CA2576282A1 - High speed differential transmission structures without grounds - Google Patents
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Abstract
A high-speed electrical connector is disclosed. The high-speed electrical connector connects a first electrical device having a first ground reference to a second electrical device having a second ground reference. The connector, which includes a connector housing and a signal contact, is devoid of any ground connection that is adapted to electrically connect the first ground reference and the second ground reference.
Description
HIGH SPEED DIFFERENTIAg, TRAI"qSMISSION STRUCTURES WITHOUT
GROUNDS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Generally, the invention relates to the field of electrical connectors.
More particularly, the invention relates to lightweigl7t, low cost, high density electrical connectors that provide impedance controlled, high speed, low interference communications, even in the absence of ground contacts adapted to connect the ground plane on one electrical device to another ground plane in another electrical device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
GROUNDS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Generally, the invention relates to the field of electrical connectors.
More particularly, the invention relates to lightweigl7t, low cost, high density electrical connectors that provide impedance controlled, high speed, low interference communications, even in the absence of ground contacts adapted to connect the ground plane on one electrical device to another ground plane in another electrical device.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Electrical connectors provide signal connections between electronic devices using signal contacts. Often, the signal contacts are so closely spaced that undesirable interference, or "cross talk," occurs between adjacent signal contacts. Cross talk occurs when a signal on one signal contact induces electrical interference in an adjacent signal contact due to intermingling electrical fields, thereby compromising signal integrity. Witli electronic device miniaturization and high speed, high signal integrity electronic communications becoming more prevalent, the reduction of noise becomes a significant factor in connector design.
[0003] One known method for reducing signal interference includes the use of ground connections that connect the ground reference of a first, or "near-end,"
electrical device to the ground reference of a second, or "far-end," electrical device. The terms "near end" and "far end"
are relative terms cornmonly used in the electrical connector field to refer to the ground references of the devices that the connector connects. The near-end device is the device that rransmits a 51gna1 tnrougn tne slgnal contacts; tne rar-enct oevlce is tne ctevlce tnat receives the signal. The near end is the transmission side9 the far end is the receiver side. The ground connections help to provide a common reference point in the electrical system such that the signal integrity of the signal passed from the near-end device througll the connector to the far-end device is maintained.
electrical device to the ground reference of a second, or "far-end," electrical device. The terms "near end" and "far end"
are relative terms cornmonly used in the electrical connector field to refer to the ground references of the devices that the connector connects. The near-end device is the device that rransmits a 51gna1 tnrougn tne slgnal contacts; tne rar-enct oevlce is tne ctevlce tnat receives the signal. The near end is the transmission side9 the far end is the receiver side. The ground connections help to provide a common reference point in the electrical system such that the signal integrity of the signal passed from the near-end device througll the connector to the far-end device is maintained.
[0004] Though some prior art electrical connectors do not have ground connections that connect near- and far-end ground references, such prior art electrical connectors operate at relatively slow speeds (e.g., <1 Gb/s). Such slower speed applications typically do not need a common reference point to maintain signal integrity. Some slower speed applications for electrical coimectors with no connecting grounds include, for example, tip and ring on a telephone line.
[0005] There is a need, however, for a high speed electrical connector (i. e.
, operating above 1 Gb/s and typically in the range of about 10-20 Gb/s) that is devoid of ground connections between the ground reference of a near-end electrical device and the ground reference of a far-end electrical device to help increase density.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
, operating above 1 Gb/s and typically in the range of about 10-20 Gb/s) that is devoid of ground connections between the ground reference of a near-end electrical device and the ground reference of a far-end electrical device to help increase density.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] The invention provides a high-speed electrical connector (operating above 1 Gb/s and typically in the range of about 2 Gb/sec-20 Gb/s) that is devoid of any ground connections within the array that comlect the ground reference of one electrical device connected to the connector to the ground reference of another electrical device connected to the connector.
[0007] Particularly, in one embodiment of the invention, a high speed electrical connector is disclosed that connects a first electrical device having a first ground reference to a second electrical device having a second ground reference. The connector, which may include a connector housing and one or more signal contacts, is devoid of any ground connection between the ground reference of a first electrical device connected to the connector and the ground reference of a second electrical device connected to the connector.
