EP2963738A1 - Connecteur de câble coaxial - Google Patents

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EP2963738A1
EP2963738A1 EP14306050.7A EP14306050A EP2963738A1 EP 2963738 A1 EP2963738 A1 EP 2963738A1 EP 14306050 A EP14306050 A EP 14306050A EP 2963738 A1 EP2963738 A1 EP 2963738A1
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Jean-Pierre Harel
Eric CALLEC
David Cornec
Thomas Julien
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Nokia Shanghai Bell Co Ltd
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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
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
    • H01R9/05—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections for coaxial cables
    • H01R9/0503—Connection between two cable ends
    • 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
    • H01R13/02—Contact members
    • H01R13/03—Contact members characterised by the material, e.g. plating, or coating materials
    • H01R13/035—Plated dielectric material
    • 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]
    • H01R13/6598—Shield material
    • H01R13/6599—Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R2201/00—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications
    • H01R2201/02—Connectors or connections adapted for particular applications for antennas
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R9/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, e.g. terminal strips or terminal blocks; Terminals or binding posts mounted upon a base or in a case; Bases therefor
    • H01R9/03—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections
    • H01R9/05—Connectors arranged to contact a plurality of the conductors of a multiconductor cable, e.g. tapping connections for coaxial cables
    • H01R9/0515—Connection to a rigid planar substrate, e.g. printed circuit board

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  • the present invention relates to cable connectors.
  • Co-axial cables of all types are often connected or joined together coaxially. Such connections may for example be using a matching set of male and female SMA connectors. Such connectors may not be appropriate for all situations as they may be over-engineered, too expensive, and/or difficult to assemble together.
  • feeding networks such as used in mobile network base station antennas
  • coaxial cables as electromagnetic feedline and distribution systems.
  • higher order multiband antennas triple-, quadruple-, penta--, hexa-band, and more
  • Standard connectors are typically applied at connection points between these coaxial cables. While these provide high performance their key disadvantage is their financial and labour cost - especially if in modern multiband antennas up to ⁇ 100 of these connections are required.
  • a simpler and cheaper connector is sought, in particular one suitable for use in RF applications.
  • an embodiment herein provides a connector as claimed in claim 1.
  • the term 'cable' ought to be understood as a coaxial cable of any type, eg. SM141, SM250, etc.
  • a cable 10 is illustrated at figure 1 , and comprises a central conductor 12 (usually a solid copper, stranded copper or copper plated steel wire), surrounded by a dielectric 14. The dielectric is then surrounded by a metallic, conductive braid and/or foil known as a shield 16. Finally, the shield 16 is enclosed and protected by an isolating jacket 18.
  • Each component of the cable 10 may be selectively exposed depending on the design need, though in a typical installation case the cable 10 will be stripped as illustrated on figure 1 .
  • Figure 2 illustrates a connector 100 according to a first embodiment, adapted for connecting axially two co-axial cables along the axial direction A-A.
  • the connector 100 comprises a support structure 110 onto which are positioned two cable clip structures 120, and a connection section 130 disposed between said pair of cable clip structures 120.
  • the cable clips 120 and the connection section 130 are longitudinally aligned along the axis A.
  • the connector 100 is preferably manufactured in one piece using non-conducting material, such as a plastic, for example as a result of a molding operation.
  • the support structure 110 may comprise fixing means 115 adapted for securing onto an antenna frame or other support element of an external device.
  • Fixing means 105 may comprise mounting holes, unitary mounting brackets, unitary mounting clips, or other mounting fixtures, as appropriate for the mounting needs.
  • the cable clip structure 120 are sized at an appropriate dimension to receive and secure against the outer jacket 18 of an appropriate cable 10, in such a way as to relieve stress off the cable 10 and to stabilize the cable 10 before the joining operation.
  • connection section 130 is adapted for:
  • connection section 130 comprises :
  • the first shield receiving area 116A and the second shield receiving area 116B are electrically connected to one another.
  • the first conductor receiving area 112A and the second conductor receiving area 112B are also electrically connected to one another.
  • the shield receiving areas 116A, B do not communicate electrically with the conductor receiving areas 112A, B.
  • the mating surfaces of the receiving areas 112A, 112B, 116A, 116B are coated in an electrical conducting surface layer, e.g. a metallic layer.
  • the metallization and respect of non-metalized areas can for example be achieved using classical plastic or polymer metallization processes, or other processes as for instance "Laser Direct Structuring", patented by LPKF Laser & Electronics AG and as perfected by Molex®.
  • the metallization specification i.e. the process used, the metallization depth of conductive materials used are function of global performances and costs targeted. For example and without limitations, copper, tin, silver, gold, brass etc. may be used, within a thickness of some microns or tens of microns depending on frequency bands targeted (i.e. some hundreds of MHz to some GHz).
  • Each of the receiving areas 112A, 112B, 116A, 116B are formed as semi cylindrical concave hollows adapted for receiving the respective part of the cable 10 of the appropriate gauge.
  • the cables 10 are fixed in places by soldering the shield 16 and the conductor 12 portions of the cable 10 into place onto the metalized conducting surface layer.
  • the receiving sections 112A, 112B, 116A, 116B may comprise semi-annular gutters 118 adapted for easing the flow of solder around the cable 10 portions.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates the above embodiments with the first and second cables 10A,B securely soldered into place.
  • the cable joining operation may be performed as followed:
  • the support structure 110 of the connector 100 to support a plurality of pairs of clip structures 120 and connection sections 130, thereby connecting a plurality of pairs of cables on a single connector 100.
  • the support structure 110 may feature:
  • these same features can be modified to fit cables of different gauges, here SM141 and SM250 cable types.
  • the conductor receiving area 112 and the shield receiving area 116 of the connection section can be made appropriately larger to be compatible with different gauge cables.
  • the invention isn't limited to a specific manufacturing process, such as metalized plastics.
  • the support structure 110 of the connector 100 may be entirely molded of non conducting material ( figure 8A ), and metalized surfaces can be replaced by separate thin copper (or brass or other metal) foils as shown in figure 8B and figure 8C :
  • the metallic foils 1160, 1120 are adapted to be fitted inside the shield receiving areas 116 ( figure 8B ) and conductor receiving areas 112 ( figure 8C ), respectively, which may be positioned into place mechanically ( figures 8D ), for example via glue or mechanical fixation (eg. melting the four pins present at figure 8A or any other fixing device or method). Then, the inner core foil 1120 destined for the conductor receiving area 112 is placed on top of the central post, and, two cables are plugged onto the device via the clips, and soldered to the foils.
  • figure 8A-8D has the advantage of creating elements in separate processes which may be advantageous for mass manufacturing. Another advantage of this embodiment is that of providing better conductivity for high power application when metallic layer deposition onto the non-metallic surface of the connector support structure 110 may provide insufficient thickness capabilities.
  • the metalized surface of the shield receiving area 116 can also be partially extended to the support structure 110, and even underneath the support structure 110, to allow for either a capacitive coupling from the cable ground potential up to the antenna frame to be performed, as even a direct DC electrical contact if needed.
  • This effect may be interesting for instance if the cables need to be grounded to the antenna frame, as for lightning protection or EMC cancellation effects.

