How Small Can Connectors Go?
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HOW SMALL CAN CONNECTORS GO?
Application-specific connectors and size reduction have come on rapidly. Circuit chip technology has driven us all to new heights in performance, capability and demand.The evolving circuit chips demand much lower voltages and current flow, but are also running faster, store and process significantly more data and provide long battery life. Connector size and size reduction needs are often based on a few key application factors and performance constraints.
Electrical current load is a key consideration. Each connector contact must offer low resistance interface with its mate CIRCUIT MOBILITY
Fitting interconnects into robotic hands, squeezing them into probe tips, adding cable to small weather satellites, and mounting cameras on soldier helmets are examples of the drive to squeeze more and
more into portable electronics. Standard designs are reviewed for potential fit and function and they are tailored using solid model designs to meet both the size and the reliability functions. Pin and socket sizes are reduced to minimum sizes that meet the above criteria and still squeeze into the space allowed. Flat leads are used and can be reduced even further when some of the performance and rugged reliability requirements are reduced.