JP2009117236A - Inter-board connector - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an inter-board connector capable of maintaining motion quality of an electronic circuit even though external noises are entered into a printed circuit board. <P>SOLUTION: The inter-board connector, in which a ground pin and a power source pin are arranged on at least any one end of a pin array, or are connected with a ground layer or a power source layer by being mounted on at least any one end of a housing surrounding the pin array, has a contact piece electrically connected to each other at the time of connecting the connector, wherein electromagnetic noises generated in a signal wire can be reduced though external electromagnetic noises enter the circuit board, and signal quality against the external electromagnetic noises can be maintained. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an inter-board connector for connecting a plurality of printed circuit boards to each other.

  Conventionally, in order to reduce the adverse effect of electromagnetic noise on a predetermined signal in a printed circuit board, it has been proposed to provide a slit in the ground layer (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In order to reduce the adverse effect of electromagnetic noise on a predetermined signal, it has been proposed to provide a ground pattern that guards the predetermined signal (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

JP-A-6-85408 (2 pages, right column 50 lines to 3 pages, left column 4 lines, FIG. 1) JP 2004-303812 (page 4, lines 40 to 43, FIG. 1)

  However, if a slit is provided in the ground layer of the printed circuit board, the impedance of the ground layer increases and it becomes difficult to secure a return current path. In addition, a signal crossing the slit is reflected due to impedance mismatch at the slit portion, and there is a problem that the signal waveform quality is deteriorated. Furthermore, although crosstalk from a signal inside the printed circuit board to another signal can be reduced, it is not necessarily effective against external electromagnetic noise such as electrostatic noise to the printed circuit board.

  Further, in a printed circuit board provided with a ground pattern for guarding a signal, there is a disadvantage that the wiring area is reduced by the ground pattern. Furthermore, there is no countermeasure against the inter-board connector portion that is easily affected by electromagnetic noise.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to obtain an inter-board connector that can maintain signal transmission quality even when external electromagnetic noise enters the printed circuit board.

  According to the present invention, in a flat board-to-board connector having a pin array including a signal pin, a power supply pin, and a ground pin, and connecting a plurality of printed circuit boards, the ground pin and the power supply pin are connected to the end of the pin array. A board-to-board connector characterized in that the board-to-board connector is arranged in the section is obtained.

  Further, according to the present invention, in the flat inter-board connector that includes a header connector and a receptor connector each having a pin array including a signal pin, a power supply pin, and a ground pin, and connects a plurality of printed circuit boards, the header A conductive header contact piece attached to at least one end of a housing surrounding the pin array of the connector and connected to a ground layer or a power supply layer of the first printed circuit board, and surrounding the pin array of the receptor connector Attached to at least one end of the housing, connected to the ground layer or the power supply layer of the second printed circuit board, and when the header connector is coupled, contacts the header contact piece and is electrically connected. And a conductive receptor contact piece. Kuta is obtained.

  According to the configuration of the inter-board connector of the present invention, since the ground pins and the power pins are arranged at the end of the pin array, external electromagnetic noise including high frequency components (several kHz or more) enters the printed circuit board. However, the electromagnetic noise induced in the signal wiring can be minimized, and the signal quality can be maintained against the external electromagnetic noise.

  According to the configuration of the board-to-board connector of the present invention, the conductive board is attached to at least one end of the housing surrounding the header connector pin array and connected to the ground layer or the power supply layer of the first printed circuit board. The header contact piece is attached to at least one end of the housing surrounding the pin array of the receptor connector and connected to the ground layer or the power supply layer of the second printed circuit board. Since there is a conductive receptor contact piece that comes into contact and is electrically connected, there is no need to arrange a ground pin or a power supply pin at the end of the pin array, thereby increasing the degree of freedom in arranging connector pins. In addition, the number of ground pins and power supply pins can be reduced.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 shows an electric circuit in which a first printed circuit board (daughter card) 1 and a second printed circuit board (motherboard) 2 are connected to each other by a flat inter-board connector 3 according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The system is shown in schematic perspective view. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the header connector 4 and its pin array of the inter-board connector 3 of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the receptor connector 6 of the inter-board connector 3 of the present invention and its pin array.

