This non-provisional application claims priority to and the benefit of, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 119(a), patent application Serial No. CN201711467572.0 filed in China on Dec. 29, 2017, and patent application Serial No. CN201811328710.1 filed in China on Nov. 9, 2018. The disclosures of the above applications are incorporated herein in their entireties by reference.
Some references, which may include patents, patent applications and various publications, are cited and discussed in the description of this disclosure. The citation and/or discussion of such references is provided merely to clarify the description of the present disclosure and is not an admission that any such reference is “prior art” to the disclosure described herein. All references cited and discussed in this specification are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties and to the same extent as if each reference were individually incorporated by reference.
The present invention relates to an electrical connector, and more particularly to an electrical connector capable of improving the high-frequency performance.
The background description provided herein is for the purpose of generally presenting the context of the disclosure. Work of the presently named inventors, to the extent it is described in this background section, as well as aspects of the description that may not otherwise qualify as prior art at the time of filing, are neither expressly nor impliedly admitted as prior art against the present disclosure.
The Chinese patent No. CN201420377264.4 discloses an electrical connector, which includes an insulating body and multiple terminals provided on the insulating body. Each terminal has a contact arm. The contact arm has an assembly portion, an elastic portion bending and extending upward from the assembly portion and used for contacting a chip module, and a strip connecting portion assembled on the contact arm. The lower end of the strip connecting portion is connected to the assembly portion, and the upper end is used for connecting a strip. However, the upper end of the strip connecting portion is not in contact with the contact arm, thereby forming an “antenna.” When the terminal transmits current, an antenna effect may be generated, and the impedance of the terminal is increased. Thus, the transmission of a high-frequency signal is not facilitated.
Therefore, a heretofore unaddressed need to design a new electrical connection device exists in the art to address the aforementioned deficiencies and inadequacies.
In view of the deficiencies of the related art, the present invention is directed to a novel electrical connector so as to eliminate an antenna effect generated between two conductors which are detachably joined by pressure, thereby improving the signal transmission quality.
To achieve the foregoing objective, the present invention adopts the following technical solutions.
One aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connector, configured to electrically connect an electrical component to a circuit board, including: an insulating body; a plurality of terminals provided on the insulating body, each of the terminals having a contact portion configured to be in contact with the electrical component, a conducting portion configured to be conductively connected to the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the contact portion and the conducting portion; and a conductive member provided independently from the terminals and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the terminals, so as to reduce inductance of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, an upper end and a lower end of the conductive member are electrically connected to the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, a gap is formed between a middle portion of the conductive member and the corresponding one of the terminals, and the middle portion is located between an upper end and a lower end of the conductive member.
In certain embodiments, the conductive member has a main body portion and an extending arm formed by extending from one end of the main body portion and abutting the contact portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the extending arm extends from an upper end of the main body portion and abuts a free end of the contact portion.
In certain embodiments, the conductive member has a surface completely adhered to the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the conductive member is soldered to the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, a thickness of the connecting portion is smaller than a thickness of the conductive member.
In certain embodiments, the insulating body has a plurality of accommodating holes running through in a vertical direction, the terminals are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes, the conductive member is provided between the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals and a side wall of a corresponding one of the accommodating holes, and a gap is formed between the conductive member and the side wall of the corresponding one of the accommodating holes.
In certain embodiments, the conductive member is a solder soldered to the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the electrical component is installed to the electrical connector, allowing an electrical signal to be transmitted from the electrical component to the circuit board via the contact portion, the connecting portion, the conductive member and the conducting portion.
Another aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connector, configured to electrically connect an electrical component to a circuit board, including: an insulating body, provided with a plurality of accommodating holes; a plurality of terminals correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes, each of the terminals having a connecting portion accommodated in a corresponding one of the accommodating holes, a contact portion extending upward from the connecting portion and configured to be in contact with the electrical component, a conducting portion extending downward from the connecting portion and configured to be conductively connected to the circuit board, and a strip connecting portion extending from the connecting portion, wherein the terminals are connected to a strip by the strip connecting portions of the terminals, such that the terminals are installed in the accommodating holes by the strip; and a conductive member having two end portions respectively electrically connected to a corresponding one of the terminals, so as to reduce inductance of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, a clamping mechanism is provided between the conductive member and the corresponding one of the terminals and is configured to fix the conductive member and the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the clamping mechanism is provided between the conductive member and the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the connecting portion or the conductive member has a groove, and the conductive member or the connecting portion is clamped in the groove to form the clamping mechanism.
In certain embodiments, the groove is provided on the connecting portion, a size of the groove is greater than or equal to a size of the conductive member in a vertical direction, and the conductive member is clamped in the groove.
