EP1930993B1 - Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly - Google Patents
Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly Download PDFInfo
- Publication number
- EP1930993B1 EP1930993B1 EP06025471A EP06025471A EP1930993B1 EP 1930993 B1 EP1930993 B1 EP 1930993B1 EP 06025471 A EP06025471 A EP 06025471A EP 06025471 A EP06025471 A EP 06025471A EP 1930993 B1 EP1930993 B1 EP 1930993B1
- Authority
- EP
- European Patent Office
- Prior art keywords
- lead frame
- conductors
- contact
- mating
- electrical connector
- Prior art date
- Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
- Not-in-force
Links
Images
Classifications
-
- 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
- H01R13/46—Bases; Cases
- H01R13/514—Bases; Cases composed as a modular blocks or assembly, i.e. composed of co-operating parts provided with contact members or holding contact members between them
-
- 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
- H01R13/646—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00 specially adapted for high-frequency, e.g. structures providing an impedance match or phase match
- H01R13/6473—Impedance matching
- H01R13/6474—Impedance matching by variation of conductive properties, e.g. by dimension variations
-
- 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
- H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding
- H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
- H01R13/6581—Shield structure
- H01R13/6585—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
- H01R13/6586—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules
- H01R13/6587—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
Definitions
- the invention relates generally to electrical connectors and, more particularly, to an electrical connector for transmitting signals at high speeds.
- the back-plane typically has a connector, commonly referred to as a header that includes a plurality of signal pins or contacts which connect to conductive traces on the back plane.
- the daughter board connector commonly referred to as a receptacle, also includes a plurality of contacts or pins.
- the receptacle is a right angle connector that interconnects the back plane with the daughter board so that signals can be routed between the two.
- the right angle connector typically includes a mating face that receives the plurality of signal pins from the header on the back plane, and contacts that connect to the daughter board.
- Some older connectors which are still in use today, operate at speeds of one gigabit per second or less.
- many of today's high performance connectors are capable of operating at speeds of up to ten gigabits or more per second.
- the higher performance connector also comes with a higher cost.
- US 6,808,420 , B1 discloses an electrical connector comprising a connector housing holding signal contacts and ground contacts in an array organized into rows. Each row includes pairs of the signal contacts and some of the ground contacts arranged in a pattern, wherein adjacent first and second rows have respective different first and second patterns.
- US 6,379,188 , B1 shows an electrical connector for transferring a plurality of differential signals between electrical components.
- the connector is made of modules that have a plurality of pairs of signal conductors with a first signal path and a second signal path.
- Electrical connectors comprise a plurality of contacts embedded in a plastic housing.
- Figure 1 shows a plurality of mating contacts 3 in such an electrical connector represented without the plastic housing.
- Each mating contact 3 is electrically connected to a corresponding mounting contact 6 by a conductor 5.
- the plurality of conductors 5 connecting mounting contacts 6 with the corresponding mating contacts 3 arranged on one of the columns, constitutes a so-called lead frame, an example of which is represented in figure 2 .
- the lead-frame of a male or female connector has a right-angled contact geometry and therefore a geometry that forces the conductors to have different mechanical lengths. This means that the delay of the electrical signal is different for all the pins, i.e. conductors in the conductor column. This is referred to as "skew".
- skew between pins is an important parameter of overall connector performance. In a column of conductors, there will always be skew because of the length differences of the conductors.
- the object of the present invention is therefore to provide an electrical connector with improved electrical characteristics, such as the same electrical length of all the conductors.
- WO 01/39332 A1 shows differential signal electrical connectors.
- the connector is made of modules that have a plurality of pairs of signal conductors with a first signal path and a second signal path.
- Each signal path has a pair contact sections extending between the contact portions.
- Windows are left in the plastic above the long lead and each pair of contact sections. These windows serve to equalize the delay for signals traveling in the leads of each pair as the speed at which is signaled propagates an a conductor is proportional to the dielectric constant of the material surrounding the conductor. Because air has a different dielectric constant than plastic, leaving the windows above the long leads makes the signals in those leads move faster. As a result, the time for a signal to pass through the long lead and short lead of the pair and be equalized.
- Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the plurality of conductors 5 shown in figure 1 , taken along one of the lines A-A, B-B or C-C.