  The first printed circuit board 1 includes an electronic circuit 9 using printed wiring and a semiconductor device 10 mounted on the electronic circuit 9. The first printed circuit board 1 is also provided with a connector 11 for an external interface attached to one corner (edge) of the printed circuit board 1 and connected to the electronic circuit 9. The header connector 4 of the above-described inter-board connector 3 is attached to the edge of one side of 1 and connected to the electronic circuit 9. The position of the connector 11 is not limited to the illustrated example.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the header connector 4 is connected to the electronic circuit 9 and is arranged along the edge of the first printed circuit board 1. The pin array 15 includes a signal pin 12, a power supply pin 13, and a ground pin 14. And a header housing 16 fixed along the edge of the first printed circuit board 1 and surrounding and supporting the pin array 15.

  Similarly, the second printed circuit board 2 includes an electronic circuit 19 using printed wiring and a semiconductor device 20 mounted on the electronic circuit 19. Also attached to the second printed circuit board 2 is the receptor connector 6 of the inter-board connector 3 which is attached to one main surface of the insulating substrate 18 and connected to the electronic circuit 19.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the receptor connector 6 includes a pin array 25 including a signal pin 22, a power supply pin 23, and a ground pin 24 connected to the electronic circuit 19 and arranged in parallel with one side of the second printed circuit board 2. And a receptor housing 26 fixed to the second printed circuit board 2 and surrounding and supporting the pin array 25.

  The board-to-board connector 3 configured in this way connects the first printed circuit board 1 and the second printed circuit board 2 to each other, and an electronic circuit 9 having the semiconductor devices 10 and 20 of the respective circuit boards. , 19 signal lines, ground layers, and power supply layers are connected by signal pins 12, 22, ground pins 14, 24 and power supply pins 13, 23, respectively. Generally, a ground layer and a power supply layer of a printed circuit board are provided over the entire surface of the printed circuit board, and impedance is reduced.

  2 and 3, in the inter-board connector 3 of the present invention, the power pins 13 and 23 and the ground pins 14 and 24 are arranged at the end E of the pin arrays 15 and 25, respectively. That is, the pins of the pin arrays 15 and 25 include signal pins 12 and 22, power supply pins 13 and 23, and ground pins 14 and 24, and are arranged in two rows along the edge of the printed circuit boards 1 and 2. However, on the outside of the long pin arrays 15 and 25 in the length direction, the right region in the figure is defined as a first end E1, and the left region in the figure is defined as a second end E2, An intermediate region between the end E1 and the second end E2 is defined as a central portion C. In the illustrated example, two ground pins 14 and 24 and two power supply pins 13 and 23 are arranged at the first end E1, and two ground pins 14 and 24 and two power pins 13 and 23 are arranged at the second end E2. Two power supply pins 13 and 23 are arranged, and 20 signal pins 12 and 22 are arranged in the central portion C.

  Of the positions of the signal pins 12 and 22, the positions where the influence of noise is sufficiently small (in the example shown, the signal pins 12 and 22 are located at the center, or farthest from the power pins 13 and 23 or the ground pins 14 and 24. Among them, a signal pin 27 for a high-speed signal that is most susceptible to noise, for example, a high-speed signal of several Mbps or more, is arranged. It can be surely protected.

  In the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the total number of pins is 48, and a row of 24 pins is arranged in two rows, and 20 signal pins 12 and 22 are arranged in the central portion C. Two power pins 13 and 23 are arranged inside the two end portions E1 and E2, and two ground pins 14 and 24 are arranged outside the first and second end portions E1 and E2, respectively. Yes. However, the size of the first and second end portions E1, E2 and the central portion C and the number and the number of pins arranged in each range are arbitrary depending on the electronic circuit to be used with the board-to-board connector. Can be selected.

  1 to 4, the ground pins 14 and 24 and the power supply pins 13 and 23 are symmetrically distributed and arranged at both ends E1 and E2 of the pin arrays 15 and 25 including a plurality of pins.

  Thus, according to the present invention, the pin arrays 15 and 25 including the signal pins 12 and 22, the power supply pins 13 and 23, and the ground pins 14 and 24 and arranged along the edge of the printed circuit boards 1 and 2 are provided. In the flat board-to-board connector that holds and connects the first printed circuit board 1 and the second printed circuit board 2, the power supply pins 13 and 23 and the ground pins 14 and 24 are respectively connected to the pin arrays 15 and 25. Are arranged at the ends E1 and E2.