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] The invention is further described in the detailed description that follows, by reference to the noted drawings by way of non-limiting illustrative embodiments of the invention, in which like reference numerals represent similar parts throughout the drawings, and wherein:
[eauu~, r~iu, b aepicts an exan7pie oi a aitierentiai signai pair in an eiectricai connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0010] FIG. 2 depicts another example of a differential signal pair in an electrical connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0011] FIG. 3 depicts a differential signal pair in an electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0012] FIGs. 4A-C illustrate differential impedance test results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGS 2 and 3, respectively;
[0013] FIG. 5 illustrates differential insertion loss tests results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGS 2 and 3, respectively;
[0014] FIG. 6A illustrates eye pattern test results using a 6.25 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0015] FIG. 6B illustrates eye pattern test results using a 10 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0016] FIG. 7A and 7B illustrate jitter and eye height test results using a 6.25 and 10 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0017] FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a typical mezzanine-style electrical connector;
[0018] FIG. 8B is a perspective view of an exemplary mezzanine-style electrical connector having a header portion and a receptacle portion in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0019] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a header insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0020] FIG. 10 is a top view of a plurality of header assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0021] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a receptacle insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0022] FIG. 12 is a top view of a plurality of receptacle assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0023] FIG. 13 is a top view of another plurality of receptacle assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and [UuZU- l 11 IU, 114. is a perspective view ot an operativety connectea neaoer anct receptacie insert molded lead assenlbly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED I1~~SCRT1PT1I PT OF ILLUSTRATIVE lEMBGDIIh/11EI1\1T5 [0025] FIG. 1 depicts an example of a differential signal pair in an electrical connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device. Particularly, FIG. 1 shows a printed circuit board 110 having a differential signal pair 100 disposed thereon.
Differential signal pair 100 comprises two signal contacts 105A and 105B, and is adjacent to a ground plane 120. As illustrated, the ground plane 120 extends from one end of the signal pair 105A
and 105B to the other, and is adapted to connect the ground references of near-end and far-end electrical devices (not shown).
[0026] For description purposes, the board 110 maybe divided into five regions R1-R5.
In the first region, Rl, respective SMA coimectors 150 with threaded mounts comiected thereto are attached to the respective ends of the signal contacts 105A and 105B. The SMA connectors in region Rl are used to electrically connect a signal generator (not shown) to the signal pair 100 such that a differential signal can be driven througli the signal pair 100. In region Rl, the two signal contacts 105A and 105B are separated by a distance L, with both contacts being adjacent to the ground plane 120. In region Rl, the ground plane 120 helps to maintain the signal integrity of the signal passing through signal contacts 105A and 105B.
[0027] In the second region, R2, the signal contacts 105A and 105B jog together until they are separated by a distance L2. In region R3, the signal contacts 105A
and 105B are positioned to simulate a differential pair of signal contacts as such contacts might be positioned relative to one another in a high-density, high-speed electrical connector.
[0028] In the fourth region, R4, the signal contacts 105A and 105B jog apart until separated by a distance L. In region R5, the two signal contacts 105A and 105B
are separated by a distance L, with both contacts 105A and 105B being adjacent to the ground plane 120. Also in region R5, respective SMA connectors 150 having threaded mounts connected thereto are attached to respective ends of the signal contacts 105A and 105B. The SMA
connectors in region R5 are used to electrically connect the signal contacts 105A and 105B
to a signal receiver (not shown) that receives the electrical signals passed through the signal pair 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the ground plane is present in all regions Rl through R5.
[0029] FIG. 2 illustrates another configuration of a ground plane on a printed circuit board that is adapted to connect the ground plane on one electrical device to the ground plane on another electrical device. FIG. 2 shows a printed circuit board 210 having a differential signal pair 2UU thereon. 1)itterentlal signal pair L6JU compnses ,ro signal conlacts L2~cJA ano z'Ut5.
Though not shown in FIG. 2, respective SMA connectors were attached for test purposes to the ends of the signal contacts 250A and 250B.
[0030] The printed circuit board 210 contains a ground plane 220. The ground plane 220 is illustrated as the darker region on the printed circuit board 210.
Thus, as shown, the ground plane 220 is not adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B along their entire lengths.
[0031] The ground plane 220 comprises three portions 220A, 220B, and 220C. In portions 220A and 220B, the ground plane is adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B.
Ground plane portion 220C is not adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B. In this manner, the lack of a ground adjacent to signal contacts 250A and 250B
simulates a high speed electrical connector that lacks a ground contact adjacent to the pair of signal contacts 250A and 250B.