In certain embodiments, the groove is provided on the conductive member, and the connecting portion is clamped in the groove.
A further aspect of the present invention provides an electrical connector, configured to electrically connect an electrical component to a circuit board, including: a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals having a contact portion configured to be in contact with the electrical component, a conducting portion configured to be conductively connected to the circuit board, and a connecting portion connecting the contact portion and the conducting portion; and a conductive member provided on the connecting portion of a corresponding one of the terminals, wherein at least one clamping arm is electrically connected with the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals and the conductive member, so as to reduce inductance of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the at least one clamping arm comprises at least one pair of clamping arms formed by extending from the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals or the conductive member, so as to clamp the conductive member or the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
In certain embodiments, the at least one clamping arm comprises two pairs of clamping arms respectively formed by extending from the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals and opposite to each other in a vertical direction, so as to respectively clamp an upper end and a lower end of the conductive member.
In certain embodiments, the at least one clamping arm comprises two clamping arms respectively formed by extending from an upper end and a lower end of the conductive member to respectively clamp the connecting portion of the corresponding one of the terminals.
Compared with the related art, certain embodiments of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
In the electrical connector of the present invention, the conductive member and the terminals are independently provided, and the conductive member are electrically connected to a corresponding one of the terminals, thereby preventing the conductive member from generating a severe antenna effect to affect the transmission of the high-frequency signal. Meanwhile, the conductive member essentially increases the volume of the terminals and increasing a path for transmitting the electrical signal, such that the impedance of the terminals is reduced, and the electrical connector can be well matched with the impedance of the electrical component and the circuit board, thereby improving the high-frequency transmission performance of the electrical connector.
These and other aspects of the present invention will become apparent from the following description of the preferred embodiment taken in conjunction with the following drawings, although variations and modifications therein may be effected without departing from the spirit and scope of the novel concepts of the disclosure.
The accompanying drawings illustrate one or more embodiments of the disclosure and together with the written description, serve to explain the principles of the disclosure. Wherever possible, the same reference numbers are used throughout the drawings to refer to the same or like elements of an embodiment, and wherein:
The present invention is more particularly described in the following examples that are intended as illustrative only since numerous modifications and variations therein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Various embodiments of the invention are now described in detail. Referring to the drawings, like numbers indicate like components throughout the views. As used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “a”, “an”, and “the” includes plural reference unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Moreover, titles or subtitles may be used in the specification for the convenience of a reader, which shall have no influence on the scope of the present invention.
It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being “on” another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may be present therebetween. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly on” another element, there are no intervening elements present. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.
Furthermore, relative terms, such as “lower” or “bottom” and “upper” or “top,” may be used herein to describe one element's relationship to another element as illustrated in the Figures. It will be understood that relative terms are intended to encompass different orientations of the device in addition to the orientation depicted in the Figures. For example, if the device in one of the figures is turned over, elements described as being on the “lower” side of other elements would then be oriented on “upper” sides of the other elements. The exemplary term “lower”, can therefore, encompasses both an orientation of “lower” and “upper,” depending of the particular orientation of the figure. Similarly, if the device in one of the figures is turned over, elements described as “below” or “beneath” other elements would then be oriented “above” the other elements. The exemplary terms “below” or “beneath” can, therefore, encompass both an orientation of above and below.
As used herein, “around”, “about” or “approximately” shall generally mean within 20 percent, preferably within 10 percent, and more preferably within 5 percent of a given value or range. Numerical quantities given herein are approximate, meaning that the term “around”, “about” or “approximately” can be inferred if not expressly stated.
As used herein, the terms “comprising”, “including”, “carrying”, “having”, “containing”, “involving”, and the like are to be understood to be open-ended, i.e., to mean including but not limited to.
The description will be made as to the embodiments of the present invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings in
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The insulating body 1 is substantially in a cuboid shape. Multiple accommodating holes 2 are provided on the insulating body 1 running therethrough in a vertical direction to form an array, and each of the accommodating holes 2 has multiple side walls W.
The terminals 3 are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes 2. Each terminal 3 has a connecting portion 5 accommodated in a corresponding one of the accommodating holes 2. Two different locations on the top end of the connecting portion 5 respectively extend upward to form a contact portion 4 and a strip connecting portion 7, and the lower end of the connecting portion 5 bends downward and extends to form a conducting portion 6. The contact portion 4 is formed by bending and extending. The strip connecting portion 7 is formed by extending vertically. The terminals 3 are respectively connected to a strip P by their corresponding strip connecting portions 7, such that the terminals 3 are installed in the accommodating holes 2 by the strip P, and then the strip P can be broken and removed.
