TWI591899B - Connector and connector system - Google Patents

Description

Connector and connector system Related application

The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/885,134, filed on Jan. 1, 2013.

This invention relates to a connector, and more particularly to a connector suitable for high data rates.

Multiple types of connectors are available for data communication. The most typical examples include a small form-factor pluggable (SFP) connector and a quad small form-factor pluggable (QSFP) connector. One of the more prominent problems is the requirement for density. For example, a preferred design of a surface mount (SMT) structure SFP connector can support a data rate of 16 Gbps using non-return-to-zero (NRZ) encoding, and can be arranged in a group structure where each connector occupies approximately A plate space of 12.25 mm and a spacing of 2 mm between adjacent connectors (therefore a plurality of connectors can be considered to be a pitch of 14.25 mm). Since each SFP connector provides one transmit subchannel and one receive subchannel, the SFP connector is considered to be a 1X connector, and thus the set of SFP connectors provide 14.25 mm of board space for each 1X channel. . SMT structure The QSFP connector has a slightly higher density and is capable of providing four transmit subchannels and four receive subchannels in a space of approximately 22.25 mm wide (eg, a QSFP connector is a 4X connector). A QSFP connector with an SMT structure can easily support NRZ encoded 10 Gbps data rates. However, the SMT structure is not well suited for high enthalpy density. Of course, the SMT connector can be mounted in a belly-to-belly form, but this requires the connector to be mounted on both sides of a supported circuit board. Therefore, some people prefer stacked connectors.

Stacked connectors have a more challenging design. Due to the difficulty of inspecting the solder joint, the footprint of a stacked connector will be less suitable for SMT tails, and for many customers, a connector with a press-fit tail is preferred. The press-fit structure provides more performance at higher data rates and is more challenging, in part because of the connector-to-board interface. In addition, the upper enthalpy loss is large and the lower enthalpy is more resonant, and these problems are exacerbated by the fact that there are multiple additional signal pairs, which increases crosstalk. Thus, while it is possible to provide push-fit stacked QSFP and SFP connectors capable of supporting data rates of 10 Gbps or even 16 Gbps, the development and manufacture of such connectors has become more complex and challenging. And even as the data rate increases, there is a further need for even larger germanium densities. As a result, some will appreciate further improvements in 埠 density while maintaining performance levels that are suitable for supporting data rates of 10 Gbps.

A press-fit connector is provided to provide return wiring, Set to the stacked connector settings. In an embodiment, the tail of the connector may be arranged in a plurality of oblique rows such that a plurality of traces may extend from a pair of sides of the connector to a rear side of the connector. In one embodiment, the connector includes an upper card slot and a lower card slot, and the terminals in each card slot may have a spacing of 0.5 mm. In an embodiment, the upper card slot and the lower card slot are each configured to provide four transmit sub-channels and four receive sub-channels (such as a 4X connector) and the connector housing can be approximately 14 mm wide . In an embodiment, each of the subchannels is configured to support an NRZ encoded 10 Gbps data rate. The connector may comprise a set of pairs of sheets arranged to provide a higher data rate, such as a data rate of 10 Gbps, with the shield being located on each side of the set of sheets and the two shields being located adjacent to each other Between groups.

The connector of the present invention comprises: a housing supporting a card slot having a first side and a second side; a sheet set supported by the housing, the sheet set including an adjacent first sheet And a second sheet, the first and second sheets hold a first terminal and a second terminal, the first and second terminals have a signal contact portion, a signal tail portion, and a signal contact portion and a signal a body portion extending between the tail portions, the signal tail portion having a press-fit structure, wherein a signal contact portion of the first terminal is located on the first side and a signal contact portion of the second terminal is located at the second side, wherein The first terminal forms a first differential pair and the second terminal forms a second differential pair, and the body portion of the terminal forming the two differential pairs extends from the signal contact portion to the signal tail portion substantially in alignment; a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate are respectively located on opposite sides of the sheet set, the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate provide a ground tail portion and a ground contact portion, and the ground contact portion is disposed and disposed on The signal contact portions of the sheet set are adjacent to form a ground, signal, signal, and ground structure in the card slot; and wherein the first and second terminals of the corresponding first and second differential pairs are formed The signal tails are partially opened such that they are spaced apart in a first direction, and wherein the first and second shields on opposite sides of the first and second sheets each include a corresponding one of the differential pairs The ground tail portion allows the first and second shielding plates to provide a pair of ground tails corresponding to the differential pairs.

Preferably, the first and second shielding plates are shared along the bottom edge.

Preferably, the first and second differential pairs are arranged to support a non-return-to-zero encoded 10 Gbps data rate.

Preferably, the connector further includes a first turn, and the terminals at the first turn have a 0.5 mm pitch.

Preferably, the ground tail of the first shielding plate is located in front of the signal tail of the first terminal, and the ground tail of the second shielding plate is located behind the signal tail of the second terminal, so that the ground tail and the signal tail The arrangement of the signal tail and the ground tail is arranged along an oblique line.

