HDMI type-D connector

• US 9,136,649 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 09/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 L (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Original Assignee: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 L (TE Connectivity Ltd. (United Kingdom))
• Inventors: Shih, Yi Liang
• Primary Examiner(s): Duverne, Jean F
• Application Number:
  US13/922,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20130344739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 817 Days
• Field of Search: 439/607.28, 439/607.4, 439/626, 439/607.45, 439/660, 439/904, 439/108, 439/638
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/721 cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6467 by cross-over of signal conductors
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/658 High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse] coaxial coupling devices specially adapted for high frequency H01R24/40; for flat or ribbon cable connectors H01R12/774; for coaxial cable H01R9/05
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6582 with resilient means for engaging mating connector

Abstract

The present invention provides a HDMI type-D connector with a shield; a housing having a tongue with first terminal slots disposed on a first side and second terminal slots disposed on an opposing second side; a shield component; a first conductive set of pins disposed in the first terminal slots; and a second conductive set of pins disposed in the second terminal slots, wherein each of the conductive terminals of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins has a contact portion, a bend portion, and a soldering portion, where contact portions of the first conductive set of pins are disposed in the first terminal slots and the second conductive set of pins are disposed in the second terminal slots wherein the bend portions extend from the contact portions, bend multiple times, and end at coplanar soldering portions.

Claims

1. A HDMI type-D connector, comprising:

a shield having a housing receiving opening;

a housing disposed in the housing receiving opening and having a tongue, the tongue having first terminal slots disposed on a first side and second terminal slots disposed on an opposing second side;

a shield component disposed on the shield to prevent electromagnetic interference;

a first conductive set of pins disposed in the first terminal slots and having a plurality of conductive terminals; and

a second conductive set of pins disposed in the second terminal slots and having a plurality of conductive terminals, wherein each of the conductive terminals of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins has a contact portion, a bend portion, and a soldering portion, wherein the contact portions of the first conductive set of pins are disposed in the first terminal slots and the second conductive set of pins are disposed in the second terminal slots wherein the bend portions extend from the contact portions, bend multiple times, and end at the soldering portions, to form coplanar soldering portions of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins.

2. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 1, wherein the contact portions of the conductive terminals of the first conductive set of pins are disposed in the first terminal slots in the following sequence:

pin 1 is a hot plug detect terminal and is adjacent to pin 3,

pin 3 is a first high-speed signal terminal A and is adjacent to pins 1 and 5,

pin 5 is a first high-speed signal terminal B and is adjacent to pins 3 and 7,

pin 7 is a second high-speed signal shield terminal and is adjacent to pins 5 and 9,

pin 9 is a third high-speed signal terminal A and is adjacent to pins 7 and 11,

pin 11 is a third high-speed signal terminal B and is adjacent to pins 9 and 13,

pin 13 is a fourth high-speed clock signal shield terminal and is adjacent to pins 11 and 15,

pin 15 is a consumer electronics control terminal and is adjacent to pins 13 and 17,

pin 17 is a serial clock terminal and is adjacent to pins 15 and 19, and

pin 19 is a +5V power terminal and is adjacent to pin 17.

3. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 2, wherein a distance between the hot plug detect terminal and the first high-speed signal terminal A equals a distance between the serial clock terminal and the +5V power terminal, and the first high-speed signal terminal B, the second high-speed signal shield terminal, the third high-speed signal terminal A, the third high-speed signal terminal B, the fourth high-speed clock signal shield terminal, and the consumer electronics control terminal are arranged in sequence and spaced apart equidistantly.

4. The HDMI t e-D connector of claim 3, wherein a distance between the hot plug detect terminal and the first high-speed signal terminal A and a distance between the serial clock terminal and the +5V power terminal are shorter than a distance by which the first high-speed signal terminal B, the second high-speed signal shield terminal, the third high-speed signal terminal A, the third high-speed signal terminal B, the fourth high-speed clock signal shield terminal, and the consumer electronics control terminal are spaced apart.

5. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 1, wherein the contact portions of the conductive terminals of the second conductive set of pins are disposed in the second terminal slots in the following sequence:

pin 2 is a utility terminal and is adjacent to pin 4,

pin 4 is a first high-speed signal shield terminal and is adjacent to pins 2 and 6,

pin 6 is a second high-speed signal terminal A and is adjacent to pins 4 and 8,

pin 8 is a second high-speed signal terminal B and is adjacent to pins 6 and 10,

pin 10 is a third high-speed signal shield terminal and is adjacent to pins 8 and 12,

pin 12 is a fourth high-speed clock signal terminal A and is adjacent to pins 10 and 14,

pin 14 is a fourth high-speed clock signal terminal B and is adjacent to pins 12 and

pin 16 is a display data channel/consumer electronics control ground terminal and is adjacent to pins 14 and 18, and

pin 18 is a serial data terminal and is adjacent to pin 16.

6. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 5, wherein a distance between the utility terminal and the first high-speed signal shield terminal equals a distance between the display data channel/consumer electronics control ground terminal and the serial data terminal, wherein the second high-speed signal terminal A, the second high-speed signal terminal B, the third high-speed signal shield terminal, the fourth high-speed clock signal terminal A, and the fourth high-speed clock signal terminal B are arranged in sequence and spaced apart equidistantly.

7. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 6, wherein a distance between the utility terminal and the first high-speed signal shield terminal and a distance between the display data channel/consumer electronics control ground terminal and the serial data terminal are greater than a distance by which the second high-speed signal terminal A, the second high-speed signal terminal B, the third high-speed signal shield terminal, the fourth high-speed clock signal terminal A, and the fourth high-speed clock signal terminal B are spaced apart.

8. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 1, wherein the coplanar soldering portions of the conductive terminals of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins are in the following sequence:

a utility terminal, which is adjacent to

a hot plug detect terminal, which is adjacent to a first high-speed signal terminal A, which is adjacent to

a first high-speed signal shield terminal, which is adjacent to

a first high-speed signal terminal B, which is adjacent to

a second high-speed signal terminal A, which is adjacent to

a second high-speed signal shield terminal, which is adjacent to

a second high-speed signal terminal B, which is adjacent to

a third high-speed signal terminal A, which is adjacent to

a third high-speed signal shield terminal, which is adjacent to

a third high-speed signal terminal B, which is adjacent to

a fourth high-speed clock signal terminal A, which is adjacent to

a fourth high-speed clock signal shield terminal, which is adjacent to

a fourth high-speed clock signal terminal B, which is adjacent to

a display data channel/consumer electronics control ground terminal, which is adjacent to

a consumer electronics control terminal, which is adjacent to

a serial clock terminal, which is adjacent to

a +5V power terminal, which is adjacent to a serial data terminal.

9. The HDMI type-D connector of claim 1, wherein the coplanar soldering portions of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins are coupled to a circuit board on which a plurality of coplanar Surface Mount Technology contacts is disposed.

10. A HDMI t e-D connector, comprising:

a shield having a housing receiving opening and a bottom surface;

a housing disposed in the housing receiving opening and having a tongue, the tongue having first terminal slots disposed on a first side and second terminal slots disposed on an opposing second side;

a shield component removably attached to the bottom surface of the shield to prevent electromagnetic interference;

a first conductive set of pins disposed in the first terminal slots and having a plurality of conductive terminals; and

a second conductive set of pins disposed in the second terminal slots and having a plurality of conductive terminals, wherein each of the conductive terminals of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins has a contact portion, a bend portion, and a soldering portion, wherein the contact portions of the first conductive set of pins are disposed in the first terminal slots and the second conductive set of pins are disposed in the second terminal slots wherein the bend portions extend from the contact portions, bend multiple times, and end at the soldering portions, to form coplanar soldering portions of the first conductive set of pins and the second conductive set of pins.