New-Tech Europe Digital Magazine | Feb 2016

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maintain a positive force against a mating surface and are available in different widths to offer a choice of spring contact forces. Tolerant to significant mating misalignment, the new design incorporates “positive stop” to prevent damage caused by over compression. A contact anti hook up feature is a further benefit. Specifications include gold-plated contacts and current rating up to 1.0A. Reliable and durable, Harwin Spring Contacts can withstand up to 10,000 mating cycles and operate over a temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees Celsius. Supplied on tape and reel, the Spring Contact Connector range enables low-cost assembly with automatic pick and place machines. Comments Harwin Product Manager, Graham Cunningham, “The extended Spring Contact range builds on an already enormously popular product line and now brings even wider choice to design engineers. Today, the pressure is on to fit ever more functionality into less space, and our ultra-low profile 1.1mm Spring Contact in particular helps designers meet “smaller and lighter” demands.”

samples are available today with mass production samples scheduled for May 2016.

connectors are an enhancement of the ERmet ZD family. This high- speed differential Hard Metric connector system enables data rates of >25 Gbit/s and is the first connector system that meets the requirements for 100G ATCA technology. The high data rates and the improved transmission behavior are mainly based on the reduced size of the signal termination, designed for vias with a diameter of only 0.30mm. The drilling hole diameter for the shielding contacts is specified with 0.46mm. The fact that the reduction of the vias leads to an improved crosstalk behavior was the motivation to the further miniaturization of the press-fit zone. The communication technology showsanongoing trend to increasing data rates and higher bandwidths. Theas means there is a strong need for 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) data transmission. Typical applications are the next generation of internet backbones, data centers or cloud computing. The new ERmet ZDpro connectors fulfill the requirements and challenges of the important interface between backplane and daughter cards in these high speed systems. The ERmet ZDpro is based on the mechanical design of the proven ERmet ZD and ERmet ZDplus with the same dimensions. ERmet ZDpro connectors are backwards mating compatible to ERmet ZD and ZDplus connectors. This means, that existing backplane designs do not need layout changes on the backplane side, if customers want to upgrade their daughter cards in the first step before upgrading the whole system. Of course the layout on the daughter cards has to be modified, if ERmet ZDpro

New extended Harwin Spring Contact Connector range now includes 13 types in extended C and Positive Stop styles, plus low profile 1.1mm model Ideal for low voltage connections and grounding to prevent RFI/EMI; suits antenna feeds in wearable and mobile applications Portsmouth, UK, 10 November 2015… Harwin, the leading hi- rel connector and SMT board hardware manufacturer, announces a significant extension to its popular Spring Contact Connector range, with thirteen new models offering design engineers more options to select the best design for each application. The new range includes extended C and Positive Stop models in nine different heights, ranging from 4.5mm down to low profile designs a mere 1.1mm above board level, enabling smaller, lighter, low-profile PCB designs to be achieved. Harwin Spring Contact interconnects suit a wide variety of applications and markets, including antenna contacts in wearable and mobile applications, RFI screening, LED lamp connections, RF ID tags, vision systems, PCB grounding and board-to-board contact. Harwin Spring Contact connectors

ERNI Electronics Introduces Optimized High- Speed Connectors Introducing the new ERmet ZDpro connector family, ERNI Electronic paves the way to 100G ATCA systems. The ERmet ZDpro

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