Card edge connector is made for mezzanines

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Apr 28, 2008

Connector enables flexible but stable spacing between parallel boards in mezzanine card applications.

The Harting Micro Card Edge connector is designed for surface mounting on 1.6mm-thick PCBs in mezzanine board configurations as well as in small pluggable daughterboard applications.

A key feature of the new connector in mezzanine applications is that it enables flexible but stable spacing between parallel boards to be achieved in configurations where small boards of different lengths are plugged between the connectors.

The Harting Micro Card Edge connector allows data transfer rates up to 14Gbit/s, and is available with 40 or 100 contacts in 0.8mm pitch.

An extremely smooth contact surface is achieved by the use of high-performance stamping tools, while a special surface finish ensures low insertion forces and high contact reliability.

The connector is also optimised for high-volume manufacturing with tape-and-reel packaging and pick-and-place machinery.