- the plurality of conductors 5 have electrical characteristics, which may vary depending on the length of a particular conductor within the electrical connector. With an identical conductor width a longer conductor has a self-inductance that is higher than a shorter conductor proportional to the length difference of both conductors.
- the width of the conductors within the lead-frame is gradually increased so that a longer conductor is wider while a shorter conductor is smaller. Therefore, when two pins are compared in the connector the shorter one is smaller and the longer one is wider.
- the longer conductor will be wider, reducing its self-inductance by unit length relative to the short conductor, which has a high self-inductance by unit length.
- FIG. 5 illustrates an electrical connector 10 formed in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. While the electrical connector 10 will be described with particular reference to a receptacle connector, a right-angle connector interconnecting a back-plane with a daughter board, it is to be understood that the benefits described herein are also applicable to other connectors in alternative embodiments.
- the electrical connector 10 includes a dielectric housing 12.
- a plurality of contact modules 50 are connected to the housing 12.
- the contact modules 50 define a mounting face 56, which comprises a plurality of mounting contacts 86.
- the mounting face 56 is substantially perpendicular to the mating face 18 of the dielectric housing 12, such that the electrical connector 10 interconnects electrical components that are substantially at a right angle to one another.
- the mounting contacts 86 are adapted to be mounted on a circuit board 80.
- the dielectric housing 12 includes a plurality of mating contacts that are accessible to corresponding mating elements through a mating face 18 of the dielectric housing 12.
- a plurality of ground conductors 104 and signal conductors 106a, 106b connect the mounting contacts 86 and mating contacts.
- a connector 70 comprising mating elements can be mated with the mating contacts of the electrical connector 10.
- the connector 70 comprises a plastic body 72 in which mating elements 76 are embedded.
- the plastic body 72 of the connector 70 comprises two side parts 73, 75.
- the mating elements 76 are embedded in the plastic body 72 in such a way that a longitudinal axis of the mating elements 76 is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the side parts 73, 75.
- the plastic body 72 comprises a hollow part arranged between side parts 73, 75, said hollow part having dimensions such that the housing 12 of the electrical connector 10 can be fitted into said hollow part of the connector 70.
- the mating elements 76 of said connector 70 protrude out of the plastic body 72 on the side of the connector 70 oriented towards the hollow part in which the housing 12 of the electrical connector 10 can be fitted.
- the mating elements 76 protrude towards the hollow part of the connector 70 in mating element ends 74.
- the mating element ends 74 can be introduced through the mating face 18 of the dielectric housing 12 to mate with the mating contacts of the electrical connector 10.
- FIG. 6 shows a female electrical connector 10 according to the present invention.
- the mounting contacts 86 of the electrical connector 10 are mounted on the electric board 80.
- the housing 12 of the electrical connector 10 comprises a mating face 18 including a plurality of contact cavities 22 that are configured to receive corresponding mating elements.
- the housing 12 comprises an alignment rib 42 arranged on an upper face 32 of said housing 12. The alignment rib 42 allows to bring the electrical connector 10 into alignment with the connector 70 during the mating process so that the mating element ends 74 of the mating connector 70 are received in the contact cavities 22 without damage.
- FIG. 7 illustrates a male electrical connector according to the present invention.
- a connector 70' has two hollow parts comprised respectively between a side part 73' and a central side part 75, and between said central side part 75 and a side part 73.
- Mating element ends 74 and 74' are arranged in the respective hollow parts of the plastic body 72 of the mating connector 70'.
- the mating element ends 74, 74' arranged in the respective hollow parts are male mating elements, which are adapted to be mated with the mating contacts in the contact cavities 22 of the mating face 18 of a first electrical connector 10 and with the mating contacts in the contact cavities of a mating face of a second electrical connector 10'.
- Figure 8 shows a multi-board arrangement, wherein a first electrical connector 10 is mounted on a first board 80 and a second electrical connector 10' is mounted on a second board 80'.
- Each electrical connector 10, 10' is adapted to be mated with each connector 70, 70'.
- the mating contacts of the respective mating face 18, 18' of each electrical connector 10, 10' are mated with the respective mating element ends 74, 74' of each respective connector 70, 70'.
- Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a plurality of lead frames 100, 200 that are arranged within one electrical connector 10 according to the present invention.