Preferably, the sheet set is a first sheet set, the connector further comprising a second set of sheets arranged similar to the first set of sheets, the second set being gathered on a first side There is a third shielding plate on the upper side and a fourth shielding plate on the second side.

Preferably, the fourth shielding plate and the first shielding plate are opposite to each other Adjacent to provide a grounding, signal, signal, ground, ground, signal, signal, grounding arrangement in the card slot.

Preferably, a gap is disposed between the fourth shielding plate and the first shielding plate.

The connector of the present invention comprises: a housing having a card slot having a first side and a second side; a sheet set supported by the housing, the sheet set having a first sheet And a second sheet, the first sheet and the second sheet each comprise a first terminal, the first terminal having a signal contact portion, a signal tail portion and between the signal contact portion and the signal tail portion An extended body, the signal contact portion is located at a first side of the card slot, wherein the first terminals are aligned with each other and are configured to provide a first differential pair, the first terminal being configured to be coupled in a board side manner a first shielding plate is disposed on a first side of the sheet body, the first shielding plate has a first grounding terminal formed on the first shielding plate, the first grounding terminal and the first differential pair Aligning and having a ground contact portion and a first ground tail portion; and a second shielding plate on a second side of the sheet body, the second shielding plate having a second ground formed on the second shielding plate a terminal, the second ground terminal and the first Paired and aligned, and having a ground contact portion and a second ground tail portion, wherein the first ground tail portion, the two signal tail portions and the second ground tail portion are disposed to be press-fitted into the through holes of a support circuit board and aligned so as to be aligned In operation, an imaginary straight line is set to accommodate the four tails The four perforations intersect, wherein the four tails form a ground, signal, signal, and ground structure.

Preferably, the first differential pair is arranged to support a non-return-to-zero encoded 10 Gbps data rate.

Preferably, the terminals in the card slot are spaced apart by a distance of 0.5 mm.

Preferably, the ground contact portion extends a first distance into the card slot, and the signal contact portion extends a second distance into the card slot, the first distance and the second distance being different.

Preferably, the connector further includes a common strip extending between the signal tails of the first terminal forming the first differential pair and electrically connecting the first shield to the second shield board.

Preferably, the connector further includes a second card slot, and the sheet set holds four first differential pairs, and a gap of 0.5 mm is disposed between the first terminals of the two card slots.

Preferably, the connector comprises four stacks of sheets, the stack of sheets holding four first differential pairs and comprising a first shield and a second disposed on opposite sides of the stack of sheets Shielding plate.

Preferably, the connector includes a perimeter defined by its tail and the connector is configured to provide a return wiring on the four layers without the trace extending beyond the perimeter.

The connector system of the present invention comprises: a connector as described above; and a circuit board having a plurality of perforations arranged in a row.

Preferably, the connector includes a common strip electrically connecting the first shield to the second shield.

