Slimmest wire-to-board connectors yet

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 19, 2001

Flint is offering customers its slimmest wire-to-board connectors yet, with the introduction of the DF19 from Hirose.

Flint is offering customers its slimmest wire-to-board connectors yet, with the introduction of the DF19 from Hirose.

These new 1.0mm pitch connectors stand just 1.7mm high, making the DF19 ideal for use as a LCD interface, or with ultra slim electronic equipment.

There are three versions of SMT headers, the standard version is mounted on top of the PCB in a conventional manner, whilst the other two versions (one in reverse orientation) straddle a cutout in the PCB and allow designers to reduce the overall packaged height even further.

The headers have a metal cover that forms part of the shielding/ground plane to improve performance and EMI compatibility.

This also provides a large flat pick up area enabling standard vacuum nozzles to be used for automatic placement straight from the tape and reel packaging (supplied as standard).

Flint offers three types of DF19 socket.

The discrete wire version has tin plated crimp contacts that can be used with 28 AWG cable, whilst still being able to handle 1A loads.

Other versions of the socket can be terminated with flat flexible shielded cable or miniature coaxial cable.

The connectors are fully shrouded and polarised, with two grounding points and detent latches to prevent the connectors coming apart through vibration or shock.