Socket connector for digital camera module
A socket connector for a digital camera module includes a base, a plurality of contact terminals, and a flex printed circuit board. The base includes a base body and a plurality of arms extending from the base. The contact terminals are mounted in the base, each contact terminal including an angled portion and a bent portion, the angled portion electronically connected to the digital cameral module. The flex printed circuit board is electronically connected to the bent portion.
1. A socket connector, the socket connector comprising:
a base including a base body and a plurality of arms extending from the base for retaining a camera module, the base body including a first layer plate and a second layer plate;
a plurality of contact terminals mounted on the base, each contact terminal including an angled portion and a bent portion, the angled portion for electronically connecting to the digital cameral module; and
a flex printed circuit board to which the bent portion is electronically connected.
2. The socket connector as claimed in claim 1 , wherein two ends of the first layer plate and the second layer plate are coplanar and a distance between two sides of the first layer plate is less than the distance between two sides of the second layer plate.
3. The socket connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first layer plate defines a plurality of parallel spaced slots, and the second layer plate defines a plurality of spaced grooves corresponding to the slots.
4. The socket connector as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each conductive terminal has a substantially n-shaped cross section, and includes two extended portions connecting to each other at one end thereof, and one of extended portions is received in a corresponding slot.
5. The socket connector as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each arm includes two spaced columns extending from the second layer plate, wherein a distal end of the two columns forms a hook.
6. A socket connector for receiving a digital camera module, the digital cameral module including at least one step portion, the socket connector comprising:
a base including a base body and a plurality of arms extending from the base, each arm forming a hook latching in the at least one stepped portion, the base body including a first layer plate and a second layer plate;
a plurality of contact terminals mounted in the base, each contact terminal including an angled portion and a bent portion, the angled portion electronically connected to the digital cameral module; and
a printed circuit board electronically connected to the bent portion.
7. The socket connector as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each arm includes two spaced columns extending from the second layer plate.
8. The socket connector as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each conductive terminal has a substantially n-shaped cross section, and includes two extended portions connecting to each other at one end thereof.
9. The socket connector as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first layer plate defines a plurality of parallel spaced slots, and the second layer plate defines a plurality of spaced grooves corresponding to the slots.