[0032] As shown in FIG. 2, ground plane portion 220C connects ground plane portions 220A and 220B. In this manner, though not adjacent to signal contacts 250A and 250B in region R3, the ground plane 220 extends along the entire length L of the circuit board 210, and is adapted to comiect the ground references of near-end and far-end electrical devices.
[0033] FIG. 3 depicts a differential signal pair 300 in an electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device. As shown, the differential signal pair 300 is disposed on a printed circuit board 310 and comprises two signal contacts 350A and 350B. Each end of signal contacts 350A and 350B has a respective SMA connector 150 with a threaded mount connected thereto to connect the signal pair 300 between a signal generator (not shown) and a signal receiver (not shown). The printed circuit board 310 contains a ground plane 320, which is illustrated as the darker region on printed circuit board 310.
As shown, the ground plane 320 comprises two regions 320A and 320B. In portions 320A and 320B, the ground plane is adjacent the signal contacts 350A and 350B.
[0034] By contrast with the differential signal pair 200 on printed circuit 210 of FIG. 2, there is no ground plane that connects ground portions 320A and 320B. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the ground planes are severed at points 330, thereby eliminating any ground connection that connects the near-end ground reference to the far-end ground reference.
In other words, the connector depicted in FIG. 3 is a high speed electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection between the ground reference of a first electrical device connected to the connector and the ground reference of a second electrical device connected to the connector. Further, the connector depicted in FIG. 3 is devoid of any ground contacts adjacent to the signal contacts.
.. :, [0035] The electrical connectors depicted in FIGs. 2 and 3 were subject to a number of tests to deterrnine whether the removal of ground connection between the ground reference of one electrical device and the ground reference of another electrical device affected the signal integrity of a high-speed signal passing through the differential signal pair.
In other words, a high-speed electrical connector that was devoid of any ground connections between the ground on a near-end electrical device and the ground on a far-end electrical device was tested to see whether the connector was suitable for impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications.
[0036] For testing purposes, a test signal was generated in a signal generator (not shown) that was connected to the end of each of the signal contacts in region Rl of boards 110, 210 and 310. A signal receiver (not shown) was attached to the other end of signal contacts in region R5 of boards 110, 210, and 310. A test signal was then driven through boards 110, 210, and 310 to determine whether the signal receiver received the generated signal without significant loss.
[0037] Impedance tests were performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3.
Specifically, iinpedance tests were conducted to determine whether the removal of a continuous ground from the near end of the connector to the far end of the connector adversely affected the impedance. FIGs. 4A-C illustrate various differential iinpedance test results as perfomled on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3. It should be appreciated that as the data points in the graphs move from left to right along the x-axis (time), the data points depict the impedance of the signal pair as the signal moves sequentially through regions Rl-R5 of the tested boards.
[0038] FIG. 4A shows the differential impedance test results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3, respectively. As shown, differential impedance, illustrated along the y-axis, was measured in ohms. Time, illustrated along the x-axis, was scaled to 200-ps divisions.
[0039] The differential impedance test results for the differential signal pair 200 is represented by the line 400 in graph FIG. 4A. The differential impedance test results for the differential signal pair 300 is represented by the line 410. It is clear that the test results for the two differential signal pairs 200 and 300 are substantially the same. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal passed through R3 on board 310 (i.e. the board or electrical connector having no connection between the grounds on the electrical devices), the greatest deviation from the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 109.5 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that in FIG. 4A the impedance of differential signal pair 300, despite iacKing a gr una connection tnat connectect tne grouncts ot the electrical devices attached to the board, remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0040] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the differential impedance of the signal pair 300 may be adjusted by widening the traces of the differential signal pair. Consequently, the width of the signal traces and the resulting impedance of the differential signal pair may be customized to suit the constuner's specific application and specification for the connector. Additionally, the impedance of the differential signal pair may also be adjusted by moving the signal traces closer together or farther apart. The distance between the signal traces and the resulting impedance may be customized to suit a consumer's specific application and specification for the connector.
