Patent Grant
7364458
The present invention relates to an electrical connector, especially to an electrical connector having shielding effect.
Due to fast development of computer science and digital technology, a lot of electrical connectors with high-density terminals and fast transmission speed have been developed. Especially in computer industry, a plurality of electrical connectors for transmission of large amount of high-speed data is disposed on a circuit board. However, along with more connectors, the distance between the two contiguous connectors is getting closer while the signal transmission frequency is getting higher. Here a problem has arisen in developing high-density electrical connector—noise interference during data transmission process. Generally there are two kinds of interference: one is electromagnetic interference and the other is static interference. The most common way to avoid electromagnetic interference is by adding a metal shielding housing on the electrical connector. The way to prevent static is by grounding of the above metal shielding housing for dissipation of any accumulated charge. Refer to U.S. Pat. No. 6,010,367, a metal shielding formed by a metal housing is disclosed. The connector includes a shielding device consisting of a first shell and a second shell for providing excellent shielding effect. Yet due to certain thickness and volume of the metal housing, such shielding device occupies quite a lot of space on the circuit board and somewhat increases its weight. The trend for IT technology now is with higher density of electronic components, smaller volume, and lighter weight. Thus the disposition of metal shielding housing can't meet such requirements of the minimization of electronic components. Moreover, such kind of design has higher cost.
Therefore, there is a need to develop a new electrical connector.
Therefore it is a primary object of the present invention to provide a compact electrical connector with better shielding effect, smaller space and lighter weight. In order to achieve object, the present invention provides an electrical connector for connecting corresponding electronic components on a circuit board. The electrical connector consists of an insulated body, a plurality of terminals received inside the insulated body, and a shielding layer formed by continuous metal granules on surface of the electrical connector.
Compared with technology available now, the present invention uses the continuous metal granules on surface of the electrical connector to prevent interference and such kind of metal shielding not only saves space, but also reduces weight of the electrical connector. Moreover, the manufacturing cost is reduced and better shielding effect is achieved.
The structure and the technical means adopted by the present invention to achieve the above and other objects can be best understood by referring to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments and the accompanying drawings, wherein
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A plurality of recesses 102 that changes distribution of metal granules inside conductive paint is arranged on surface of the insulated body 100 in various ways such as interlaced arrangement, intercross, or perpendicular with each other. The recess 102 can be a concave on rough surface or notch groove 103 so as to avoid electrically disconnection in part of the area caused by over smooth of the surface of the insulated body 100, while painting the conductive paint on surface of the insulated body 100 to form the shielding layer 101. The recess 102 and the concave on rough surface allow more conductive paint coated thereon so that electrical connections on various areas of the surface can be improved by the recess 102 and the concave. Moreover, a receiving hole 104 for receiving corresponding electrical component is disposed on front surface of the electrical connector 10. There is no shielding layer inside the receiving hole 104 so as to avoid short caused by accidental contact between two points.
A projecting part 105 for connecting with the circuit board is disposed on the electrical connector 10. And a shielding layer 101 for electrically connecting with ground of the circuit board is also arranged on the projecting part 105. Another way for shielding is to dispose a metal part (not shown in figure) on one side of the electrical connector 10. One end of the metal part is electrically connected with the shielding layer 101 on surface of the electrical connector 10 while the other end of the metal part is soldered on the circuit board so as to electrically connect with the ground of the circuit board for shielding.
In summary, the present invention provides a shielding layer having continuous metal granules and formed by coating conductive paint on surface of the insulated body 100. Compared with metal shield, the present invention saves space, reduces the cost, makes operation and processing more convenient and provides better shielding effect. It is feasible to apply a layer of metal coating on the shielding layer of the present invention by physical vapor deposition or chemical vapor deposition to protect the shielding membrane and to achieve better shielding effect.
Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details, and representative devices shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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