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- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R12/00—Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
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- H01R12/59—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures
- H01R12/62—Fixed connections for flexible printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables or like structures connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
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- This invention relates to electrical circuit interconnections, and more particularly to connector arrangements of the releasable (solderless) type that are particularly useful with plural conductor connector systems such as those used with mother-daughter connector systems of computers.
- circuit interconnection configurations of greater density as well as circuit path configurations that control impedance and resistive effects which may alter circuit performance.
- Conventionally employed methods of interconnecting electrical or electronic circuit components have included the "pin and socket” type and the so-called “zero force insertion” type in which a circuit card may be inserted when cooperating contacts are in an open position, and the contacts are then cammed to a closed position.
- These and other techniques have required substantial space or generally have a tendency to utilize complex arrangements and complicated manufacturing procedures.
- certain types of commercially employed connectors cannot be easily matched in impedance to the circuit cards being connected, thus causing reflections which degrade signal quality. Such problems are particularly acute when connectors are used with newer generation semiconductors which have high switching speeds (100-500 picosecond rise time, low switching energy and signal swings in the microvolts range).
- a connector system for electrically connecting contacts of a flexible printed circuit (such as stripline or microstrip) carried by a first (e.g., daughter) printed circuit board with fixed contacts carried by a second (e.g., mother) printed circuit board, the flexible circuit serving as a connector to circuits on the first board, and the contacts of the flexible printed circuit arranged on an edge of the first board.
- the system includes guides on the second board for enabling the first board to slide in guided, edge-wise direction toward the face of the second board, with the contacts on the flexible circuit in registry with contacts on the second board.
- cam/locking means carried by the second board engages mating structure on the first board to press the edge of the first board tightly toward the face of the second board in locking motion while camming the first board bodily laterally over the surface of the second board whereby the contacts wipe upon one another as they move into locked position.
- the mating structure on the first board comprises a series of block members extending along the edge of the first board, oppositely directed ends of each of the blocks defining ramp surfaces
- the cam/locking means comprises at least one pair of oppositely movable driven members engageable on corresponding ramp surfaces defined on the mating structure on the first board and the driven members are adapted to move against the ramp surfaces in motion parallel to the face of the second board and parallel to the edge of the first board.
- an electrical connector system electrically interconnecting conductive paths of a first circuit with corresponding electrically conductive paths of a second circuit that includes a first circuit board on which the first circuit, a first planar array of pad-type contacts connected to the first circuit, a connector receptacle, and latch mechanism that includes opposed camming surfaces and actuator means for moving the opposed camming surfaces between an open (released) position and a latched position are disposed.
- a second circuit board Disposed on a second circuit board are the second circuit, a connector block, a second planar array of pad-type contacts on the connector block.
- Formed in the connector block are a pair of recesses, each of which has first and second ramp surfaces in orthogonal relation to one another.
- the latch actuator structure is operable, with the connector block disposed in the connector receptacle and the pad-type contact arrays in face to face engagement, to cause the opposed camming surfaces of the latch members to enter the recesses and interact with the orthogonal ramp surfaces to produce conjoint clamping and wiping action of said engaged pad-type contact arrays, the latch members in their latched position being disposed in the recesses and securing the first and second circuit boards together.
- This conjoint camming action in coordinated manner increases the contact pressure of the mating pad-type contacts and concurrently provides transverse "wiping" action of the mating contacts to remove debris or other foreign matter (such as corrosive films) which may adversely affect electrical circuit performance.
- the sequential relationship of the contact ⁇ wiping ⁇ and pressure increasing actions may be varied as desired by appropriate angular disposition and/or relative positioning of the ramp surfaces or by selective shaping of latch member ramp engaging surfaces, or both.
- ramp surface defining recesses are at opposite ends of the connector block, and ramp engaging edges of the latch members are slanted and coact so that contact pressure is increased prior to initiation of transverse ⁇ wiping ⁇ action contact movement.
- the connector receptacle includes connector block biasing means opposite the latch structure, guide channel structure is carried by the first circuit board for receiving the second circuit board, and a flexible circuit that includes a plurality of conductor traces, a conductive ground plane and a dielectric spacer connects the array of pad-type contacts on the connector block with circuit elements carried by the second circuit board.
- An elastomeric member (of silicone or urethane, for example) supplemented by plurality of spring loaded biasing members provides resilient mounting for one contact array to enhance reliable electrical connection between the contact arrays, the elastomeric pad member distributing the resilient contact loading force, with the spring loaded biasing members providing distributed supplemental loading, and the springs providing compensation for creep, variations in the thickness or resilience of the pad, and/or other factors contributing to loss of stress in the elastomer.