10‧‧‧Connector System

11‧‧‧ boards

12a‧‧‧ row

12b‧‧‧ row

13‧‧‧Perforation

14a‧‧‧Perforation

14b‧‧‧Perforation

15‧‧‧Connector

20‧‧‧shell

21a‧‧‧ card slot

21b‧‧‧ card slot

22a‧‧‧protrusion

22b‧‧‧Protruding

23a‧‧‧ front

23b‧‧‧ front

24‧‧‧Terminal slot

48‧‧‧End cover

50‧‧‧Sheet group

52‧‧‧Sheet set

53a‧‧‧First sheet

53b‧‧‧Second sheet

54a‧‧‧ row

54b‧‧‧ row

56‧‧‧Contacts

57‧‧‧Community section

58‧‧‧ gap

59‧‧‧ tail

61‧‧‧Shield

62‧‧‧Shield

63‧‧‧ Groove

64‧‧‧ slot

70‧‧ ‧Differential pair

80a‧‧‧ terminals

80b‧‧‧ terminals

84a‧‧‧terminal

84b‧‧‧terminal

100‧‧‧Stacked connector system

111‧‧‧Circuit board

113a‧‧‧ Grounding perforation

113b‧‧‧ Grounding perforation

114a‧‧‧Signal perforation

114b‧‧‧Signal perforation

115‧‧‧Connector

120‧‧‧shell

121a‧‧‧ card slot

121b‧‧‧ card slot

122a‧‧‧protrusion

122b‧‧‧protrusion

123a‧‧‧ surface

123b‧‧‧ surface

125‧‧ ‧ Beam Department

126‧‧‧ side wall

126a‧‧‧ trailing edge

127‧‧‧ Ventilation channel

128‧‧‧ channel

129‧‧‧Flange

131‧‧‧Long ribs

132‧‧‧ Short ribs

148‧‧‧End cover

150‧‧‧Sheet group

152‧‧‧Sheet set

153a‧‧‧Sheet

153b‧‧‧Sheet

156a‧‧‧Ground contact

156b‧‧‧Signal contact

156c‧‧‧first row

156d‧‧‧second row

157‧‧‧Community section

157a‧‧ ‧ fingers

157b‧‧‧Parts

158‧‧‧ gap

159b‧‧‧Signal terminal

159c‧‧‧ signal terminal

159‧‧‧ tail

163‧‧‧ Groove

164a‧‧‧Ground terminal body

164b‧‧‧ Grounding terminal body

164c‧‧‧ Grounding terminal body

164d‧‧‧Ground terminal body

165‧‧‧ Grounded abdomen

168‧‧‧ slot

169‧‧‧ hole

170‧‧‧Differential pair

170a‧‧Differential pair

170b‧‧ ‧Differential pair

170c‧‧‧Differential pair

170d‧‧‧Differential Pair

171a‧‧‧ frame

171b‧‧‧ frame

180a‧‧‧ terminals

180b‧‧‧terminal

181a‧‧‧ Terminal

181b‧‧‧ terminals

182a‧‧‧terminal

182b‧‧‧terminal

183a‧‧‧terminal

183b‧‧‧terminal

184a‧‧‧Insulated beam

184b‧‧‧Insulated beam

185‧‧‧Insulated slot

186a‧‧‧ openings

186b‧‧‧ openings

188‧‧‧ slot

191‧‧‧ Ontology

196‧‧‧ row

T1‧‧‧ Trace

Line 18C‧‧

C1‧‧‧ Straight line

C2‧‧‧ Straight line

D1‧‧‧ distance

D2‧‧‧ distance

Other features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the embodiments of the present invention, wherein: FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an embodiment of a stacked connector system; FIG. 2 is a side view illustrating Figure 1 is a front view showing the connector system shown in Figure 1; Figure 4 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a connector system; Figure 5 is a perspective view, An embodiment of a sheet set is illustrated; FIG. 6 is an enlarged perspective view showing the embodiment shown in FIG. 5; FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view showing the embodiment shown in FIG. 5; An embodiment of a sheet set is illustrated; FIG. 9 is an enlarged view illustrating the embodiment shown in FIG. 8; FIG. 10 is a plan view showing the embodiment shown in FIG. 8. FIG. 11 is a plan view illustrating a An embodiment of a circuit board; FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a portion of a sheet set disposed on a circuit board; FIG. 13 is a partially exploded perspective view showing the embodiment shown in FIG. 12; a perspective view illustrating a part of a sheet group Embodiment; FIG. 15 is a perspective diagram illustrating an embodiment embodiment shown in FIG. 14 is similar to the embodiment, wherein the signal terminal at a different location; FIG. 16 is a perspective view illustrating another a connector system embodiment; Figure 17 is a perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 16; Figure 18A is a simplified perspective view showing an embodiment of a card slot; Figure 18B is an enlarged perspective view showing the card slot shown in Figure 17; Figure 18C is A perspective view of a cross section taken along line 18C-18C of Fig. 18B; Fig. 19 is an exploded perspective view showing a portion of an embodiment of the connector system shown in Fig. 16; and Fig. 20 is a perspective view showing the application. An embodiment of a housing of a connector system similar to the connector system of FIG. 16; FIG. 21 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a connector; and FIG. 22 is a perspective view of a sheet Figure 23A is a perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 22; Figure 23B is a partially exploded perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 23A; Figure 24 is a partially simplified perspective view showing a sheet group Figure 25 is a perspective view showing a portion of a sheet set; Figure 26 is a partially exploded perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 25; Figure 27 is a perspective view showing a sheet mounted on a circuit board Body group Figure 28 is a simplified perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 27; Figure 29 is a simplified perspective view showing an embodiment of a sheet set mounted on a circuit board; Figure 30 is a perspective view illustrating The embodiment shown in Figure 29, wherein additional features are included for illustrative purposes; Figure 31 is a simplified perspective view of a sheet mounted on a circuit board Figure 32A is a simplified perspective view showing an embodiment of a sheet set mounted on a circuit board; Figure 32B is a plan view showing the embodiment shown in Figure 32A, wherein The purpose of the description is to show an exemplary trace on a circuit board; FIG. 33 is a side view showing a terminal of a sheet set mounted on a circuit board; FIG. 34 is a simplified perspective view showing the mounting on a An embodiment of a sheet set of a circuit board; Fig. 35 is a simplified perspective view showing an embodiment of a sheet set; Fig. 36 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a sheet set; Fig. 37A is a perspective view A cross section taken along line 37A-37A of Fig. 36; Fig. 37B is an enlarged perspective view showing the embodiment shown in Fig. 37A; and Fig. 37C is a perspective view showing the line 37C-37C taken along line 36 of Fig. 36; Figure 37D is a perspective view showing a cross section taken along line 37D-37D of Figure 36; Figure 38A is a side view showing a sheet set and a cross section of a corresponding shield plate Embodiment FIG. 38B is a perspective view illustrating the implementation shown in FIG. 38A .

Before the present invention is described in detail, it should be noted that in the following description, similar elements are denoted by the same reference numerals.

The detailed description below describes a plurality of exemplary embodiments and is not intended to be limited to such specifically disclosed combinations. Accordingly, the various features disclosed herein can be combined together to form additional multiple combinations that are not shown for the sake of clarity.

