A printed circuit board includes a plurality of layers including attachment layers and routing layers; and via patterns formed in the plurality of layers, each of the via patterns including first and second signal vias forming a differential signal pair, the first and second signal vias extending through at least the attachment layers; ground vias extending through at least the attachment layers, the ground vias including ground conductors; and shadow vias located adjacent to each of the first and second signal vias, wherein the shadow vias are free of conductive material in the attachment layers. The printed circuit board may further include slot vias extending through the attachment layers and located between via patterns.

A substrate inspection apparatus may include: a communication circuit; a plurality of light sources; an image sensor; at least one memory; and at least one processor. The processor may be configured to: generate insertion state information indicating an insertion state of each of a plurality of pins included in each of a plurality of first connectors by using the pattern light reflected from the pin tail of each of the plurality of pins; detect at least one second connector having an insertion defect by using the insertion reference information and the insertion state information of each of the plurality of pins; generate a control signal for adjusting at least one first process parameter, based on insertion state information for the plurality of pins included in the at least one second connector; and control the communication circuit to transmit the control signal to the connector insertion apparatus.

A method for producing a connecting device for connecting films with conductor tracks includes the steps of laying a first film with conductor tracks onto a forming die, applying a first lower shell of a plastic material onto a first end portion of the forming die, producing a cut-out and shifting the first film so that the cut-out lies completely on the first lower shell, applying upper conductor tracks of a conductive material onto the first lower shell so that the upper conductor tracks overlap with the conductor tracks of the first film, and applying a first upper shell of a plastic material onto the first lower shell so that the first film, the first lower shell and the first upper shell connect together by substance bonding to form a first connector. In this way, an integral connector can be provided on each film.

A flexible circuit board includes a main board, a first connecting plate, and a second connecting plate; a side surface of the first connecting plate is connected to a first side surface of the main board, and an included angle between the main board and the first connecting plate is a first preset angle; a side surface of the second connecting plate is connected to the first side surface of the main board, and an included angle between the main board and the second connecting plate is a second preset angle; and the first preset angle and the second preset angle are both greater than 0 degree and less than 180 degrees.

A shielding housing structure of an electric connector includes an insulating body including a first terminal slot for insertion of a first terminal set, a second terminal slot for insertion of a second terminal set, a socket for insertion of a preset board; a shielding housing having an accommodation space assembled with a top side of the insulating body, and top holes and lateral holes formed thereon, and an insertion hole formed on upper edges of lateral hole; and a movable cover having a top covering plate having top openings, and a side covering plate having lateral openings. The top covering plate is plugged into the insertion hole, and can be slid to a first position to form thermal convection ventilation holes on the shielding housing structure, or the top covering plate can be slid to a second position to form an enclosing status of the shielding housing.

The present disclosure relates to a connector and method for connecting a coaxial cable to a printed circuit board. The connector comprises: a connector, which comprises a cavity penetrating the connector, such that the connector body comprises a first opening and a second opening; an inner contact arranged in the cavity of the connector body, wherein the first end of the inner contact extends from the first opening and the second end of the internal contact is located in the cavity; a plurality of outer contacts arranged on the end face of the connector body, which extend in a direction perpendicular to the end face; a dielectric spacer provided in the cavity of the connector body for separating the inner contact from the plurality of outer contacts; and a bushing element being attachable to the outer conductor of the coaxial cable to form an electrical connection between the plurality of outer contacts of the connector and the outer conductor of the coaxial cable. The connector further comprises a recess formed by a third opening provided on its side, wherein the recess includes an inner peripheral surface and a bottom surface with a hole, and the bushing element can be placed in the recess.

An Insulation Displacement Contact Compliant connector system (IDCC) which includes a housing, header pins, and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB). Each header pin has at least a single barb to be retained into the housing. Each pin has a blade for contacting a wire. A compliant feature on the pin retains itself into holes in the PCB. The housing has a negative space similarly shaped to the pin. The housing includes a strain relief which provides a lead-in for a wire. When the system is fully assembled, the pins reside in the housing, and exit through the housing and into and through respective holes in the PCB. A wire can be inserted into the housing once the pins reside in the housing. There are several options for the assembly process including a) a pin-to-housing insertion process; b) a housing assembly-to-PCB process or a connector-to-PCB process; and c) a wired housing assembly-to-PCB assembly process or a wire harness-to-PCB assembly process.

A connector assembly for connecting a first electrical component to a second electrical component includes a circuit board which is electrically conductively connectable to the first electrical component. A plug unit is electrically conductively couplable, at a plug end, to a mating plug unit and is disposed on a first side of the circuit board. A light source is disposed on a second side of the circuit board opposite the first side. A light guide has an in-coupling region and an out-coupling region, and a through-hole in which the plug end of the plug unit is at least partially disposed. The light guide also has a light injection opening in which the light source is at least partially disposed. The in-coupling region is disposed on a side wall of the light injection opening, and the out-coupling region surrounds the through-hole.

A connector assembly includes housing for storing components of the connector assembly. The connector assembly further includes a cable including a cable center conductor, wherein the cable center conductor is configured as a signal conductor. The connector assembly also includes a first dielectric and an alignment dielectric. Each of the first dielectric and the alignment dielectric includes a path to guide the cable center conductor through an angle to a printed circuit board as the cable is axially inserted into the housing.

Electronic modules and methods of fabrication are described. In an embodiment, an electronic module includes a molded system-in-package, and a flexible circuit mounted on a side surface of a molding compound layer such that the flexible circuit is in electrical contact with a lateral interconnect exposed along the side surface of the molding compound layer.