- a high frequency electrical connector system for electrically interconnecting conductive paths of a first circuit element with corresponding conductive paths of a second circuit element.
- the system includes a first planar array of pad-type contacts that are disposed on a nonconductive substrate and connected to a first circuit on the substrate.
- Flexible sheet-form plural conductor transmission line structure has one end electrically connected to the cooperating electrical circuit and the other end connected to corresponding pad-type contacts of the array.
- the array of pad-type contacts of the flexible sheet-form transmission line structure is mounted on a rigid nonconductive contact support structure with a resilient contact array mounting that includes an elastomeric member supplemented by a plurality of spring loaded biasing members, the elastomeric pad member distributing the resilient contact loading force, the spring loaded biasing members providing distributed supplemental contact loading, and the springs providing compensation for creep, variations in the thickness or resilience of the pad, and/or other factors contributing to loss of stress in the elastomer pad.
- a cooperating second array of pad-type contacts is mounted on a rigid nonconductive contact support structure.
- the plural conductor transmission line structure includes a ground plane and plural conductor traces that have characteristic impedances matched to the impedance of the electrical circuit to which they are connected.
- Solderless electrical connectors of the invention provide accurate and reliable high density electrical connections with impedence matching and high quality signal transmission characteristics.
- FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic side elevational view with parts broken away of a circuit interconnection system in accordance with the invention
- FIG. 1A is a side elevational view of a circuit interconnection system in accordance with the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a diagrammatic sectional view taken along the line 2--2 of FIG. 1;
- FIG. 2A is a sectional view taken along the line 2A--2A of FIG. 1A;
- FIG. 3 is a plan view of portions of the circuit interconnection system shown in FIG. 1A;
- FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of a connector block employed on the daughter board of the connector system shown in FIGS. 1-3;
- FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view of the connector block shown in FIG. 4, with portions broken away;
- FIG. 6 is a bottom view of the connector block, with portions broken away;
- FIGS. 7-10 are views of the connector block taken along the lines 7--7, 8--8, 9--9, and 10--10 of FIG. 6;
- FIG. 11 is a bottom view of the connector block with a pad-type connector array secured thereto;
- FIG. 12 is an enlarged plan view of a portion of the connector system with the latch members in open position
- FIG. 12A is a sectional view of the latch actuator taken along the line 12A--12A of FIG. 12;
- FIG. 13 is a view, similar to FIG. 12, showing a connector block latched in the connector system
- FIG. 13A is a sectional view of the latch actuator taken along the line 13A--13A of FIG. 13;
- FIGS. 14A 15A and 16A are diagrammatic top views of signal pads 20a, 82a and ground terminals 20b, 82b
- FIGS. 14B, 15B and 16B are diagrammatic side views of camming portion 30
- FIGS. 14C, 15C and 16C are diagrammatic top views of camming portion 30
- FIGS. 14A-14C showing an initial position of camming portion 30 with signal pads 20a, 82a and ground terminals 20b, 82b in generally aligned offset position
- FIGS. 15A-15C showing an intermediate position of camming portion 30 with pressure applied to signal pads 20a, 82a and ground terminals 20b, 82b
- FIGS. 16A-16C showing a final position of camming portion 30 with signal pads 20a, 82a and ground terminals 20b, 82b moved into aligned position with concurrent wiping action.
- the connector system provides electrical interconnections between rigid mother board 10 and daughter board 12, each of which carries circuit components diagrammatically indicated at 8, 9 respectively.
- mother board 10 Disposed on mother board 10 is an array of pad-type contact terminals 20 (signal terminals 20a and ground terminal 20b) that are connected via circuit traces 22 to circuit components 8.
- connector block 14 Carried by daughter board 12 is connector block 14 which supports adjacent an edge of daughter board 12 a corresponding array of pad-type contact terminals 82 (signal terminals 82a and ground terminal 82b) of flexible circuit 64 (stripline, microstrip or the like and which circuits may include changes in terminal spacings and/or plural overlapped circuits and the like).
- Connector receptacle structure 24 defines the bounds of terminal array 20, carries connector block biasing springs 32, and supports latch bars 26, 28 that are moved in opposite directions (by an actuator--see actuator 34 in FIGS. 1A and 2A) between an open (released) position and a closed (latching) position.
- Recesses 42, 44 in the opposite ends of connector block 14 each includes orthogonal ramp surfaces 90, 92.
- each daughter board 12 carries three individual connector blocks 14 which are bolted or otherwise attached to the daughter board substrate 16.
- Secured to the mother board substrate 18 are three corresponding arrays of pad-type contact terminals 20 (signal terminals 20a and ground terminals 20b) that are connected via circuit traces 22 to circuit elements carried by the mother board.
