IP Library Granted Patent US 10,312,636
Granted Patent B2
US 10,312,636 · App. 15/788,912 · Granted Jun 4, 2019

Connector with reduced resonance

Inventors: Clarence Yu (Shanghai, CN); Liang Huang (Shanghai, CN); Zhiwei Liu (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
H01R13/6585H01R12/79H01R13/6471H01R24/60H01R12/716H01R12/724H01R2107/00
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Patent No.
US 10,312,636
App. No.
15/788,912
Granted
Jun 4, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A connector comprises an insulation body and at least two rows of contacts disposed in the insulation body. The at least two rows of contacts extend in a first direction. A plurality of first contacts of a first row of the at least two rows of contacts corresponds to a plurality of second contacts of a second row of the at least two rows of contacts. A pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row is staggered in the first direction by a predetermined distance set to be 1.20-1.80 times a contact pitch between a pair of adjacent contacts in each of the first row and second row.

Claims (20)

1. A connector, comprising:

an insulation body; and

at least two rows of contacts disposed in the insulation body and extending in a first direction, a plurality of first contacts of a first row of the at least two rows of contacts corresponding to a plurality of second contacts of a second row of the at least two rows of contacts, a pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by a predetermined distance set to be 1.20-1.80 times a contact pitch between a pair of adjacent contacts in each of the first row and second row, and in each row of contacts any two adjacent pairs of the same type of contacts are separated from a pair of a second type of contacts by a ground in the same row as the pairs of adjacent contacts.

2. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined distance is 1.35-1.65 times the contact pitch.

3. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined distance is 1.5 times the contact pitch.

4. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined distance is set such that a resonance between the first row and the second row is zero.

5. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first row and the second row each have at least one pair of high-speed differential signal contacts.

6. The connector of claim 5 , wherein the first row and the second row each have a ground contact disposed on each side of each pair of high-speed differential signal contacts.

7. The connector of claim 6 , wherein the first row and the second row each have at least one pair of low-speed differential signal contacts.

8. The connector of claim 7 , wherein the first row and the second row each have a ground contact disposed on each side of each pair of low-speed differential signal contacts.

9. The connector of claim 1 , wherein the first contacts and second contacts each have a soldering portion at a first end, a contact portion at an opposite second end, and a connecting portion connecting the soldering portion and the contact portion.

10. The connector of claim 9 , wherein the soldering portions, the connecting portions, and the contact portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance.

11. The connector of claim 9 , wherein the soldering portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance and the contact portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are not staggered in the first direction.

12. The connector of claim 9 , wherein the contact portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance and the soldering portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are not staggered in the first direction.

13. The connector of claim 1 , wherein all portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance.

14. The connector of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row is staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance and a second portion of the pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row is not staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance or is staggered in the first direction by a distance less than the predetermined distance.

15. The connector of claim 14 , wherein the first contacts and second contacts each have a soldering portion adapted to be soldered to a circuit board, a contact portion electrically contacting a mating connector, and a connecting portion connecting the soldering portion and the contact portion.

16. The connector of claim 15 , wherein the connecting portion has a first connecting portion substantially perpendicular to a surface of the circuit board and a second connecting portion substantially parallel to the surface of the circuit board.

17. The connector of claim 16 , wherein the first connecting portions and the soldering portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are staggered in the first direction by the predetermined distance.

18. The connector of claim 17 , wherein the second connecting portions and the contact portions of any pair of corresponding contacts in the first row and second row are not staggered or are staggered by a distance less than the predetermined distance in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2017
From: YU, CLARENCE; HUANG, LIANG; LIU, ZHIWEI
To: TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 043910/0109 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 0918088 · Oct 21, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180115117A1 · Apr 26, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 12,609,498