Each of the conductive members 8 is provided independently from the terminals 3. The conductive members 8 are correspondingly accommodated in the accommodating holes 2 and correspondingly abut the terminals 3. Each conductive member 8 is in a cuboid shape, and has an upper end 8a and a lower end 8b opposite to each other in the vertical direction. The upper end 8a and the lower end 8b form the two end portions of each conductive member 8. In the present embodiment, the conductive member 8 is formed by punching a metal sheet, and has two opposite plate surfaces S and four cutting surfaces T connecting the two plate surfaces S.
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The conductive member 8 is connected into an electrical signal transmission path of the terminal 3, such that the thickness of the connecting portion 5 can be increased, the inductance of the terminal 3 is reduced, and a distance between two adjacent terminals 3 in a front-rear direction is also reduced, so as to increase the capacitance between the two adjacent terminals, and thereby reducing the impedance of the electrical connector 100.
The conductive member 8 can be made of a metal material such as a copper alloy, an aluminum alloy and the like, and even can be made of solder. For example, the conductive member 8 can be a solder block, a solder ball and the like, such that the conductive member 8 can be heated and fused to the connecting portion 5. In other embodiments, the conductive member 8 can also be made of other conductive materials such as graphite, conductive ceramics, conductive plastics and the like, such that the conductive member 8 can also be electrically connected to the terminal 3 in other manners. The conductive member 8 is not limited to the cuboid shape, and can also be provided in a prism shape, a cylindrical shape, an ellipsoid shape or other appropriate shapes.
In view of the present embodiment, the respective characteristic impedances are respectively experimentally determined for the conductive terminals 3 not soldered with the conductive members 8 and the conductive terminals 3 soldered with the conductive members 8, as shown in
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Through further analysis, in general, the impedance Z0 of the terminal 3 is substantially equal to a square root of a ratio of inductance L to capacitance C. When a high-frequency signal is transmitted, the apparent skin effect of the high-frequency signal leads to the sensibility of the terminal 3, the impedance is relatively high, and the impedance matching requirement cannot be met. After the terminal 3 is soldered with the conductive member 8, the conductive member 8 increases a flow path of the electrical signal, such that the inductance L of the terminal 3 is reduced, the impedance of the terminal 3 is further reduced, and the terminal 3 can better meet the impedance matching requirement.
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The conductive member 8 having the same shape as that in the present embodiment may also be obtained by directly bending the flat conductive member 8 in the first embodiment, and then the conductive member 8 is bent to surroundingly form the groove 12.
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In other embodiments, it is also desirable to provide only one clamping arm 13 or only one pair of the clamping arms 13, or two pairs of clamping arms 13 may be respectively provided on the terminal 3 and the conductive member 8.
To sum up, the electrical connector according to certain embodiments of the present invention has the following beneficial effects:
1. The conductive member 8 and the terminal 3 are independently provided, and the upper end 8a and the lower end 8b of the conductive member 8 are both electrically connected to the corresponding one of the terminals 3, thereby preventing the conductive member 8 from generating a severe antenna effect to affect the transmission of the high-frequency signal. Meanwhile, the conductive member 8 essentially increases the volume of the terminal 3 and increasing the path for transmitting the electrical signal, such that the impedance of the terminal 3 is reduced, and the electrical connector 100 can be well matched with the impedance of the electrical component 14 and the circuit board 16, thereby improving the high-frequency transmission performance of the electrical connector 100.
2. The conductive member 8 is electrically provided on the connecting portion 5 of the corresponding one of the terminals 3, and the conductive member 8 and the connecting portion 5 are clamped by at least one clamping arm 13, such that the stable electrical connection is formed by the conductive member 8 and the connecting portion 5, thereby effectively increasing the volume of the connecting portion 5, reducing the impedance of the terminal 3, and improving the high-frequency transmission performance of the electrical connector 100.
3. One end of the conductive member 8 forms an extending arm 11 abutting the tail end of the contact portion 4 of the corresponding one of the terminals 3, thereby preventing the tail end of the contact portion 4 from being suspended to generate the antenna effect and to influence the transmission quality of the high-frequency signal.
The foregoing description of the exemplary embodiments of the invention has been presented only for the purposes of illustration and description and is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching.
The embodiments are chosen and described in order to explain the principles of the invention and their practical application so as to activate others skilled in the art to utilize the invention and various embodiments and with various modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated. Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains without departing from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than the foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described therein.
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201711467572.0 | Dec 2017 | CN | national |
201811328710.1 | Nov 2018 | CN | national |