1 through 15 show details of an exemplary embodiment of a stacked connector. It will be appreciated that the illustrated embodiment of the connector relates to a right angle connector suitable for providing a high enthalpy density. In addition, the connectors are shown in a stacked configuration. It will be appreciated that by removing the top or bottom turns, a small connector that is non-stacked (e.g., a press fit design with a single turn) can be provided. In an alternate embodiment, a similar connector can be configured to position one or more turns in an upright configuration (eg, such connectors can be stacked horizontally or non-horizontal depending on whether one or two turns are included). Accordingly, various modifications are possible and are encompassed within the scope of the invention.

Referring to Figures 1 through 15, a connector system 10 includes a connector 15 mounted to a circuit board 11. The connector 15 includes a housing 20 that supports a sheet group 50 and is provided with card slots 21a, 21b, and a plurality of terminal slots 24 are provided on both sides of the card slots 21a, 21b. The card slots 21a, 21b are respectively located at the projections 22a, 22b, the projection 22a includes a front face 23a, and the projection 22b includes a front face 23b. The end cap 48 is secured to the housing 20 by a plurality of arms 49 and helps to maintain the housing 20 and the stack 50 of sheets in a desired position relative to one another.

The sheet set 50 includes a plurality of shield plates 61, 62 and a plurality of sheet sets 52 located between the shield plates 61, 62. Each sheet set 52 includes A first sheet 53a and a second sheet 53b. The sheet set 52 and the corresponding shield plates 61, 62 are provided with contact portions 56 that are configured to be located on the two rows 54a, 54b on either side of the card slots 21a, 21b. In order to provide additional performance, a common strip 57 is electrically connected to the shield plates 61,62. As shown, for example, the common strip portion 57 can be located in the recess 63 provided in the shield plates 61, 62. This has the benefit of both securing the common strip portion 57 in place and ensuring a good electrical connection to the respective shield plates 61, 62 (e.g., the common strip portion 57 electrically connects the shield plates 61, 62). It should be noted that, as shown, the common strip portion 57 extends across all of the shield plates 61, 62 disposed in the stack of sheets 50. In an alternate embodiment, the common strip 57 can extend across a portion (eg, two or more) of the shields 61, 62.

It will be appreciated that in the illustrated embodiment, the common strips 57 are disposed on either side of the tail 59 forming the signal pair (signal terminal). Although not required, it has been determined that it is beneficial to provide the common strips 57 on both sides of the signal terminals to provide a more balanced system, whereby for some embodiments, the number of common strips 57 is greater than It would be beneficial to have one more number of differential pairs held by the sheet set 52. Thus, for a stacked connector, the stack of sheets 50 can hold four differential pairs, so that having five common strips 57 would be desirable so that the common strips 57 are located in opposite sides of each differential pair. side.

It should be noted that while the illustrated embodiment includes a common strip 57 located only at the mounting interface, other embodiments are contemplated. A benefit of the illustrated embodiment is that it is easy to assemble the common strip 57 to the stack of sheets 50, which appears to be a connector for performance and cost reasons. Said to be the biggest benefit. The additional common strip portion 57 can be located in the middle portion of the stack of sheets 50 (e.g., as is known, by providing holes in the sheets 53a, 53b and the shield plates 61, 62). And if desired, the common strip 57 can be completely removed or only located on the body of the connector 15 (eg, if it is determined that the common strip 57 is not ideal at the mounting interface, the common strip 57 is not disposed at the mounting interface) . Therefore, the location and use of the shared strip 57 is not intended to be limiting unless otherwise stated.

It will be appreciated that the shield plates 61, 62 are arranged to replace the conventional sheets holding the ground terminals. This is in part because the Applicant has determined that removing the frame for holding the ground terminal has a package benefit (eg, it is easier to package the terminal). However, the shield plates 61, 62 may still be provided to provide the tail portion 59 and the contact portion 56 so as to correspond to a sheet of a conventionally held ground terminal. One benefit of the illustrated design is that all of the ground terminals of the generally discrete terminals in a sheet structure are shared together. Of course, at a pitch of 0.5 mm, it will be more difficult to increase the amount of shielding provided by the shield plates 61, 62 and also include an insulating sheet.

Because dual ground terminals (and double shield plates 61, 62) are used between the sheet sets 52, the sheet set 52 is configured to provide a differential pair 70 capable of supporting high data rates, providing additional between adjacent differential pairs 70. Electrically isolated. This electrical isolation is further enhanced by the gaps 58 provided between adjacent shield plates 61,62. It has been determined that such electrical isolation is beneficial when the connector 15 attempts to provide a higher data rate (such as 10 Gbps) at a pitch of less than 0.6 mm.

It should be noted that the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 15 uses The arrangement of the feet is beneficial to provide the required performance. At a pitch of 0.5 mm, because a plurality of perforations will overlap, it is impossible to arrange a plurality of perforations for a plurality of terminals side by side. Moreover, certain features that function properly in a connector having a pitch of 0.8 mm are less desirable than in a connector having a pitch of 0.5 mm, and when attempting to provide a suitable for 10 Gbps (or These problems become further complicated when the data rate of the connector is larger. For example, when seeking to provide a data rate of 10 Gbps in an NRZ system, the need to puncturing the offset creates a lot of electrical complexity. Existing connectors having a pitch of less than 0.6 mm, such as having a pitch of 0.5 mm or less, do not provide a data rate approaching 5 Gbps per differential pair. It has been determined that the disclosed structure helps to solve electrical problems (which would otherwise be solved by the interface between the connector and the board) while also making the connector at or above the Nyquist frequency. There is an ideal level of insertion loss and crosstalk at the Quest frequency, and the disclosed structure supports a data rate of 10 Gbps.