[0041] FIG. 4B illustrates the measured impedance of differential signal pair 200 after introducing various degrees of skew. Specifically, skews of 0-20 ps were introduced and the impedance of differential signal pair 200 was measured at each level of introduced skew. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal passed through R3 on board 210 (i.e. the board or electrical connector having no ground adjacent to the signal pair), the greatest deviation of the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 110 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that at all times the impedance of differential signal pair 200 remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0042] FIG. 4C illustrates the measured impedance of differential signal pair 300 after introducing various degrees of skew. Specifically, skews of 0-20 ps were introduced and the impedance of differential signal pair 300 was measured at each level of introduced skew. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal was passed through R3 on board 310 (i.e., the board or electrical connector having no ground connection between the grounds on the electrical devices), the greatest deviation of the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 108 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that at all times the impedance of differential signal pair 300 remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0043] By comparison of the plots provided in FIGS. 4B and 4C, it may be understood that, even witllout any ground connection comiecting the ground reference of a near-end electrical device with the ground reference of a far-end electrical device, the differential impedance between the connectors that form the signal pair remained within accepted industry standards.
[0044] FIG. 5 illustrates differential insertion loss test results as performed on the differential signal pair of FIGs. 2 and 3, respectively. As shown, the differential insertion loss test results for differential signal pair 200 are represented by the line 500.
The differential insertion loss test results f r clitterential signal pair .illU are representefl 13y tne line -) 1V. It is clear that the test results for the two differential signal pairs 200 and 300 are substantially the same. Particularly, the 3 dB point, which represents the point at which 50 /
of the power has been lost, occurs at roughly 10 Ghz for both differential signal pair 200 and for differential signal pair 300.
[0045] FIGs. 6A and 6B show the results of the eye pattern testing performed on the differential pair 300 of FIG 3. Eye pattern testing is used to measure signal integrity as a result of various causes of signal degradation including, for example, reflection, radiation, cross talk, loss, attenuation, and jitter. Specifically, in eye pattern testing, sequential square wave signals are sent through a transmission path from a transmitter to a receiver. In the present case, sequential square waves were sent througll the signal contacts of boards 110, 210, and 310. In a perfect transinission path (one with no loss), the received signal will be an exact replica of the transmitted square wave. However, because loss is inevitable, loss causes the square wave to morph into an image that is similar to a human eye, hence the term eye pattern testing.
Specifically, the corners of the square wave become rounder and less like a right angle.
[0046] In terms of signal integrity, a signal has better integrity as the eye pattern becomes wider and taller. As the signal suffers from loss or attenuation, the vertical height of the eye becomes shorter. As the signal suffers from jitter caused for example by skew, the horizontal width of the eye becomes less. The height and width of the eye may be measured by building a mask in the interior of the eye. A mask may be a rectangle having its four corners tangent to the created eye pattern. The dimensions of the mask may then be calculated to determine the signal integrity of the transmitted signal.
[0047] As illustrated in FIG. 6A, eye pattern testing was performed at 6.25 Gb/s on the differential signal pair 300 of FIG. 3 with introduced skew of 0 ps, 2 ps, 4 ps, 6 ps, 8 ps, 10 ps, 20 ps, 50 ps, and 100ps. Prior to testing, it was believed that by removing the continuous ground from printed circuit board 120 (or a high speed connector) and introducing various levels of skew with a test signal of 6.25 Gb/s, the resulting eye pattern would be unacceptable and such signal transmission configuration unsuitable for use in a high speed electrical connector. As shown in FIG. 6A, the eye pattern test results are considered commercially acceptable for certain applications.
[0048] As illustrated in FIG. 6B, eye pattern testing was performed at 10 Gb/s on the differential signal pair 300 of FIG. 3 with introduced skew of 0 ps, 2 ps, 4 ps, 6 ps, 8 ps, 10 ps, 20 ps, and 50 ps. Prior to testing, it was believed that by removing the continuous ground from printed circuit board 120 (or a high speed connector) and introducing various levels of skew with a test signai ot iu ue/sq tne resulting eye patterri would be unacceptable and such signal transmission configuration unsuitable for use in a high speed electrical connector. As shown in FIG. 6B, the eye patterrb test results are considered commercially acceptable for certain applications.
[0049] FIGs. 7A and 7B are tables that quantitatively show the results of the eye pattern testing as performed on differential signal pair 300. FIG. 7A shows jitter measurements from signal pair 300 when test signals of 6.25 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s were passed therethrough. Jitter is determined by measuring the horizontal dimension of the mask in the eye pattem.. As shown in FIG. 7A, when 200ps of skew was introduced in signal pair 300 at 6.25 Gb/s, the resulting jitter could not be measured. In other words, too much skew rendered the eye pattern unreadable.
