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Many other communication standards provide equivalent or even higher data rate than USB 3.0, namely: PCIe gen 2.0 (5 Gbits/s),...

Architecture: from High-Speed to Super-SpeedUSB 3.0 consists of a physical super-speed bus in addition to the physical USB 2.0 bus...

The new USB 3.0 standard, also known as USB Super Speed, brings about an impressive ten time increase in bandwidth,...

Meanwhile D-Sub is an I/O connector it’s necessary to show it seperatly as the trend on the D-Sub market is...

Coming from the computer market, all these connectors can now be found everywhere, specially in our living room where any...

Wire-to-Wire (WTW), and Wire-to-Board (WTB) connectors are similar in materials and design, but differ in whether the mating occurs between...

Board-To-Board connectors (BTB) were originally used primarily at Level 2. Recent developments have extended their application to Level 3. BTB...

As noted previously, the definition of connector type is determined by several factors including the contact spring geometry, the housing...

Levels of Interconnection addresses where the connector is used within an electronic system. The location of the connector in the...

As noted previously, the environmental exposures for non-noble (tin) and noble (gold) plated contacts are different. The dominant degradation mechanism...