The invention pertains to a printed board connector for producing direct pluggable connections between printed boards, wherein said connector consists of an insulating connector housing and disk-shaped modules that contain electric contact elements and are arranged in the connector housing, and wherein modules featuring signaling contacts and modules featuring shielding contacts are alternately arranged adjacent to one another.
A printed board connector of this type is required for transmitting differential signal voltages from one printed board to another printed board by means of a large number of electric contacts, wherein contacts that are shielded in pairs are provided in order to ensure a low feedover between the line pairs.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,506,076 discloses a rectangular connector, in which at least partially angled shielding plates are positioned between a series of differential signaling contacts that are arranged in rows and columns.
The invention therefore is based on the objective of developing a printed board connector of the initially cited type in such a way that a two-pole signal conduction is respectively provided in order to transmit differential signals, wherein correspondingly designed shielding plates are provided between the signal-conducting line pairs for shielding purposes.
This objective is attained in that two respective signaling contacts that form a differential pair are at least regionally separated by a shielding contact arranged between the signaling pairs.
The printed board connector serves for connecting two printed boards that are arranged at a right angle to one another. However, it would also be possible to realize a “straight” 180° connection referred to the printed boards if the terminal contacts are designed accordingly.
In order to preserve the advantages of a differential data transmission on the path from the electronic components to the printed board or the backplane, respectively, correspondingly designed high-capacity connectors are required that not only ensure a sufficient signal density, but also a high signal integrity.
Differential signals, in principle, are largely immune to common-mode interferences because the logic information is transmitted in the form of the voltage difference between the respective line pairs. However, it needs to be ensured that the line pairs are shielded accordingly. In connectors designed for this purpose, this is achieved by means of integrated and specially constructed shielding plates.
The advantages attained with the invention can be seen, in particular, in that the inventive printed board connector makes it possible to shield a plurality of differential signaling pairs that are arranged in a row from interfering radiation by inserting modules that feature a shielding plate in the form of a disk between the signaling modules that are respectively arranged adjacent to one another in pairs and in which the signaling contacts are embedded. The modules are preferably realized in the form of signaling and shielding modules that can be inserted into the connector housing adjacent to one another in a certain pattern, wherein two adjacently arranged signaling modules are respectively separated by a shielding module.
According to one variation, this is achieved by inserting shielding modules in the form of disk-shaped plates into the connector housing. In another variation, the shielding modules are realized in the form of modules that are covered with an insulating material.
In this case, it is advantageous that an angled terminal end pointing from the shielding module to the printed board is respectively arranged between the two differential signaling contacts.
Two individual contacts that are arranged adjacent to one another in two modules respectively form a differential signaling pair. Another differential signaling pair is arranged opposite of this differential signaling pair. Consequently, two adjacently arranged strip conductors form a differential signaling pair and are separated by another strip conductor for shielding purposes on each side of the inserted printed board.
One embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the figures and described in greater detail below. The figures show:
a is a horizontal projection of detached signaling contacts;
b is a horizontal projection of an insulating member;
c is a horizontal projection of the complete signaling module;
d is a top view of the narrow side of the signaling module;
a is a perspective representation of a shielding module;
b is a horizontal projection of the insulating member of the shielding module;
c is a horizontal projection of a variation of the shielding module;
The printed board connector consists of a connector housing 2 with an insertion slot 4 on the mating side for inserting a printed board between the disk-shaped modules 10, 20 illustrated in the sectioned region, wherein said modules are arranged in a certain sequence between the longitudinal sides 3 of the connector housing.
The plug contacts 12, 22 described further below are embedded in the disk-shaped modules 10, 20 and respectively arranged in the connector housing between chamber-forming walls 8′ such that they are prevented from being bent by the inserted printed board.
In this case, two respective signaling modules 10 containing signaling contacts 11 and a shielding module 20 with a flat shielding plate 21 (seen in
In other respects, the arrangement of the signaling modules and the shielding modules is identical to that shown in
In addition, the module contains a slot 18 on the side of the terminal ends 13 that is approximately arranged centrally referred to the insulating member, wherein the angled terminal end 23 of the adjacent shielding module 20 protrudes into said slot when the connector is assembled.
a–d show a variation of the signaling module 10 illustrated in
a shows the two signaling contacts 11 with the plug contacts 12 and the terminal ends 13 that are realized in the form of soldering contacts in this case. In addition, a double bend 19 is provided such that the stretched shape of the signaling contacts is preserved.
b shows a variation of the insulating member 14, in which a button 16 and a recess 17 are respectively arranged alternately on the two peripheral surfaces of the insulating member in order to center the insulating members relative to one another.
c shows a complete signaling module.
d shows a top view of the arrangement of the signaling contacts 11 within the insulating member 14 that is illustrated with broken lines in this case, wherein this figure also shows that a bend 19 is provided—still within the insulating member—near the outlet region on the terminal end 13 such that the signaling contact 11 extends asymmetrically referred to a central position on the mating side and flush with the outer periphery 15 of the insulating member 14 at the terminal end.
a shows the disk-shaped module 20 consisting of a non-conductive insulating member 24, in which a flat, electrically conductive shielding contact 21 is arranged.
The mating side features two springable plug contacts 22 that point toward one another while the terminal end 23 is bent out of the shielding contact 21 at a right angle.
b shows an insulating member 24, in which a recess 28 for the angled terminal end 23 is provided. This figure also shows the segment-shaped press-on zones 26 that are respectively molded onto the opposing sides in pairs and ensure a secure retention in the connector housing 2.
In this variation, the shielding module is inserted into corresponding slots 8 in the longitudinal sides 3 of the connector housing.
modules 10 according to
If the modules are arranged tightly adjacent to one another, the plug contacts 12 are embedded symmetrically referred to the insulating member 14 and arranged adjacent to one another in a uniformly spaced-apart fashion.
The plug contacts 12 are also arranged at a uniform height in order to contact the strip conductors on the printed board.
The terminal ends 13, however, are arranged at different heights because they respectively protrude from the insulating member in the first and in the third quarter of the insulating member height and are respectively offset in height by one quarter in the position with the 180° turn shown. Consequently, the terminal ends do not directly contact one another despite the directly adjacent arrangement on the peripheral surfaces 15.
This figure shows how the angled terminal end 23 is inserted into the slot 18 between the two terminal ends 13. In this respect, it should be noted that the angled terminal end 13 of the shielding module extends into the slot 18 of the next two adjacent signaling modules 10 and thusly exerts a shielding effect upon the two differential electric signals to both sides.
Due to the above-described contact arrangement, it is possible to offset the arrangement of the bores B (0.2 mm) on a printed board L by the material thickness of the terminal ends 13 only such that a favorable routing of the strip conductors on the printed board is achieved as shown in
This figure shows a view of the contours of the modules 10, 20 with the terminal ends 13 for the signaling contacts S1, S2, S3, S4 and 23 for the ground connection G of the shielding contact, namely through a quasi-transparent printed board L with the bores B.
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