TW201401687A - Electric connector - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to provide an electrical connector, which mainly includes a first signal unit, a second signal unit, a ground unit and a ground connection component, each of the first signal unit having a plurality of first conductive elements and carrier boards, wherein both of the first conductive elements are equidistant and parallel; each of the second signal unit has a plurality of second conductive elements and second carrier boards, wherein both of the second conductive elements are equidistant and parallel; the second signal unit is sandwiched between the first signal unit and the grounding unit. Each of the grounding unit contains the ground conductive element, the grounding connecting part and the third carrier board, wherein the ground conductive element, the grounding connecting part and the grounding connecting element is electrically connected. The present invention has the advantages of simplified structure and easy assembly, and can effectively prevent electromagnetic interference through structure arrangement to improve the signal transmission rate.

Description

Electrical connector

The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector having a grounding component and a signal transmission component.

The electrical connector is used to electrically connect two electronic devices or two electronic interfaces (for example, between two circuit boards or between an electronic device and a circuit board) for two electronic devices or two electrons. Interface for data or signal transmission.

The conventional electrical connector generally has a housing and a conductive terminal disposed inside the housing, wherein the length, shape and physical characteristics of the conductive terminals affect the performance of the electrical connector, especially for high frequency and high speed transmission. Adjacent conductive terminals in the electrical connector are susceptible to each other, such as crosstalk, electromagnetic interference, or transmission signal errors. Furthermore, the trend toward miniaturization of the electrical connectors results in the length, shape, and conductive path of the conductive terminals. Structural design such as arrangement is more important.

Therefore, in the conventional electrical connector, the conductive terminals can be divided into grounding terminals and signal terminals according to functional and structural design, so that the electrical connector forms a ground loop through the grounding terminal to reduce the signal terminal. The electromagnetic interference is generated when the signal is transmitted; wherein the ground terminals are staggered with the signal terminals, and the ground terminals must form a ground loop, which causes the conventional electrical connector to have the disadvantages of complicated structure and difficult assembly. Meanwhile, in the conventional electrical connector, due to the limitation of the size of the electrical connector itself, The length, shape and arrangement of the conductive paths formed by the signal terminals are affected, and the adjacent signal terminals generate errors and unevenness in the transmission signals.

An object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector which has the advantages of simplified structure and easy assembly, and is structurally configured to effectively prevent electromagnetic wave interference to enhance signal transmission rate.

To achieve the above and other objects, the electrical connector of the present invention comprises: a housing having a receiving space; a plurality of first signal units disposed in the housing, and each of the first signal units a plurality of first conductive members and a first carrier supporting one of the first conductive members, each of the first conductive members being bent from one side of each of the first carrier plates to be adjacent to each other The other side of the first extension and the second extension, and the distance between the first extensions of at least two of the first conductive members is the second The distance between the extensions is equal; the plurality of second signal units are disposed in the housing, and each of the second signal units has a plurality of second conductive members and supports one of the second conductive members Each of the second conductive members is bent from one side of each of the second carrier plates to an adjacent other side edge and has a third extending portion and a fourth extending portion. And a distance between the third extensions of at least two of the adjacent second conductive members and the fourth Equal to the distance between the projecting portion; a plurality of grounding unit, provided in the housing system, unit and each of the second signal lines sandwiched between each of the first unit and each of the signal grounding means, each of the grounding unit The system has a plurality of grounding conductive members, a grounding connection portion and a third carrier plate, and the third carrier plate supports the grounding conductive members, the grounding conductive members are electrically connected to each other and electrically connected to the grounding portion And a ground connection member is electrically connected to each of the ground connection portions.

In one embodiment, each of the grounding conductive members is bent from one side of each of the third carrier plates to the other side and has a fifth extending portion and a sixth extending portion. The distance between the fifth extensions having at least two of the adjacent ground conductors is equal to the distance between the sixth extensions.

In one embodiment, each of the first carrier, the second carrier, and the third carrier is provided with a recess at a corresponding position, and the ground connector is disposed in the The ground connection portion is electrically connected to the ground connection portion exposed in the recess of each of the third carrier plates.

In one embodiment, the grounding connector has a plurality of clamping portions, each of the clamping portions for clamping the grounding connection for power connection.