  According to such a configuration, when external electromagnetic noise (for example, electrostatic noise) including a high frequency component (several kHz or more) enters the printed circuit board 1 or 2, for example, the outside of the first printed circuit board 1 When electromagnetic noise enters from the connector 11 for the interface, the noise current is coupled to the ground layer and the power supply layer with low impedance, and the edges of the ground layer and the power supply layer of the first printed circuit board 1 due to edge specificity. Is transmitted to the inter-board connector 3. At this time, since the power supply pins 13 and 23 and the ground pins 14 and 24 of the inter-board connector 3 are arranged at the ends E1 and E2 of the pin arrays 15 and 25 that are connector ends, the ground pins 14 and 24 and the power supply pins 13 are arranged. , 23 can be reduced, and the signal quality can be maintained against external electromagnetic noise.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 4 shows a pin array 28 in which the arrangement of various pins of the header connector 4 of the inter-board connector 3 is changed. The pin array of the receptor connector is not shown here because it has the same arrangement corresponding to the pin array 28 in the same manner as in the relationship of FIGS.

  In the example of the pin array 28, 20 signal pins 12 are arranged at the center C, and two ground pins 14 and 24 are arranged inside the first and second ends E1 and E2, respectively. Two power pins 13 and 23 are arranged outside the second ends E1 and E2. Further, the signal pin 27 for a signal line which is easily affected by noise is arranged at a position near the center where the signal pin 27 is hardly affected. Also in the pin array 28, the ground pins 14 and the power supply pins 13 are symmetrically arranged at both ends E1 and E2 of the pin array 28 composed of a plurality of pins.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, for example, an external interface connector 29 is provided at a position close to the inter-board connector 3 at the edge of one side of the first printed circuit board 1, and a high frequency component (several kHz or more) is generated. The included external electromagnetic noise (for example, electrostatic noise) may enter from the external interface connector 29 near the board-to-board connector 3. In such a case, as shown in FIG. 6, the power supply pin 13 and the ground pin 14 of the inter-board connector 3 in the header connector 4 are replaced with a pin array 30 arranged only at the end portion close to the external interface connector 29. That's fine. In this pin array 30, the power supply pin 13 is arranged in the end portion E2 near the external interface connector 29 outside the central portion C where the signal pins 12 are arranged, and in the outer end portion E1 thereof. A ground pin 14 is disposed. FIG. 7 is a view showing the receptor connector 6 having the pin array 31 corresponding to the header connector 4 shown in FIG.

  According to the configuration in which the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13 are arranged at one end E1 or E2 on the side close to the external interface connector 29 of the pin arrays 15 and 25 including a plurality of pins. For example, since the power supply pins 13 and the ground pins 14 of the board-to-board connector 3 need only be arranged on one side, the number of the power supply pins 13 and the ground pins 14 of the board-to-board connector pins can be reduced, and the degree of freedom in arranging the board-to-board connector pins Will increase.

  In such a configuration, when external electromagnetic noise (for example, electrostatic noise) including a high-frequency component (several kHz or more) enters the first printed circuit board (daughter card) 1 from near the board-to-board connector 3. The noise current is coupled to the ground layer and the power supply layer having low impedance, and propagates through the ends of the ground layer and the power supply layer of the first printed circuit board 1 due to edge specificity. At this time, the noise current propagating to the board-to-board connector 3 on the far side from the entry position of the external noise is sufficiently small due to transmission loss, and the noise current propagating to the board-to-board connector 3 on the near side from the entry position of the external noise is signal quality. The influence on the becomes dominant. At this time, since the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13 are arranged at the connector end on the side where electromagnetic noise enters, the noise current propagating inward from the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13 can be reduced. Noise currents induced in connector pins such as signal pins 12 and 22 inside the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13 can be reduced, and signal quality can be maintained against external electromagnetic noise.

  In this example, the board-to-board connectors 3 are arranged in two rows, but the number of pins and the number of pins in one row are not limited to this. In addition, by increasing the number of pins of the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13, it is possible to reduce the noise current induced in the connector pin inside the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13, and to improve the signal quality against external electromagnetic noise. It can be improved further.

Embodiment 4 FIG.
Further, in the pin array 32 shown in FIG. 8, when the power supply pins 13 and the ground pins 14 of the inter-board connector 3 in the header connector 4 are arranged only at the end portion close to the external interface connector 29, the signal pins 12 are arranged. The ground pin 14 is disposed in the end portion E2 near the external interface connector 29 outside the center portion C, and the power pin 13 is disposed in the outer end portion E1.