Also, when 100ps and 200ps of skew was introduced in signal pair 300 at 10 Gb/s, the resulting jitter could not be measured because of too much skew.
[0050] FIG. 7B shows the eye height taken at 40% of the unit interval of the signal pair 300 when test signals of 6.25 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s were passed therethrough. As shown in FIG. 7B, when 200ps of skew was introduced in pair 300 at 6.25 Gb/s, the eye height and jitter could not be measured because of too much skew. Also, when 100ps and 200ps of skew was introduced in pair 300 at 10 Gb/s, the eye height could not be measured because of too much skew.
[0051] FIG. 8A depicts a typical mezzanine-style connector assembly. It will be appreciated that a mezzanine comiector is a high-density stacking connector used for parallel connection of one electrical device such as, a printed circuit board, to another electrical device, such as another printed circuit board or the like. The mezzanine connector assembly 800 illustrated in FIG. 8A comprises a receptacle 810 and header 820.
[0052] In this manner, an electrical device may electrically mate with receptacle portion 810 via apertures 812. Another electrical device may electrically mate with header portion 820 via ball contacts. Consequently, once header portion 820 and receptacle portion 810 of comlector 800 are electrically mated, the two electrical devices that are connected to the header and receptacle are also electrically mated via mezzanine connector 800. It should be appreciated that the electrical devices can mate with the connector 800 in any number of ways without departing from the principles of the present invention.
[0053] Receptacle 810 may include a receptacle housing 810A and a plurality of receptacle grounds 811 arranged around the perimeter of the receptacle housing 810A, and header 820 may include a header housing 820A and a plurality of header grounds 821 arranged around the perimeter of the header housing 820A. The receptacle housing 810A
and the header housing 820A may be made of any commercially suitable insulating material. The header WO 2006/020351,. PCT/US2005/026057 grounds 821 and the receptacle grounds 811 serve to connect the ground reference of an electrical device that is connected to the header 820 to the ground reference of an electrical device that is connected to the receptacle 810. The header 820 also contains header II+/1LAs (not individually labeled in FIG. 8A for clarity) and the receptacle 810 contains receptacle IMLAs 1000.
[0054] Receptacle connector 810 may contain alignment pins 850. Alignment pins mate with alignment sockets 852 found in header 820. The alignment pins 820 and alignment sockets 852 serve to align the header 820 and the receptacle 810 during mating. Further, the alignment pins 820 and alignment sockets 852 serve to reduce any lateral movement that may occur once the header 820 and receptacle 810 are mated. It should be appreciated that numerous ways to connect the header portion 820 and receptacle portion 810 may be used without departing from the principles of the invention.
[0055] FIG. 8B is a perspective view of an electrical connector in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. As shown, the connector 900 may have a receptacle portion 910 and a header portion 920. Receptacle 910 may include a receptacle housing 910A
and header 920 may include a header housing 920A. Unlike the connector 800 depicted in FIG. 8A, the connector 900 depicted in FIG. 8B may be devoid of header grounds arranged around the perimeter of the header housing 920A and of receptacle grounds arranged around the perimeter of the receptacle housing 910A.
[0056] An electrical device may electrically mate with the receptacle portion 910 via apertures 912. Another electrical device may electrically mate with the header portion 920 via ball contacts, for example. Consequently, once header portion 920 and receptacle portion 910 of connector 900 are electrically mated, the two electrical devices are electrically mated via connector 900. It should be appreciated that the electrical devices can mate with the connector 900 in any number of ways without departing from the principles of the present invention.
[0057] The header 920 also contains header IMLAs (not individually labeled in FIG.
8B for clarity) and the receptacle 910 contains receptacle IMLAs 1000. It will be appreciated that the receptacle 910 and header 920 can be mated to operatively connect the receptacle and header IMLAs. For example, and in one embodiment of the invention, protrusions 922 in the corners of receptacle 910 may aid the connection between the receptacle 910 and the header 920.
In this manner, protrusions 922 may be adapted to create in interference fit with complementary recesses 925 in the header portion 920 of the connector 900. It should be appreciated that numerous ways to connect the header portion 920 and receptacle portion 910 may be used without departing from the principles of the invention.