The resulting design is such a circuit board that supports the perforations 13 of the two rows 12a, 12b on opposite sides of the perforations 14a, 14b as signal perforations. It will be appreciated that the common strip 57 thereby facilitates the joining of the rows 12a, 12b.

One problem with having a shield as a common ground plane for all pairs of signals (signal terminals) held by a stack of sheets is due to the electrical signal passing through the differential pair (and the coupling between the signal terminals and the shield). The shield will have some unexpected patterns. These unexpected modes may be transmitted through the shield and create noise on other differential pairs. For maximum To reduce this transmission of energy, the slots 64 on the shield plates 61, 62 can be used to increase the impedance between the regions of the shield plates 61, 62 corresponding to the different differential pairs 70, and help to ensure The energy produced by the pattern is dissipated more. Thus, the energy generated in the shield plates 61, 62 due to signals passing through the terminals 80a, 80b (which form a differential pair 70) will be less likely to be perceived by, for example, the terminals 84a, 84b forming another differential pair 70.

16-38B illustrate another embodiment of a stacked connector system 100 having a connector 115 mounted on a circuit board 111. As with the embodiment discussed above with respect to Figures 1 through 15, a connector with a beryllium (rather than a stacked structure as shown) is possible. In addition, it is also possible to provide connectors that are aligned all the way. However, many of the benefits of the illustrated design are best understood in a stacked configuration.

The illustrated connector 115 is provided with two card slots 121a, 121b on the surfaces 123a, 123b of the projections 122a, 122b, respectively. As shown, each of the card slots 121a, 121b has a flange 129 associated therewith. It will be appreciated that the flange 129 includes a slot. Thus, the illustrated embodiment provides two aligned C-shaped ends that are configured to receive a flange from a pair of cages.

The connector 115 includes a housing 120 that supports a stack of sheets 150, and the housing 120 can include a venting passage 127 that allows air to flow backward from the front of the connector 115. The housing 120 includes a beam portion 125 that extends and supports a sidewall 126 that extends across a channel 128 extending from a trailing edge 126a of the sidewall 126 toward the projections 122a, 122b. Channel 128 may allow air to flow through the beam portion 125 if desired. therefore, Similar to the structure of the housing 20, the two channels 128 are shown disposed on the side walls 126, and the two channels 128 are beneficial to help improve the manufacture of the housing 120 and may also provide other benefits. End cap 148 is used in a manner similar to end cap 48 (as described above).

At least two of the sheet sets 150 form a sheet set 152 and include a plurality of terminals arranged to provide a high data rate channel. The card slots 121a, 121b may be arranged to provide a differential pair 170 of signal contacts 156b between the two long ribs 131, while a short rib 132 is located between the signal contacts 156b forming the differential pair 170. The ground contact portion 156a may be located between adjacent long rib portions 131. As can be understood from FIG. 18B, four differential pairs 170 may be disposed on each side of the card slot (such as the card slot 121a or the card slot 121b), and the protrusion 122a may have a width of about 12 mm.

As shown, the ground contact 156a is located in a first row 156c defining a line C1 and the signal contact 156b is located in a second row 156d defining a line C2. The line C1 is spaced apart from the line C2 by a distance D1 which has been determined to help improve the performance of the docking interface by improved impedance control. Specifically, it has been determined that this can reduce the capacitive coupling of the interface and help provide a more consistent impedance value through the interface (this helps reduce return loss, especially at high data). Rate). In this regard, it should be noted that the corresponding plurality of contacts on the mating connector may also be staggered if the full benefit of the interleaving is desired. The use of the long ribs 131 and the short ribs 132 can also help control the impedance and help to improve this problem.

In the illustrated embodiment, the set of sheets 152 provides a pair of differential pairs 170 on opposite sides of the card slot 121a and further includes another pair of differential pairs 170 on opposite sides of the card slot 121b. Naturally, if only one card slot is provided, each slice set 152 will only be provided with two differential pairs.

As with the embodiment discussed above with respect to Figures 1 through 15, surrounding the stack of sheets 152 is a shield plate 161, 162. The shield plates 161, 162 include a ground tail portion 159 disposed in a circuit board 111 and ground contact portions 156a located in the card slots 121a, 121b. The two adjacent shield plates 161, 162 can be separated by a gap 158 that can provide the benefits discussed above for the gap 58. Therefore, the shield plates 161, 162 and the differential pair 170 provide a repeatable G, S, S, G structure. However, although the sheets 153a, 153b include the frames 171a, 171b formed of an insulating material and holding the corresponding terminals, the shield plates 161, 162 omits the plastic frame and the respective terminals but instead become a whole as shown. The structure does not require a plastic frame.