- contact pads 20a have dimensions of about ten mils by one hundred mils and are disposed on twenty-five mil centers.
- Connector receptacle structure 24 of rectangular configuration defines the bounds of each array of contact terminals and cooperates with sliding latch bars 26, 28 that each have a series of camming and latch portions 30.
- Each connector receptacle structure also carries connector block biasing springs 32 on the side opposite the latch bars 26, 28.
- Actuators 34 are adapted to move their respective latch bars 26, 28 between an open (released) position and a latched position.
- Each connector block assembly includes a rectangular housing member 40 of a suitable polymeric material such as a polycarbonate with latch recesses 42, 44 at opposite ends that open into the adjacent end wall 46 and side wall 48.
- Each recess 42, 44 includes orthogonal ramp surfaces 90, 92 as indicated in FIGS. 4, 7, and 10.
- Formed in opposite side 50 of member 40 is cavity 52 in which two parallel bars 54 are disposed, bars 54 being secured by retaining pin 56 and biased outwardly of cavity 52 by coil springs 58 that are disposed in recesses in bars 54.
- a resilient foam pad 60 Received on the outer surfaces of biasing bars 54 is a resilient foam pad 60 (which may be of the type described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,468,074).
- a terminal pad array of a flexible plural conductor (microstrip) fifty ohm characteristic impedence circuit 64 is seated on pad 60 and secured with fasteners 66 and clamp bar 68 to seat in face to face mating engagement against a similar pad array on daughter board 16.
- a second similar cavity 72 formed in bottom surface 70 of connector block 40 Disposed in a second similar cavity 72 formed in bottom surface 70 of connector block 40 are two similar parallel contact array biasing bars 74 with associated biasing springs 76 and securing pin 78, together with elastomeric pad 80 on which the terminal array 82 (signal terminals 82a and ground terminal 82b) are secured with fasteners 84 so that the pad terminals 82 are disposed over the resilient elastomeric pads 80 and spring loaded bars 74 to provide resilient loading of the terminals 82.
- Signal terminals 82a have dimensions of about ten mils by one hundred mils and are disposed on twenty-five mil centers.
- Flexible circuit 64 is of "microstrip" configuration and includes one ounce copper (1.4 mil) ground plane that terminates in exposed ground terminal strip 82b and similar ground terminal strip at the opposite ends of circuit 64, three mil thick dielectric, a set of one ounce copper (1.4 mil) conductor traces that extend between terminal pads 82a and similar terminal pads at the opposite ends of circuit 64 (pads 82a being copper plated to a thickness of about three mils and a layer of gold of about fifty microinches thickness on their surfaces), and a three mil thick cover film, the flexible circuit 64 providing controlled impedence high density transmission line conductors between the terminals 82 and corresponding terminals at the opposite end of circuit 64.
- Actuator 34 includes a clevis-type member 100 that has handle portion 102 and a depending post 104 that is received in mother board substrate 18 for rotational movement about axis 106.
- Upper actuator bar 26 is secured to upper clevis portion 108 by pin 110 which is received in coupling slot 112
- lower latch bar 28 is similarly secured to lower clevis portion 114 by pin 116.
- Rotation of actuator 34 about axis 106 from the position shown in FIG. 12 to the position shown in FIG. 13 produces transverse movement of latch bars 26 and 28 in opposite directions as indicated in FIGS. 12A and 13A.
- a daughter board 12 is inserted into the guide channels 36 and its connector blocks 14 are positioned in the corresponding connector receptacles 24 with springs 32 biasing the connector blocks 14 so that signal pads 82 are engaged in generally aligned offset relation with signal pads 20a, and ground terminals 20b and 82b are similarly engaged in generally aligned offset relation as indicated in FIG. 14A.
- the camming projection portions 30 are progressively inserted from opposite directions into the recesses 42, 44.
- each cam portion 30 engages a ramp surface 90 and urges the connector blocks 14 and terminal pads 82 carried by the connector blocks downwardly against the mother board terminal pads 20 with progressively increasing force as indicated in FIG. 15 (and particularly FIG. 15B--arrow 15).
- the initial camming interval there is no interaction between the cam portions 30 and ramp surfaces 92 as the sloped edges 94 of the cam projections 30 do not engage the vertical ramp surfaces 92.
- the resulting conjoint forces of the opposed cam portions 30 shift the flexible circuit contacts 82 laterally (arrow 17) to the position shown in FIG. 16 (and particularly FIGS. 16A and 16C) with concurrent increasing pressure and wiping action.
- a daughter board 12 is easily released simply by rotating the corresponding actuator 34 in the opposite direction to simultaneously withdraw the latch camming portions 30 from their respective latch recesses 42, 44 in the connector blocks so that the daughter board 12 may be removed.
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