In one embodiment, each of the first conductive members has two first signal terminals respectively protruding from two side edges of the first carrier, and each of the second conductive members has a second carrier from each of the second carriers. The two second signal terminals protruding from the two sides, each of the grounding conductive members has two grounding terminals protruding from the two sides of each of the third carrier plates.

In one embodiment, the electrical connector further includes a circuit board, and one of the first signal terminals, one of the second signal terminals, and one of the ground terminals are plugged into the circuit On the board.

Thereby, the above-mentioned electrical connector of the present invention has structural simplification and assembly. The advantage of being easy, and the combination of the first signal unit, the second signal unit and the ground unit can effectively prevent electromagnetic wave interference to improve the signal transmission rate. In addition, the present invention further provides another embodiment, the first conductive The shape of the piece and the second conductive member are arranged in an equidistant parallel arrangement to reduce the error of signal transmission and average the signal transmission.

In order to fully understand the object, features and advantages of the present invention, the present invention will be described in detail by the following specific embodiments and the accompanying drawings, which are illustrated as follows: An exploded schematic view of an electrical connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The electrical connector 100 of the embodiment of the present invention mainly includes a housing 110, a plurality of first signal units 120, a plurality of second signal units 130, a plurality of grounding units 140, and a grounding connector 150. The first signal unit 120 is disposed in the housing 110, and each of the first signal units 120 has a plurality of first conductive members 121 and supports the first conductive members 121. The first signal board 130 is disposed in the housing 110, and each of the second signal units 130 has a plurality of second conductive members 131 and supports the second conductive members 131. A second carrier 132 is disposed in the housing 110, and each of the second signal units 130 is interposed between each of the first signal units 120 and each of the grounding units 140. The grounding unit 140 has a plurality of grounding conductors 141, a grounding connection 142, and a third carrier 143, and the third carrier 143 supports the connections. The grounding conductors 141 are electrically connected to each other and electrically connected to the grounding portion 142. The grounding connector 150 is electrically connected to each of the grounding portions 142.

Accordingly, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electrical connector 100 is repeatedly assembled and assembled in the order of the grounding unit 140, the first signal unit 120, and the second signal unit 130, and is assembled in the housing 110. In the space 111, the four grounding units 110, the three first signal units 120, and the three second signal units are repeatedly assembled in the above-described order as an example in the first embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the grounding unit is not limited thereto. The number or form of the first signal unit 120 and the second signal unit 130 can be configured according to the specifications of the electrical connector 100.

Please refer to FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram of a first signal unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , each of the first signal units 120 has the first conductive members 121 and the same. The first carrier 122, in the embodiment, each of the first conductive members 121 is bent from one side 1221 of each of the first carriers 122 to the adjacent other side 1222 and There is a first extending portion 1211 and a second extending portion 1212, that is, each of the first conductive members 121 can form a bent shape having at least one turning angle, and the first extending portion 1211 and The second extending portion 1212 is respectively a length of a portion of the first conductive member 121 and is respectively located at two sides of the bending angle; and the first conductive members 121 have at least two adjacent ones. The distance a1 between the first extensions 1211 is equal to the distance a2 between the second extensions 1212.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a second signal list according to an embodiment of the present invention. The second signal unit 130 has the second conductive member 131 and the second carrier 132, and each of the second conductive members 131 is shown in FIG. One side of the second carrier 132 is bent to extend to the adjacent other side 1322 and has a third extending portion 1311 and a fourth extending portion 1312, that is, the second conductive members Each of the 131s can be formed into a bent shape having at least one turning angle, and the third extending portion 1311 and the fourth extending portion 1312 are respectively a specific length portion of each of the second conductive members 131 and respectively Located at two sides of the bending angle; the distance b1 between the third extending portions 1311 of the second conductive members 131 having at least two adjacent ones is equal to the distance b2 between the fourth extending portions 1312.