Unlike the shield plates 61, 62, the shield plates 161, 162 include ground terminal bodies 164a to 164d that extend along and are aligned with the body of the terminals provided to the sheets 153a, 153b. The terminal bodies 164a-164d are coupled to the remainder of the shield plates 161, 162 using webs, and it has been determined that such a configuration helps provide better signal performance, as will be discussed in detail below.

In the illustrated embodiment, the connectors are arranged to be commonly referred to as 4X structures, four differential channels are set for transmission and four differential channels are provided. Set to receive. This is achieved by placing four high data rate channels on the card slot. The embodiment shown in Figures 1 through 15 is arranged to provide a connector 15 having a 0.5 mm pitch interface while still supporting a data rate of 10 Gbps on each differential channel. The embodiment shown in Figures 16 through 38B is arranged to provide a 0.5 mm pitch interface while still supporting a data rate of 20 Gbps on each differential channel. It has been determined that by providing a ground plate on both sides of a differential path, performance can be improved due to the tight spacing. When the two differential channels are arranged side by side, the terminal patterns at the docking interface are G, S, S, G, G, S, S, G. Thus, each differential pair has its own corresponding pair of ground plates along the width of the corresponding card slot.

As with the embodiment discussed above with respect to Figures 1 through 15, it is generally desirable to have a relatively constant impedance of the terminals forming the signal pair (signal terminals) to avoid reflections that may be due to impedance discontinuities. In order to improve the interface with the supported circuit board 111, a common strip portion 157 extends between the shield plates 161, 162 and is electrically connected to the shield plates 161, 162 by fingers 157a, 157b. The advantages of using a common component are well known. While the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 through 15 has a common component between different pairs of signal terminals, the embodiment shown in FIGS. 16 through 38B can be included in the two signal terminals constituting a differential pair 170. A common strip 157 extends between the tail portions 159b, 159c. It has been found that, somewhat surprisingly, placing the common strip 157 between the tails 159b, 159c of the signal terminals forming the differential pair 170 increases the impedance of the differential pair 170 at the mounting interface while reducing crosstalk.

The fingers 157a, 157b are configured to engage the shield plates 161, 162 by being positioned in the recess 163. In order to provide the connector 115 and the circuit board Balanced and ideally connected between the fingers 111, fingers 157a, 157b may be disposed on opposite sides of the common strip 157 and one finger 157a may be associated with the tail 159b of the signal terminal on a first side of the common strip 157 The other fingers 157b are aligned with the tails 159c of the signal terminals on a second side of the common strip 157. In other words, the fingers 157a, 157b can shield the tail portions 159b, 159c of the signal terminals. Therefore, in an embodiment, the fingers 157a, 157b that engage the shield plates 161, 162 on opposite sides of the terminal forming the differential pair 170 may be disposed such that the two fingers 157a, 157b are along the common strip portion 157 The opposite direction extends. Further, the fingers 157a, 157b may be disposed such that they extend upwardly away from the circuit board 111, and the common strip portion 157 extends parallel to the circuit board 111. Since the common strip portion 157 extends between the tail portions 159b, 159c forming the signal terminals of the differential pairs 170a to 170d, only four common strip portions 157 are used. It should be noted that the terminals forming the differential pairs 170a-170d described herein each have a contact (such as contact 156), a tail (such as tail 159), and a body extending between the contact and the tail. Part (such as body portion 191).

Due to the small spacing (preferably the spacing can be 0.5 mm, although the features described can also be used for connectors having larger spacing), the plurality of perforations need to be offset. It has been determined that arranging the signal perforations 114a, 114b in line with the corresponding ground perforations 113a, 113b to provide a plurality of oblique rows 196 provides a number of benefits.

The arrangement of the pins of the connector 115 is designed to provide good performance. One feature that contributes to improved performance is that the pairs of terminals forming a differential pair 170 are disposed in the row 196 at two of the signal vias 114a, 114b. There is a grounding through hole 113a, 113b on the side. The use of the ground vias 113a, 113b helps provide shielding for the signal vias 114a, 114b by tending to prevent any portion of the coupling that would otherwise occur between pairs of signal terminals. As can be appreciated from Figure 32A, the rows 196 need not be perfectly aligned, as long as an imaginary line intersects each of the four perforations in each row 196, a significant benefit can be realized. In other words, the amount of overlap between the imaginary line and the row 196 can vary from perforation to perforation in row 196.

A significant benefit of the design shown in Figures 16 through 38B is that the design allows for back routing (different from the designs shown in Figures 1 through 15 where return routing is not feasible). Straight-back routing is more desirable, and even the ability to return wiring is very useful. For example, as can be appreciated from Figures 32A and 32B, traces (such as trace pair T1, which are drawn for illustrative purposes, it should be understood that in practice, the traces will likely be inside the board and will With a more uniform spacing) can stay in the perimeter of the connector (as defined by the outermost tail) and route back. Naturally, the four layers will be used for the stacked connectors shown in the route back because it has four rows of differential signals with four differential pairs arranged in each row, but avoids routing along the connector side. The ability to greatly reduce the board space required on the connector side and to increase the density of germanium on a board. Thus, the ability to have a return wiring allows the connector shown to be suitable/capable of meeting the requirements that other connectors simply cannot meet.