- the lead frames 100, 200 comprise a plurality of conductors.
- the conductors extend along a predetermined path to electrically connect each mating edge contact 82 to a corresponding mounting edge contact 86.
- the mating edge is essentially perpendicular to the mounting edge 56.
- a plurality of conductors with a curved cross-section may also be foreseen in an electrical connector, said plurality of conductors being arranged in such a way that they form an essentially curved array.
- the plurality of conductors is foreseen with a circular cross-section, said plurality of conductors being arranged in such a way that they form an essentially circular array.
- the term width defined in the present application shall then mean the diameter of said conductors.
- the electrical connector according to the present invention has improved electrical characteristics, in particular, uniform electrical properties of the conductors within the electrical connector. Moreover, the electrical connector according to the present invention achieves a high speed signal transport through a right angle or vertical interconnection system while having both a high signal density as well as an easy track-routing on the printed circuit board.
- Various termination techniques for board mounting such as surface mounting or press-fit, can be applied to mount the electrical connector according to the present invention on a corresponding board.
Landscapes
- Coupling Device And Connection With Printed Circuit (AREA)
- Details Of Connecting Devices For Male And Female Coupling (AREA)
- Connector Housings Or Holding Contact Members (AREA)
Abstract
Description
- The invention relates generally to electrical connectors and, more particularly, to an electrical connector for transmitting signals at high speeds.
- With the ongoing trend toward smaller, faster, and higher performance electrical components such as processors used in computers, routers, switches, etc., it has become increasingly important for the electrical interfaces along the electrical paths to also operate at higher frequencies and at higher densities with increased throughput.
- In a traditional approach for interconnecting circuit boards, one circuit board serves as a back plane and the other as a daughter board. The back-plane typically has a connector, commonly referred to as a header that includes a plurality of signal pins or contacts which connect to conductive traces on the back plane. The daughter board connector, commonly referred to as a receptacle, also includes a plurality of contacts or pins. Typically, the receptacle is a right angle connector that interconnects the back plane with the daughter board so that signals can be routed between the two. The right angle connector typically includes a mating face that receives the plurality of signal pins from the header on the back plane, and contacts that connect to the daughter board.
- Some older connectors, which are still in use today, operate at speeds of one gigabit per second or less. By contrast, many of today's high performance connectors are capable of operating at speeds of up to ten gigabits or more per second. As would be expected, the higher performance connector also comes with a higher cost.
-
US 6,808,420 , B1 discloses an electrical connector comprising a connector housing holding signal contacts and ground contacts in an array organized into rows. Each row includes pairs of the signal contacts and some of the ground contacts arranged in a pattern, wherein adjacent first and second rows have respective different first and second patterns. -
US 6,379,188 , B1 shows an electrical connector for transferring a plurality of differential signals between electrical components. The connector is made of modules that have a plurality of pairs of signal conductors with a first signal path and a second signal path. - Electrical connectors according to the prior art comprise a plurality of contacts embedded in a plastic housing.
Figure 1 shows a plurality ofmating contacts 3 in such an electrical connector represented without the plastic housing. Eachmating contact 3 is electrically connected to acorresponding mounting contact 6 by aconductor 5. The plurality ofconductors 5 connectingmounting contacts 6 with thecorresponding mating contacts 3 arranged on one of the columns, constitutes a so-called lead frame, an example of which is represented infigure 2 . - As can be seen in
Fig. 2 the lead-frame of a male or female connector has a right-angled contact geometry and therefore a geometry that forces the conductors to have different mechanical lengths. This means that the delay of the electrical signal is different for all the pins, i.e. conductors in the conductor column. This is referred to as "skew". - In any high-speed applications, skew between pins is an important parameter of overall connector performance. In a column of conductors, there will always be skew because of the length differences of the conductors.
- The object of the present invention is therefore to provide an electrical connector with improved electrical characteristics, such as the same electrical length of all the conductors.
-
WO 01/39332 A1 - This object is solved by the independent claims. Preferred embodiments are subject matter of the dependent claims.
