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News Release from: Smiths Interconnect - Hypertac | Subject: FIIS
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 01 September 2004
Aerospace connectors take protection
onboard
A novel interconnect system enables military and aerospace companies to integrate chassis protection electronics within avionic interface connectors, reducing space, weight and cost.
The Hypertac Fully Integrated Interconnect System (FIIS) enables military and aerospace companies to integrate the major elements of chassis protection electronics within avionic interface connectors, thereby reducing space, weight and cost FIIS designs include the interface connector, voltage suppression semiconductors, lowpass filtering and motherboard assembly
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 May 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The modular approach minimises servicing cost: for example, voltage suppression devices can be quickly removed and replaced via the front face of the connector, thus obviating the need to disassemble the LRI chassis.
The FIIS connector is packaged in such a way that it minimises space and weight by using redundant areas within a typical LRI chassis - such as the space surrounding the interface connector.
A further benefit of the modular construction is that the design can be easily customised around specific equipment applications.
Steve Ashby, FIIS Product Manager explains: "Hypertac operates an open design culture and works in a concurrent environment to ensure optimised designs are delivered in the shortest possible time".
The FIIS programme is based on Hypertac's unique Hyperboloid contact technology that offers the highest levels of performance in demanding environments that are subject to extreme shock and vibration.
Low contact resistance also contributes to higher current and voltage ratings, and hence reduces contact size and overall weight and space.
The low mating force of the Hyperboloid contact also increases life, minimising service requirements.
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