It can be understood that the shielding plates 161, 162 omits a frame, and thus the shielding plates 161, 162 themselves provide a guarantee that they are thin relative to the adjacent ones. The sheets or shields 161, 162 maintain structural support for their position. To improve the launch from a supported circuit board, an optional aperture 169 can be placed adjacent to the signal shield 162 (see FIG. 29) to reduce capacitive coupling. Another feature that can be used to improve impedance (e.g., reduce any dip or spike of impedance) is to have the fingers 157a, 157b of the common component engage the shield in a region aligned with the tails 159b, 159c of the signal terminals. Plates 161, 162 are as described above.

The two sheets 153a, 153b may have similar structures, although it is desirable to design them symmetrically to a center line. 37A through 37D and Figs. 38A and 38B show views of the sheet set 152 and show cross sections with and without shield plates 161, 162. The sheet 153a holds the terminals 180a, 181a, 182a, and 183a, and the sheet 153b holds the terminals 180b, 181b, 182b, and 183b. The terminals 180a, 180b form a first differential pair, the terminals 181a, 181b form a second differential pair, the terminals 182a, 182b form a third differential pair, and the terminals 183a, 183b form a fourth differential pair. Each terminal is held by insulating beam portions 184a, 184b provided on both side edges of the terminal. In order to provide the desired performance, air is caused to flow across the sides of the terminals by providing openings 186a, 186b in the insulating members on either side of the terminals. Depending on the length, thickness and width of the terminals, it may be necessary to adjust the dimensions of the openings 186a, 186b. It should be noted that there is a constant spacing between the terminals (whether they are ground or signal terminals). Since the shield plates 161, 162 do not include an insulating frame, it is possible to adjust the amount of insulating material forming the frame on each side of the terminal, and such adjustment and adjustment of the opening size can be used to help improve the performance of the differential pair. . In order to help provide improved crosstalk performance, insulation is narrow The slot 185 extends along the body of the terminal and helps provide a turned channel in the body of the connector 115. To further improve crosstalk performance, a larger slot 188 has a first gap with the housing 120 that can be at least greater than a second gap between the corresponding insulating slot 185 and the housing 120. 20%.

It can be understood that the shield plates 161, 162 support the ground terminal bodies (164a to 164d) aligned with the bodies of the signal terminals (signal terminals such as the terminals 180a, 180b which are provided to be connected to the board side), and the ground terminal bodies 164a to 164d periodically connects the base shield by a grounded abdomen 165 (so the shield plates 161, 162 are provided with an elongated slot 168 corresponding to the body of the ground terminals 164a-164d and intersecting the ground abutment 165). Therefore, the grounded abdomen 165 serves as a common component in the shield plates 161, 162. While it is generally advantageous to have shorter distances between the shared elements, it has been somewhat surprising that, in the illustrated design, the grounded abdomen 165 is made to have a distance D2 greater than 3.0 mm, more preferably at least 3.5 mm. Separation is advantageous (at least for the body of the shield plates 161, 162). It should be noted that depending on the thickness of the shield plates 161, 162, it is undesirable to make D2 too large, since such shield plates 161, 162 may be defective from a structural point of view. However, any person skilled in the art can readily determine the required maximum distance D2 based on the material and physical properties of the shield plates 161, 162 and the desired structural properties. It has also been determined that improved performance can be obtained when the grounded abdomen 165 is between 0.4 mm wide and 0.7 mm wide.

As described above, the sheets 153a, 153b are disposed to make the terminals There are openings 186a, 186b on both sides (between signal pairs (signal terminals) and between shield plates 161, 162). In order to provide the desired tuning, the terminals may be insert molded such that the frame of the terminal 171a, 171b holding the terminals is minimized along the path between the terminals between the contacts and the tail. This is beneficial to some extent because it is desirable for the terminal to be formed from a thin blank in the range of 0.007 (7 mil thick or about 0.18 mm thick), and thus the additional air reduces the dielectric constant and Helps provide the required impedance. As shown in the figure, the signal terminals are offset within the corresponding frames 171a, 171b (even if the terminals and the shielding plates 161, 162 have a uniform pitch, the pitch can be 0.5 mm) so that the frames 171a, 171b are shielded. The air passage between the plates 161, 162 (which serve as ground terminals) and the signal terminals is deeper than a signal path formed between the differential pairs. However, when observing the system, it can be understood from Figs. 38A and 38B that the size of the resulting air passage between the two signal terminals is larger than that between a signal terminal and a shield plate 161, 162. The size of the resulting air passage. Although this generally reduces the amount of coupling between the signal terminals and tends to be more neutral, rather than preferential coupling, the overall structure (without the plastic frame surrounding the shield plates 161, 162) helps to compensate for the spacing, The system is still preferentially coupled (eg, more than the mode corresponding to the energy differential coupling terminal between the signal terminal and the ground terminal). Thus, it will be appreciated that the illustrated structure may allow signal terminals to be preferentially coupled together.