- Further features and advantages will become apparent from the following and more particular description of the present invention based on the figures enclosed with the application:
- Figure 1
- is a perspective view of the plurality of lead frames within one electrical connector according to the prior art;
- Figure 2
- is a side view of one lead frame according to the prior art;
- Figure 3
- is a cross-sectional view of the plurality of lead frames shown in
figure 1 taken along one of the lines A-A, B-B or C-C shown inFigure 2 ; - Figure 4
- is a cross-section view of the plurality of lead-frames shown in
figure 1 taken along one of the lines A-A, B-B or C-C shown infigure 2 according to the present invention; - Figure 5
- is a side view of a female electrical connector according to the present invention mated with a male connector;
- Figure 6
- is a perspective view of a female electrical connector according to the present invention;
- Figure 7
- is a perspective view of a male electrical connector according to the present invention;
- Figure 8
- is a perspective view of a multi-board arrangement comprising two female electrical connectors according to the present invention; and
- Figure 9
- is a perspective view of the plurality of lead frames according to one embodiment of the present invention.
- The following paragraphs will describe the invention including the general characteristics of the chicklet contact arrangement and illustrates further configurations.
-
Figure 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the plurality ofconductors 5 shown infigure 1 , taken along one of the lines A-A, B-B or C-C. In such an electrical connector the plurality ofconductors 5 have electrical characteristics, which may vary depending on the length of a particular conductor within the electrical connector. With an identical conductor width a longer conductor has a self-inductance that is higher than a shorter conductor proportional to the length difference of both conductors. - As illustrated in
figure 4 , the width of the conductors within the lead-frame is gradually increased so that a longer conductor is wider while a shorter conductor is smaller. Therefore, when two pins are compared in the connector the shorter one is smaller and the longer one is wider. - Changing the width of the conductors changes their self-inductance and therefore starting from the highest self-inductance per unit length for the shortest conductor to the lowest self-inductance per unit length for the longest conductor, the self-inductance per unit length of the conductors is gradually reduced. This difference in inductance per unit length electrically compensates the mechanical length difference of the conductors.
- According to the invention, the longer conductor will be wider, reducing its self-inductance by unit length relative to the short conductor, which has a high self-inductance by unit length.
- This is exemplified in
figure 4 , where p is the pitch of the conductors and w is their width. As this is a cross-sectional view of the conductor shown infigure 1 , along lines A-A, B-B or C-C ofFig. 2 one can see that the shorter conductors at the bottom have a width w1 that is smaller than that of the longer conductors above in this case w2 and w3. This inductance compensation will lead to a reduced electrical skew between the conductors in a connector column. Therefore, higher data rates are made possible. -
Figure 5 illustrates anelectrical connector 10 formed in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. While theelectrical connector 10 will be described with particular reference to a receptacle connector, a right-angle connector interconnecting a back-plane with a daughter board, it is to be understood that the benefits described herein are also applicable to other connectors in alternative embodiments. - The
electrical connector 10 includes adielectric housing 12. A plurality ofcontact modules 50 are connected to thehousing 12. Thecontact modules 50 define a mountingface 56, which comprises a plurality of mountingcontacts 86. In a preferred embodiment, the mountingface 56 is substantially perpendicular to themating face 18 of thedielectric housing 12, such that theelectrical connector 10 interconnects electrical components that are substantially at a right angle to one another. The mountingcontacts 86 are adapted to be mounted on acircuit board 80. Thedielectric housing 12 includes a plurality of mating contacts that are accessible to corresponding mating elements through amating face 18 of thedielectric housing 12. A plurality ofground conductors 104 andsignal conductors contacts 86 and mating contacts. - A
connector 70 comprising mating elements can be mated with the mating contacts of theelectrical connector 10. Theconnector 70 comprises aplastic body 72 in whichmating elements 76 are embedded. Theplastic body 72 of theconnector 70 comprises twoside parts mating elements 76 are embedded in theplastic body 72 in such a way that a longitudinal axis of themating elements 76 is parallel to a longitudinal axis of theside parts plastic body 72 comprises a hollow part arranged betweenside parts housing 12 of theelectrical connector 10 can be fitted into said hollow part of theconnector 70. - The