Please refer to FIG. 4 , which is a schematic diagram of a grounding unit according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1 , each of the grounding unit 140 has the grounding conductor 141 and the grounding connection 142 . The third carrier 143, and the third carrier 143 supports the grounding conductors 141. The grounding conductors 142 are electrically connected to each other and electrically connected to the grounding connection 142, as shown in the figure. The grounding conductors 141 are connected by the conductive portion 1413, and the outermost grounding conductor 141 on the third carrier 143 extends at a specific position to form the grounding portion 142; Each of the grounding conductive members 141 is bent from one side 1431 of each of the third carrier plates 143 to the other side 1432 and has a fifth extending portion 1411 and a sixth extending portion 1412, that is, Each of the grounding conductive members 141 can form a bent shape having at least one turning angle, and the fifth extending portion 1411 and the sixth extending portion 1412 are respectively grounded a portion of the conductive member 141 having a certain length portion and located at two sides of the bending angle, wherein the grounding conductive member 141 has a distance c1 between the fifth extending portions 1411 of at least two adjacent ones and the same The distance c2 between the six extensions 1412 is equal.

Referring to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, in the embodiment, each of the first carrier 122, the second carrier 132, and the third carrier 143 is provided at a corresponding position. The groove 1223 is formed on each of the first carrier plates 122. Each of the second carrier plates 132 is formed with a groove 1323. The third carrier plate 143 is formed with a groove 1433. And each of the recesses 1223 and the recesses 1323 are in corresponding positions with the recesses 1433. The recesses 1223, 1323, and 1433 together form a recess for receiving the ground connector 150. According to this, the grounding connector 150 is received in the recesses 1223, 1323, and 1433 and electrically connected to the grounding connection portion 150 exposed in the recess 1433 of each of the third carrier plates 143, and As shown in FIG. 5, the grounding connector 150 has a plurality of clamping portions 151, and each of the clamping portions 151 is configured to clamp the grounding connection portion 142 to be electrically connected. In this embodiment, The grounding connector 150 is a metal plate body, and the clamping portion 151 is formed on one surface of the metal plate body. When the grounding connector 150 is received in the grooves 1223, 1323, 1433 The clamping portions 151 are correspondingly clamped to the ground connection portion 142. Here, the number and position of the clamping portions 151 correspond to the number and position of the ground connection portions 142 of the grounding unit 140, and the shape of the notches formed by the grooves 1223, 1323, and 1433. It is suitable for the external connection of the grounding connector 150, and is not limited to the example shown in the embodiment and the drawings.

In the present embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, each of the first conductive members 121 has two first signal terminals 1213 and 1214 protruding from the side edges 1221 and 1222 of the first carrier 122, respectively. Each of the second conductive members 131 has two second signal terminals 1313 and 1314 protruding from the side edges 1321 and 1322 of the second carrier 132, and each of the ground conductive members 141 has a separate Two grounding terminals 1413, 1414 protruding from the side edges 1431 and 1432 of the three carrier plates 143, wherein the first signal terminals 1213, 1214, the second signal terminals 1313, 1314 and the ground terminals 1413, 1414 are For connecting between two electronic devices or two electronic interfaces (for example, two circuit boards, or an electronic device and a circuit board), so that the two electronic devices or the two electronic interfaces can be connected by the electrical connection. Data or signal transmission.

Referring to FIG. 1 again, in an embodiment of the present invention, the electrical connector 100 further includes a circuit board 160, one of the first signal terminals (the first signal terminal 1214), and the second signal terminals. One of the two (the second signal terminal 1314) and one of the ground terminals (the ground terminal 1414) is plugged into the circuit board 160, and the first signal is inserted into the circuit board 160. The terminal 1213, the second signal terminals 1313 and the ground terminals 1413 are aligned with the mating holes 161, 162 on the circuit board 160 and exhibit a misaligned arrangement.

Therefore, the electrical connector of the embodiment of the present invention has the advantages of simplified structure and easy assembly, and the combination of the first signal unit, the second signal unit and the grounding unit can effectively prevent electromagnetic interference to enhance the signal. The transmission rate, in addition, the shape and arrangement of the first conductive member and the second conductive member can reduce the error of the signal transmission and the signal Transfer average.

The invention has been described above in terms of the preferred embodiments, and it should be understood by those skilled in the art that the present invention is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It should be noted that variations and permutations equivalent to those of the embodiments are intended to be included within the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of protection of the present invention is defined by the scope of the patent application.