The application presented herein illustrates various features in its preferred exemplary embodiments. Many other embodiments, modifications, and modifications within the scope and spirit of the scope of the appended claims will be apparent to those skilled in the art Change, and deformation.

10‧‧‧Connector System

11‧‧‧ boards

15‧‧‧Connector

20‧‧‧shell

21a‧‧‧ card slot

21b‧‧‧ card slot

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24‧‧‧Terminal slot

Claims (18)

A connector comprising: a housing supporting a card slot having a first side and a second side; a sheet set supported by the housing, the sheet set including an adjacent first sheet And a second sheet, the first and second sheets hold a first terminal and a second terminal, the first and second terminals have a signal contact portion, a signal tail portion, and a signal contact portion and a signal tail portion a signal portion of the first terminal is located on the first side and a signal contact portion of the second terminal is located on the second side, wherein The first terminal forms a first differential pair and the second terminal forms a second differential pair, and the body portion of the terminal forming the two differential pairs extends from the signal contact portion to the signal tail portion substantially in alignment; a first shield a plate and a second shielding plate are respectively located on opposite sides of the sheet set, the first shielding plate and the second shielding plate provide a ground tail portion and a ground contact portion, and the ground contact portion is disposed to be disposed on the sheet body set Signal contact Adjacent to form a ground, signal, signal, and ground structure in the card slot; and wherein the signal tails of the first and second terminals forming the corresponding first and second differential pairs are partially opened, thereby causing them to be in a Separating the first direction, and wherein the first and second shielding plates on opposite sides of the first and second sheets each include a ground tail corresponding to the differential pairs, so that the first and the first The second shield provides a pair of ground tails corresponding to each differential pair. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first and second shield plates are shared along a bottom edge. The connector of claim 1, wherein the first and second differential pairs are arranged to support a non-return-to-zero encoded 10 Gbps data rate. The connector of claim 3, further comprising a first turn, wherein the terminals at the first turn have a 0.5 mm pitch. The connector of claim 1, wherein the ground tail of the first shielding plate is located in front of the signal tail of the first terminal, and the ground tail of the second shielding plate is located behind the signal tail of the second terminal Thus, the arrangement of the ground tail, the signal tail, the signal tail, and the ground tail are arranged along an oblique line. The connector of claim 1 wherein the set of sheets is a first set of sheets, the connector further comprising a second set of sheets disposed similar to the first set of sheets, the second The sheet body has a third shielding plate on a first side and a fourth shielding plate on a second side. The connector of claim 6, wherein the fourth shielding plate and the first shielding plate are adjacent to each other to provide a ground, a signal, a signal, a ground, a ground, a signal, a signal, and a ground in the card slot. arrangement. The connector of claim 7, wherein a gap is disposed between the fourth shield and the first shield. A connector includes: a housing having a card slot having a first side and a second side; a sheet set supported by the housing, the sheet set having a first a first body and a second body each including a first terminal, the first terminal having a signal contact portion, a signal tail portion, and the signal contact portion and the signal tail portion a signal extending between the first side of the card slot, wherein the first terminals are aligned with each other and configured to provide a first differential pair, the first terminal being disposed in a plate side form Coupling together; a first shielding plate is disposed on a first side of the sheet body, the first shielding plate has a first grounding terminal formed on the first shielding plate, the first grounding terminal and the first The differential pair is aligned and has a ground contact portion and a first ground tail portion; and a second shielding plate is disposed on a second side of the sheet body, the second shielding plate has a first portion formed on the second shielding plate a second grounding terminal, the second grounding terminal is aligned with the first differential pair and has a grounding contact portion and a second grounding tail portion, wherein the first grounding tail portion, the two signal tail portions and the second grounding tail portion are set to be pressed Cooperate with one Perforated circuit board and aligned so that an imaginary line four perforations provided to the housing which intersect four tail operation, wherein the four tail into a ground, signal, signal, ground configuration. The connector of claim 9, wherein the first differential pair is configured to support a non-return-to-zero encoded 10 Gbps data rate. The connector of claim 10, wherein the terminals in the card slot are at a pitch of 0.5 mm. The connector of claim 9, wherein the ground contact portion extends a first distance into the card slot, and the signal contact portion extends a second distance Entering the card slot, the first distance and the second distance are different. The connector of claim 9, further comprising a common strip extending between the signal tails of the first terminal forming the first differential pair and electrically connecting the first shield to the Second shielding plate. The connector of claim 9, further comprising a second card slot, and the sheet set holds four first differential pairs, and a distance of 0.5 mm between the terminals of the two card slots. The connector of claim 14, wherein the connector comprises four sets of sheets, the sets of sheets holding four first differential pairs and comprising one disposed on opposite sides of the set of sheets a first shielding plate and a second shielding plate. The connector of claim 15 wherein the connector includes a perimeter defined by a tail thereof and the connector is configured to provide a return wiring on the four layers without the trace extending beyond the perimeter. A connector system comprising: the connector of claim 16; and a circuit board having a plurality of perforations arranged in a row. The connector system of claim 17, wherein the connector includes a common strip that electrically connects the first shield to the second shield.