mating elements 76 of saidconnector 70 protrude out of theplastic body 72 on the side of theconnector 70 oriented towards the hollow part in which thehousing 12 of theelectrical connector 10 can be fitted. Themating elements 76 protrude towards the hollow part of theconnector 70 in mating element ends 74. The mating element ends 74 can be introduced through themating face 18 of thedielectric housing 12 to mate with the mating contacts of theelectrical connector 10. -
Figure 6 shows a femaleelectrical connector 10 according to the present invention. The mountingcontacts 86 of theelectrical connector 10 are mounted on theelectric board 80. Thehousing 12 of theelectrical connector 10 comprises amating face 18 including a plurality ofcontact cavities 22 that are configured to receive corresponding mating elements. Further, thehousing 12 comprises analignment rib 42 arranged on anupper face 32 of saidhousing 12. Thealignment rib 42 allows to bring theelectrical connector 10 into alignment with theconnector 70 during the mating process so that the mating element ends 74 of themating connector 70 are received in thecontact cavities 22 without damage. -
Figure 7 illustrates a male electrical connector according to the present invention. A connector 70' has two hollow parts comprised respectively between a side part 73' and acentral side part 75, and between saidcentral side part 75 and aside part 73. Mating element ends 74 and 74' are arranged in the respective hollow parts of theplastic body 72 of the mating connector 70'. The mating element ends 74, 74' arranged in the respective hollow parts are male mating elements, which are adapted to be mated with the mating contacts in thecontact cavities 22 of themating face 18 of a firstelectrical connector 10 and with the mating contacts in the contact cavities of a mating face of a second electrical connector 10'. -
Figure 8 shows a multi-board arrangement, wherein a firstelectrical connector 10 is mounted on afirst board 80 and a second electrical connector 10' is mounted on a second board 80'. Eachelectrical connector 10, 10' is adapted to be mated with eachconnector 70, 70'. In particular, the mating contacts of therespective mating face 18, 18' of eachelectrical connector 10, 10' are mated with the respective mating element ends 74, 74' of eachrespective connector 70, 70'. -
Figure 9 shows a perspective view of a plurality oflead frames electrical connector 10 according to the present invention. The lead frames 100, 200 comprise a plurality of conductors. The conductors extend along a predetermined path to electrically connect eachmating edge contact 82 to a corresponding mountingedge contact 86. The mating edge is essentially perpendicular to the mountingedge 56. - Further, although the present application describes in detail the preferred embodiment of a rectangular or square array, a plurality of conductors with a curved cross-section may also be foreseen in an electrical connector, said plurality of conductors being arranged in such a way that they form an essentially curved array. Preferentially, the plurality of conductors is foreseen with a circular cross-section, said plurality of conductors being arranged in such a way that they form an essentially circular array. In the case of a circular array of conductors, the term width defined in the present application shall then mean the diameter of said conductors.
- The electrical connector according to the present invention has improved electrical characteristics, in particular, uniform electrical properties of the conductors within the electrical connector. Moreover, the electrical connector according to the present invention achieves a high speed signal transport through a right angle or vertical interconnection system while having both a high signal density as well as an easy track-routing on the printed circuit board. Various termination techniques for board mounting, such as surface mounting or press-fit, can be applied to mount the electrical connector according to the present invention on a corresponding board.
Claims (6)
- A lead frame (100) for an electrical contact module (50), said lead frame (100) comprising:a first row of contacts comprising mating contacts (82) and defining a mating edge; anda second row of contacts comprising mounting contacts (86) and defining a mounting edge;each mating edge contact (82) being electrically connected to a corresponding mounting edge contact (86) by conductors extending along a predetermined path within the lead frame (100);wherein conductors (106a, 106b, 104) in the lead frame (100) have different mechanical lengths;characterized bythe conductors (106a, 106b, 104) in the lead frame (100) having individually different widths (w1, w2, w3, .., wn), the width of each conductor depending on the conductors mechanical length;wherein a conductor with a shorter mechanical length has a smaller width (w1) than a conductor with a longer mechanical length.
- The lead frame (100) according to claim 1, wherein the width of each conductor in the lead frame (100) is increased with the increase of the conductors' mechanical length.
- The lead frame (100) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said mating edge and mounting edge (56) in each lead frame (100) are substantially perpendicular to each other.
- A contact assembly comprising at least a first and second lead frame (100) according to one of claims 1 to 3, said second lead frame being adjacent to said first lead frame.
