Connector having improved noise-shielding structure

• US 5,938,450 A
• Filed: 07/30/1997
• Issued: 08/17/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 07/30/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: NEC Tokin Corporation (Yageo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Nagafuji, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Assistant Examiner(s): DUVERNE, JEAN F
• Application Number:
  US08/902,779
• Time in Patent Office: 748 Days
• Field of Search: 439/63, 439/675, 439/578, 439/79, 439/931, 439/608
• US Class Current: 439/63
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/732 Printed circuits being in the same plane
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6585 Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6599 Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/931 Conductive coating

Abstract

In a high-speed transmission connector having a male connector and a female connector adapted to connect with the male connector, the male connector is provided with a first outer conductor enveloping a contact pin. The female connector is provided with a conductive socket member which is for being brought into contact with the contact pin with the contact pin inserted to the socket member when the female connector is connected to the male connector. The female connector is further provided with a second outer conductor enveloping the socket member which is for being brought into contact with the first outer conductor with being inserted to the first outer conductor so that the first outer conductor are kept at an earth potential through the second outer conductor when the female connector is connected to the male connector.

Claims

1. A high-speed transmission connector comprising a male connector and a female connector adapted to connect with said male connector,

said male connector comprising:

a conductive contact pin;

a first outer conductor enveloping said contact pin, and

a first insulator housing holding said contact pin and said outer conductor,

said female connector comprising;

a conductive socket member for being brought into contact with said contact pin with said contact pin inserted to said socket member when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a second outer conductor enveloping said socket member for being brought into contact with said first outer conductor with being inserted to said first outer conductor so that said first outer conductor is kept at an earth potential through said second outer conductor when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a second insulator housing holding said socket member and said second outer conductor;

a primary terminal connected to said socket member and penetrating said second insulator housing in a first direction to extend at one side of said second insulator housing along a plane extending in said first direction and a second direction perpendicular to said first direction;

an additional terminal penetrating said second insulator housing in said first direction to extend at said one side of the second insulator housing along said plane;

an insulator wall connected to said second insulator housing and extending parallel to said plane between said primary and said additional terminal; and

a wall metal layer formed as a microstrip line on said insulator wall to face said primary terminal in a third direction perpendicular to said first and said second directions.

2. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first outer conductor is cylindrical, said female connector further comprising a cylindrical insulator portion held to said second insulator housing and enveloping said socket member, said second outer conductor being formed around said cylindrical insulator portion.

3. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 2, wherein said socket member and said second outer conductor are placed at one side of said second insulator housing.

4. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said female connector further comprises a housing metal layer formed along a surface of said second insulator housing and connected to said second outer conductor and said wall metal layer.

5. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 4, wherein said female connector further comprises a grounding plate extending perpendicular to said plane to face said primary terminal in said plane.

6. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 5, wherein said insulator wall has a slit penetrating in said third direction, said grounding plate being inserted in said slit.

7. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said wall metal layer extends parallel to said terminal along said insulator wall and is connected to second outer conductor so that said first outer conductor is kept at an earth potential through said second outer conductor and said wall metal layer when said female connector is connected to said male connector.

8. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second outer conductor is cylindrical, said first insulator housing having a cylindrical surface enveloping said contact pin, said first outer conductor being made of a metal layer formed on said cylindrical surface.

9. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 8, wherein said socket member and said second outer conductor are placed at one side of said second insulator housing, said female connector further comprising:

an inner terminal connected to said socket member and penetrating said second insulator housing to extend at another side of said second insulator housing; and

an outer terminal connected to said second outer conductor and penetrating said second insulator housing to envelope said inner terminal at the other side of said second insulator housing.

10. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said second insulator housing surrounds said socket member, said second outer conductor being a metal layer laid on said second insulator housing, said connector further comprising an insulator layer between said metal layer and said socket member.

