemens Ag HF-Koaxial-Steckverbinder
DE19707490A1 (de) * 1997-02-25 1998-08-27 Siemens Ag HF-Koaxial-Steckverbinder
EP0862243A2 (fr) * 1997-02-25 1998-09-02 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur à fiches coaxial à haute fréquence
EP0862243A3 (fr) * 1997-02-25 1999-06-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur à fiches coaxial à haute fréquence
US6071127A (en) * 1997-02-25 2000-06-06 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft HF coaxial connector having a plug module and a socket module
EP0872913A2 (fr) * 1997-04-17 1998-10-21 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur coaxial multiple
EP0872913A3 (fr) * 1997-04-17 1999-06-16 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur coaxial multiple
EP0907219A2 (fr) * 1997-10-01 1999-04-07 Berg Electronics Manufacturing B.V. Embase de connexion coaxiale faite à partir de tÔle poinçonnée
EP0907219A3 (fr) * 1997-10-01 2000-05-10 Berg Electronics Manufacturing B.V. Embase de connexion coaxiale faite à partir de tôle poinçonnée
EP0924809A2 (fr) * 1997-12-19 1999-06-23 Siemens Aktiengesellschaft Connecteur à angle droit pour hautes fréquences
EP0924809A3 (fr) * 1997-12-19 2000-08-30 Tyco Electronics Logistics AG Connecteur à angle droit pour hautes fréquences
EP0999611A1 (fr) * 1998-11-04 2000-05-10 Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited Connecteur multi-coaxial comprenant une cage métallique connectée aux conducteurs extérieurs de plusieurs câbles coaxiaux
DE19851868C1 (de) * 1998-11-10 2001-10-31 Tyco Electronics Logistics Ag Elektrisches Leiterplatten-Bauteil und Verfahren zur automatischen Bestückung von Leiterplatten mit solchen Bauteilen
US6793501B1 (en) 1998-11-10 2004-09-21 Tyco Electronics Logistics Ag Electric components for printed boards and method for automatically inserting said components in printed boards
WO2006044580A1 (fr) * 2004-10-14 2006-04-27 Corning Gilbert Inc. Connecteur electrique a pousser a positions multiples
US7165974B2 (en) 2004-10-14 2007-01-23 Corning Gilbert Inc. Multiple-position push-on electrical connector
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DE202009017933U1 (de) 2008-03-14 2010-09-02 Huber + Suhner Ag Mehrfach-Koaxialkabel-Steckverbindung
US8360807B2 (en) 2008-03-14 2013-01-29 Huber + Suhner Ag Multiple coaxial cable plug connection and method for installing such a multiple coaxial cable plug connection
US8360805B2 (en) 2008-04-08 2013-01-29 Huber + Suhner Ag Connector banks arranged in parallel and floating manner
US8317539B2 (en) 2009-08-14 2012-11-27 Corning Gilbert Inc. Coaxial interconnect and contact
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