- An electrical connector (10) comprising:a housing (12);a plurality of contact modules (50) in said housing (12), each said contact module (50) comprising the lead frame (100) according to any of claims 1 to 3,wherein said conductors (106a, 106b, 104) of several contact modules (50) being arranged, when seen in a cross-sectional view through the lead frames (100), in a matrix of columns and rows.
- The electrical connector (10) according to claim 5, wherein the conductors (106a, 106b, 104) are arranged in an essentially square or rectangular array.
Priority Applications (5)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
PL06025471T PL1930993T3 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly |
EP06025471A EP1930993B1 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly |
AT06025471T ATE441227T1 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | CONDUCTOR SUPPORT FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT MODULE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONTACT DEVICE |
DE602006008810T DE602006008810D1 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Conductor carrier for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact device |
ES06025471T ES2330247T3 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | CONDUCTOR FRAME FOR ELECTRICAL CONTACT MODULE, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND CONTACT ASSEMBLY. |
Applications Claiming Priority (1)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
---|---|---|---|
EP06025471A EP1930993B1 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly |
Publications (2)
Publication Number | Publication Date |
---|---|
EP1930993A1 EP1930993A1 (en) | 2008-06-11 |
EP1930993B1 true EP1930993B1 (en) | 2009-08-26 |
Family
ID=37944059
Family Applications (1)
Application Number | Title | Priority Date | Filing Date |
---|---|---|---|
EP06025471A Not-in-force EP1930993B1 (en) | 2006-12-08 | 2006-12-08 | Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly |
Country Status (5)
Country | Link |
---|---|
EP (1) | EP1930993B1 (en) |
AT (1) | ATE441227T1 (en) |
DE (1) | DE602006008810D1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2330247T3 (en) |
PL (1) | PL1930993T3 (en) |
Families Citing this family (1)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
TWM409564U (en) * | 2009-05-15 | 2011-08-11 | Molex Inc | High data-rate connector and assembly using the same |
Family Cites Families (3)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
---|---|---|---|---|
US6067594A (en) * | 1997-09-26 | 2000-05-23 | Rambus, Inc. | High frequency bus system |
US6494734B1 (en) * | 1997-09-30 | 2002-12-17 | Fci Americas Technology, Inc. | High density electrical connector assembly |
CN1258836C (en) | 1999-11-24 | 2006-06-07 | 泰拉丁公司 | Differential signal electrical connectors |
-
2006
- 2006-12-08 ES ES06025471T patent/ES2330247T3/en active Active
- 2006-12-08 PL PL06025471T patent/PL1930993T3/en unknown
- 2006-12-08 EP EP06025471A patent/EP1930993B1/en not_active Not-in-force
- 2006-12-08 DE DE602006008810T patent/DE602006008810D1/en active Active
- 2006-12-08 AT AT06025471T patent/ATE441227T1/en not_active IP Right Cessation
Also Published As
Publication number | Publication date |
---|---|
EP1930993A1 (en) | 2008-06-11 |
ES2330247T3 (en) | 2009-12-07 |
DE602006008810D1 (en) | 2009-10-08 |
PL1930993T3 (en) | 2009-12-31 |
ATE441227T1 (en) | 2009-09-15 |
Similar Documents
Publication | Publication Date | Title |
---|---|---|
EP1897178B1 (en) | Electrical connector | |
EP2209170B1 (en) | Orthogonal connector system | |
EP2162957B1 (en) | Skew controlled leadframe for a contact module assembly | |
US7837505B2 (en) | Electrical connector system with jogged contact tails | |
JP4643879B2 (en) | Differential signal electrical connector | |
US7862344B2 (en) | Electrical connector having reversed differential pairs | |
US7331802B2 (en) | Orthogonal connector | |
US8079847B2 (en) | Orthogonal connector system with power connection | |
EP2214268A1 (en) | High Density Connector Assembly | |
TW201931693A (en) | Low crosstalk card edge connector | |
US7651373B2 (en) | Board-to-board electrical connector | |
US20210305740A1 (en) | Cable connector systems | |
CN112018537B (en) | Connector system with wafer | |
US11114803B2 (en) | Connector system with wafers | |
EP1930993B1 (en) | Lead frame for electrical contact module, electrical connector and contact assembly | |
US20110159710A1 (en) | Array of electrical connectors having offset electrical connectors | |
US20240145958A1 (en) | Compact high-speed electrical connector | |
US20110159473A1 (en) | Array of electrical connectors having offset electrical connectors | |
CN116264364A (en) | High density, high speed electrical connector and electronic system |
Legal Events
Date | Code | Title | Description |
---|---|---|---|
PUAI | Public reference made under article 153(3) epc to a published international application that has entered the european phase |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009012 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: A1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR |
|
AX | Request for extension of the european patent |
Extension state: AL BA HR MK RS |
|
17P | Request for examination filed |
Effective date: 20080627 |
|
17Q | First examination report despatched |
Effective date: 20080728 |
|
AKX | Designation fees paid |
Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR |
|
GRAP | Despatch of communication of intention to grant a patent |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR1 |
|
GRAS | Grant fee paid |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: EPIDOSNIGR3 |
|
GRAA | (expected) grant |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009210 |
|
AK | Designated contracting states |
Kind code of ref document: B1 Designated state(s): AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: GB Ref legal event code: FG4D |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: EP |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: IE Ref legal event code: FG4D |
|
REF | Corresponds to: |