Embodiment 5 FIG.
The board-to-board connector 33 shown in FIG. 9 includes a header connector 34 attached to the first printed circuit board 1 and a receptor connector 36 attached to the second printed circuit board 2. The header connector 34 is provided at both ends of the header housing 35, various connector pins 37 supported by the header housing 35, and the header housing 35, and is connected to the ground layer or the power supply layer of the first printed circuit board 1. And a header contact piece 38 which is a material. The receptor connector 36 is provided at the both ends of the receptor housing 39, various connector pins (not shown) supported by the receptor housing 39, and the receptor housing 39, and is connected to the ground layer or the power source of the second printed circuit board 2. And a receptor contact piece 40 which is a conductive material connected to the layer.

  When the header connector 34 and the receptor connector 36 of such an inter-board connector 33 are coupled, the respective connector pins 37 are connected, and the header contact pieces 38 of the conductive material provided on the header housing 35 are connected. The receptor contact piece 40 which is a conductive material provided on the receptor housing 39 is brought into contact with and electrically connected to each other.

  When the contact pieces 38 and 40 are also used in an electronic circuit system in which the external interface connector 29 is provided only on one side edge of the printed circuit board 1 as shown in FIG. It can be provided only at the end portion on the side of entering.

  According to such a configuration using the contact pieces 38 and 40, the noise current flows through the conductive contact pieces 38 and 40, the noise current induced in the connector pin 37 can be reduced, and the signal quality can be maintained. In addition, since the ground pin 14 and the power supply pin 13 do not need to be arranged at the end E1 or E2 of the pin array as in the above-described embodiment, the pin arrangement of the signal pin 12, the power supply pin 13, and the ground pin 14 is free. As the degree increases, the number of ground pins 14 and power supply pins 13 can be reduced.

  Further, by using the contact pieces 38 and 40 shown in FIG. 9 in combination with various pin arrays shown in FIGS. 2 to 8, further effects can be obtained in terms of reducing noise current and maintaining signal quality.

  In the embodiment described above, since the two boards are arranged vertically, the board-to-board connector is provided at the edge of the board. For example, the two boards are arranged in parallel to each other. In the case of connection, the board-to-board connector may be arranged at a portion other than the edge, such as the central portion of the board. The present invention can also be applied to such a case, and the same effect as described above can be obtained. The embodiment described as the best mode for carrying out the invention in this specification shows a specific example in the case of carrying out the invention, and does not limit the invention. In addition, the features of various embodiments can be combined as appropriate.

It is a perspective view which shows the electric circuit system using the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the header connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the receptor connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the header connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the electric circuit system using the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the header connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the receptor connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 3 of this invention. It is the schematic which shows the pin array of the header connector of the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 4 of this invention. It is a schematic perspective view which shows the board-to-board connector by Embodiment 5 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 1st printed circuit board 2 2nd printed circuit board 3 Board-to-board connector 4 Header connector 6 Receptor connector 12 Signal pin 13 Power supply pin 14 Ground pin 15, 25, 28, 30, 31 , 32 Pin array, 16, 26, 35, 39 Housing, 38, 40 Header contact piece.

Claims (4)

A flat board-to-board connector that has a pin array including signal pins, power supply pins, and ground pins, and connects multiple printed circuit boards.
The board-to-board connector, wherein the ground pin and the power supply pin are arranged at an end of the pin array.   The board-to-board connector according to claim 1, wherein the ground pin and the power supply pin are arranged at one end of the pin array.   The board-to-board connector according to claim 1, wherein the ground pins and the power supply pins are distributed and arranged at both ends of the pin array. A flat board-to-board connector that includes a header connector and a receptor connector each having a pin array including a signal pin, a power supply pin, and a ground pin, and connects a plurality of printed circuit boards.
A conductive header contact piece provided on at least one end of a housing surrounding the pin array of the header connector and connected to a ground layer or a power supply layer of the first printed circuit board;
Provided at at least one end of the housing surrounding the pin array of the receptor connector, connected to the ground layer or power layer of the second printed circuit board, and connected to the header contact piece when the header connector is coupled A board-to-board connector comprising a conductive receptor contact piece that is electrically connected in contact with each other.

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