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WO2019032366A1 (fr) * 2017-08-07 2019-02-14 Commscope Technologies Llc Ensembles blocs de connecteur de câble destinés à des antennes de station de base
CN112271469A (zh) * 2020-11-11 2021-01-26 武汉虹信科技发展有限责任公司 同轴线缆连接装置和同轴线缆连接方法

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US3151211A (en) * 1961-08-04 1964-09-29 Sperry Rand Corp Means for connecting coaxial cables
GB2319675A (en) * 1996-11-26 1998-05-27 Whitaker Corp Coaxial splice connector
US20090151993A1 (en) * 2007-12-13 2009-06-18 Roya Yaghmai Shielded cable interface module and method of fabrication
WO2011127864A2 (fr) * 2011-05-24 2011-10-20 华为技术有限公司 Connecteur radiofréquence

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US3151211A (en) * 1961-08-04 1964-09-29 Sperry Rand Corp Means for connecting coaxial cables
GB2319675A (en) * 1996-11-26 1998-05-27 Whitaker Corp Coaxial splice connector
US20090151993A1 (en) * 2007-12-13 2009-06-18 Roya Yaghmai Shielded cable interface module and method of fabrication
WO2011127864A2 (fr) * 2011-05-24 2011-10-20 华为技术有限公司 Connecteur radiofréquence

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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WO2019032366A1 (fr) * 2017-08-07 2019-02-14 Commscope Technologies Llc Ensembles blocs de connecteur de câble destinés à des antennes de station de base
CN112271469A (zh) * 2020-11-11 2021-01-26 武汉虹信科技发展有限责任公司 同轴线缆连接装置和同轴线缆连接方法

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