100‧‧‧Electrical connector

110‧‧‧shell

111‧‧‧ accommodating space

120‧‧‧First signal unit

121‧‧‧First conductive parts

1211‧‧‧First Extension

1212‧‧‧Second extension

122‧‧‧First carrier

1221‧‧‧ side

1222‧‧‧ side

1223‧‧‧ Groove

130‧‧‧Second signal unit

131‧‧‧Second conductive parts

1311‧‧ Third extension

1312‧‧‧4th extension

1313, 1314‧‧‧second signal terminal

132‧‧‧second carrier

1321‧‧‧ side

1322‧‧‧ side

1323‧‧‧ Groove

140‧‧‧ Grounding unit

141‧‧‧Grounding conductor

1411‧‧‧ Fifth Extension

1412‧‧‧ sixth extension

1413, 1414‧‧‧ Grounding terminal

1415‧‧‧Electrical Department

142‧‧‧Ground connection

143‧‧‧ third carrier

1431‧‧‧ side

1432‧‧‧ side

1433‧‧‧ Groove

150‧‧‧Ground connector

151‧‧‧ gripping department

160‧‧‧ boards

161,162‧‧‧ docking holes

A1, a2‧‧‧ distance

B1, b2‧‧‧ distance

C1, c2‧‧‧ distance

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of an electrical connector in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of a first signal unit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of a second signal unit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic view of a grounding unit in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 5 is a schematic view of a ground connection member according to an embodiment of the present invention.

100‧‧‧Electrical connector

110‧‧‧shell

111‧‧‧ accommodating space

120‧‧‧First signal unit

121‧‧‧First conductive parts

122‧‧‧First carrier

130‧‧‧Second signal unit

131‧‧‧Second conductive parts

132‧‧‧second carrier

140‧‧‧ Grounding unit

141‧‧‧Grounding conductor

142‧‧‧Ground connection

143‧‧‧ third carrier

150‧‧‧Ground connector

160‧‧‧ boards

161,162‧‧‧ docking holes

Claims (6)

An electrical connector includes: a housing having an accommodating space; a plurality of first signal units disposed in the housing, and each of the first signal units having a plurality of first conductive members and supporting the And a first carrier of the first conductive member, each of the first conductive members is bent from one side of each of the first carrier plates to the adjacent other side and has a first An extension portion and a second extension portion, and a distance between the first extension portions of at least two of the first conductive members is equal to a distance between the second extension portions; The second signal unit is disposed in the housing, and each of the second signal units has a plurality of second conductive members and a second carrier supporting one of the second conductive members, each of the second conductive members One of the second carrier plates is bent from one side of the second carrier plate to the adjacent other side edge and has a third extension portion and a fourth extension portion, and the second conductive members are adjacent to each other. The distance between the third extensions of at least two of the two is equal to the distance between the fourth extensions; The ground unit is disposed in the housing, and each of the second signal units is interposed between each of the first signal unit and each of the grounding units, each of the grounding units having a plurality of grounding conductive members and a grounding a connection portion and a third carrier plate, wherein the third carrier plate supports the grounding conductive members, the grounding conductive members are electrically connected to each other and electrically connected to the ground connection portion; and a ground connection member Each of the ground connection portions is electrically connected. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein each of the grounding conductors is bent from one side of each of the third carrier plates to the other side and has a fifth extension And a sixth extension, the distance between the fifth extensions of the adjacent ones of the ground conductors being equal to the distance between the sixth extensions. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein each of the first carrier, the second carrier, and the third carrier is provided with a recess at a corresponding position. The grounding connector is received in the recess and electrically connected to the grounding connection exposed in the recess of each of the third carrier. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the grounding connector has a plurality of clamping portions, each of the clamping portions for clamping the grounding connection for power supply connection. The electrical connector of any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein each of the first conductive members has two first signal terminals respectively protruding from two side edges of each of the first carrier plates, each The second conductive member has two second signal terminals respectively protruding from the two sides of each of the second carrier plates, and each of the ground conductive members has two groundings respectively protruding from the two sides of each of the third carrier plates. Terminal. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the electrical connector further comprises a circuit board, one of the first signal terminals, one of the second signal terminals, and the ground terminal One of them is plugged into the circuit board.