11. A high-speed transmission connector comprising a male connector and a female connector adapted to connect with said male connector,

said male connector comprising:

a plurality of conductive contact pins arranged parallel to one another in a predetermined arrangement;

a plurality of cylindrical outer conductors enveloping said contact pins, respectively; and

a first insulator housing holding said contact pins and said cylindrical outer conductors,

said female connector comprising;

a plurality of cylindrical conductive members arranged parallel to one another in said predetermined arrangement, each of said cylindrical conductive members being brought into contact with each of said contact pins when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a plurality of cylindrical insulator portions enveloping said cylindrical conductive members, respectively, each of said cylindrical insulator portions being inserted in each of said cylindrical outer conductors when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a plurality of metal films formed around said cylindrical insulator portions, respectively, each of said metal films being brought in contact with each of said cylindrical outer conductors so that said cylindrical outer conductors are kept at an earth potential when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a second insulator housing holding said cylindrical conductive members and said cylindrical insulator portions, wherein said second insulator housing accommodates said cylindrical conductive members arranged on a bottom thereof;

a plurality of terminals provided at a rear side of said second insulator housing, said plurality of terminals extending from rear ends of said cylindrical conductive members, protruding outwards from said second insulator housing, and bending downwards to be connected to a wiring board; and

insulated partition walls separating said terminals from adjacent ones in a horizontal direction and having metal films formed on surfaces thereof to serve as microstrip lines.

12. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 11, further comprising clamping leaf spring portions connected to said cylindrical outer conductors for clamping said cylindrical insulator portions through said metal films, respectively.

13. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a shielding metal cylinder penetrating said first insulator housing to collectively envelope said contact pins, said shielding metal cylinder having a clamping spring portion for holding said second insulator housing.

14. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said terminals comprising a slant portion slantly extending towards said wiring board.

15. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of said metal films is split into segments in one-to-one correspondence to adjacent ones of said terminals which are arranged adjacent in a vertical direction.

16. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a grounding plate having an earth potential, said grounding plate penetrating said partition walls and covering every adjacent ones of said terminals arranged adjacent in a vertical direction.

17. A high-speed transmission connector comprising a male connector and a female connector adapted to connect with said male connector,

said male connector comprising:

a plurality of conductive contact pins arranged in a matrix fashion;

a first insulator housing having introducing holes for insertion of said contact pins and having inner and outer surfaces entirely covered with a metal film;

a plate attached to a rear side of said first insulator housing, said plate being penetrated by a plurality of contact pins arranged in said matrix fashion, said plate being entirely covered with a metal film except those portions of front and rear walls around said contact pins, said contact pins extending from a rear surface of said plate and bending downwards to be connected to a wiring board; and

insulated partition walls separating said contact pins from adjacent ones adjacent in a horizontal direction and having metal films formed on surfaces thereof to serve as microstrip lines,

said female connector comprising;

a plurality of conductive socket members each of which is inserted into a respective one of said introducing holes to be brought into contact with said contact pins in said first insulator housing when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

cylindrical conductors each of which is inserted into a respective one of said introducing holes in said first insulator housing to be brought into contact with said metal film formed on an internal wall of said introducing hole when said female connector is connected to said male connector;

a second insulator housing to which said conductive socket members and cylindrical conductors are implanted;

inner and outer terminals extending from rear ends of said conductive socket members and said cylindrical conductors, respectively.

18. A high-speed transmission connector comprising a male connector and a female connector adapted to connect with said male connector,

said male connector comprising:

a plurality of contact pins arranged in a matrix fashion;

a first insulator housing having an opening formed at one end and accommodating said contact pins so that said contact pins penetrate a bottom of said first insulator housing, said first insulator housing having a protruding portion protruding from an internal wall of said bottom around each of said contact pins and having a tapered top end, said contact pins extending from an external surface of said bottom of said first insulator housing and bending downwards to be connected to a wiring board;

insulated partition walls separating said contact pins from adjacent ones in a horizontal direction and having metal films formed on surfaces thereof to serve as microstrip lines; and

a locking spring portion of a metal material arranged around said protruding portion, said first insulator housing having inner and outer surfaces covered with a metal film except said locking spring portion and said protruding portions around said contact pins,

said female connector comprising;

a second insulator housing having a chambered recessed portion to be fitted to said protruding portion and having holes for insertion of said contact pins;

a plurality of conductive socket members held to said second insulator housing to be brought into contact with said contact pins when said female connector is connected to said male connector; and

a metal film covering said second insulator housing except an internal wall around said contact pins.

19. A high-speed transmission connector as claimed in claims 18, wherein said contact pins and said socket members are plated by a precious metal at contacting portions thereof.