Tag: Connectors

The purpose of connector testing is to evaluate the performance of a connector in its intended application. Three questions must ...

Housing design considerations are different for signal, low current and voltage, and power, high current and voltage, connectors. For signal ...

In some cases the selection of an appropriate polymer for a connector housing is determined by a particular advantage or ...

In Chapter I/1.2.1 Connector Housing, the four major functions of a connector housing were identified as: Electrical insulation: All of ...

As per the IPC-A-610D, a compliant solder joint must fill at least 75% of the free volume between the pin ...

As noted previously, the THR reflow practice is basically identical to the SMT reflow practice. As such, it can be ...

Whenever possible, it is desirable to use automatic pick and place technologies to insert the connectors into the PCB PTH. ...

Basically, pins can be round or any rectangular shape, as shown in Figure 2.95. The pin geometry plays an important ...

The solder paste is applied to the PCB and a subsequent squeegee pass is used to push the paste into ...

The solder paste volume on the PCB surface will be determined by the thickness and area of the stencil opening. ...