Ref document number: 602006008810 Country of ref document: DE Date of ref document: 20091008 Kind code of ref document: P |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: SE Ref legal event code: TRGR |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: GR Ref legal event code: EP Ref document number: 20090402619 Country of ref document: GR |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: ES Ref legal event code: FG2A Ref document number: 2330247 Country of ref document: ES Kind code of ref document: T3 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: PL Ref legal event code: T3 |
|
LTIE | Lt: invalidation of european patent or patent extension |
Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IS Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20091226 Ref country code: LT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: AT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: LV Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: SI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: CY Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: PT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20091228 Ref country code: BG Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20091126 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: EE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: RO Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: DK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 Ref country code: CZ Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: SK Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PLBE | No opposition filed within time limit |
Free format text: ORIGINAL CODE: 0009261 |
|
STAA | Information on the status of an ep patent application or granted ep patent |
Free format text: STATUS: NO OPPOSITION FILED WITHIN TIME LIMIT |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: MC Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20100701 |
|
26N | No opposition filed |
Effective date: 20100527 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20091208 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: LU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20091208 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: HU Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20100227 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: CH Ref legal event code: PL |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: TR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF FAILURE TO SUBMIT A TRANSLATION OF THE DESCRIPTION OR TO PAY THE FEE WITHIN THE PRESCRIBED TIME-LIMIT Effective date: 20090826 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: LI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20101231 Ref country code: CH Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20101231 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 10 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 11 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151208 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20151208 |
|
PGRI | Patent reinstated in contracting state [announced from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: IT Effective date: 20170710 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FR Ref legal event code: PLFP Year of fee payment: 12 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: PL Payment date: 20180921 Year of fee payment: 13 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: NL Payment date: 20181213 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: GR Payment date: 20181112 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: SE Payment date: 20181211 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: DE Payment date: 20181127 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: FI Payment date: 20181210 Year of fee payment: 13 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: BE Payment date: 20181015 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: FR Payment date: 20181121 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: GB Payment date: 20181205 Year of fee payment: 13 |
|
PGFP | Annual fee paid to national office [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: ES Payment date: 20190102 Year of fee payment: 13 Ref country code: IT Payment date: 20181220 Year of fee payment: 13 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: DE Ref legal event code: R119 Ref document number: 602006008810 Country of ref document: DE |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: FI Ref legal event code: MAE |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: SE Ref legal event code: EUG |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: FI Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191208 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: NL Ref legal event code: MM Effective date: 20200101 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: BE Ref legal event code: MM Effective date: 20191231 |
|
GBPC | Gb: european patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee |
Effective date: 20191208 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: NL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20200101 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: GR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20200707 Ref country code: IT Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191208 Ref country code: FR Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191231 Ref country code: DE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20200701 Ref country code: GB Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191208 Ref country code: SE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191209 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: BE Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191231 |
|
REG | Reference to a national code |
Ref country code: ES Ref legal event code: FD2A Effective date: 20210601 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: ES Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191209 |
|
PG25 | Lapsed in a contracting state [announced via postgrant information from national office to epo] |
Ref country code: PL Free format text: LAPSE BECAUSE OF NON-PAYMENT OF DUE FEES Effective date: 20191208 |