[eauu~, r~iu, b aepicts an exan7pie oi a aitierentiai signai pair in an eiectricai connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0010] FIG. 2 depicts another example of a differential signal pair in an electrical connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0011] FIG. 3 depicts a differential signal pair in an electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device;
[0012] FIGs. 4A-C illustrate differential impedance test results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGS 2 and 3, respectively;
[0013] FIG. 5 illustrates differential insertion loss tests results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGS 2 and 3, respectively;
[0014] FIG. 6A illustrates eye pattern test results using a 6.25 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0015] FIG. 6B illustrates eye pattern test results using a 10 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0016] FIG. 7A and 7B illustrate jitter and eye height test results using a 6.25 and 10 Gb/s test signal as performed on the differential signal pair of FIG. 3;
[0017] FIG. 8A is a perspective view of a typical mezzanine-style electrical connector;
[0018] FIG. 8B is a perspective view of an exemplary mezzanine-style electrical connector having a header portion and a receptacle portion in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0019] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a header insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0020] FIG. 10 is a top view of a plurality of header assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0021] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a receptacle insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0022] FIG. 12 is a top view of a plurality of receptacle assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention;
[0023] FIG. 13 is a top view of another plurality of receptacle assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention; and [UuZU- l 11 IU, 114. is a perspective view ot an operativety connectea neaoer anct receptacie insert molded lead assenlbly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention.
DETAILED I1~~SCRT1PT1I PT OF ILLUSTRATIVE lEMBGDIIh/11EI1\1T5 [0025] FIG. 1 depicts an example of a differential signal pair in an electrical connector having a ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device. Particularly, FIG. 1 shows a printed circuit board 110 having a differential signal pair 100 disposed thereon.
Differential signal pair 100 comprises two signal contacts 105A and 105B, and is adjacent to a ground plane 120. As illustrated, the ground plane 120 extends from one end of the signal pair 105A
and 105B to the other, and is adapted to connect the ground references of near-end and far-end electrical devices (not shown).
[0026] For description purposes, the board 110 maybe divided into five regions R1-R5.
In the first region, Rl, respective SMA coimectors 150 with threaded mounts comiected thereto are attached to the respective ends of the signal contacts 105A and 105B. The SMA connectors in region Rl are used to electrically connect a signal generator (not shown) to the signal pair 100 such that a differential signal can be driven througli the signal pair 100. In region Rl, the two signal contacts 105A and 105B are separated by a distance L, with both contacts being adjacent to the ground plane 120. In region Rl, the ground plane 120 helps to maintain the signal integrity of the signal passing through signal contacts 105A and 105B.
[0027] In the second region, R2, the signal contacts 105A and 105B jog together until they are separated by a distance L2. In region R3, the signal contacts 105A
and 105B are positioned to simulate a differential pair of signal contacts as such contacts might be positioned relative to one another in a high-density, high-speed electrical connector.
[0028] In the fourth region, R4, the signal contacts 105A and 105B jog apart until separated by a distance L. In region R5, the two signal contacts 105A and 105B
are separated by a distance L, with both contacts 105A and 105B being adjacent to the ground plane 120. Also in region R5, respective SMA connectors 150 having threaded mounts connected thereto are attached to respective ends of the signal contacts 105A and 105B. The SMA
connectors in region R5 are used to electrically connect the signal contacts 105A and 105B
to a signal receiver (not shown) that receives the electrical signals passed through the signal pair 100. As shown in FIG. 1, the ground plane is present in all regions Rl through R5.
[0029] FIG. 2 illustrates another configuration of a ground plane on a printed circuit board that is adapted to connect the ground plane on one electrical device to the ground plane on another electrical device. FIG. 2 shows a printed circuit board 210 having a differential signal pair 2UU thereon. 1)itterentlal signal pair L6JU compnses ,ro signal conlacts L2~cJA ano z'Ut5.
Though not shown in FIG. 2, respective SMA connectors were attached for test purposes to the ends of the signal contacts 250A and 250B.
[0030] The printed circuit board 210 contains a ground plane 220. The ground plane 220 is illustrated as the darker region on the printed circuit board 210.
Thus, as shown, the ground plane 220 is not adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B along their entire lengths.
[0031] The ground plane 220 comprises three portions 220A, 220B, and 220C. In portions 220A and 220B, the ground plane is adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B.
Ground plane portion 220C is not adjacent to the signal contacts 250A and 250B. In this manner, the lack of a ground adjacent to signal contacts 250A and 250B
simulates a high speed electrical connector that lacks a ground contact adjacent to the pair of signal contacts 250A and 250B.
[0032] As shown in FIG. 2, ground plane portion 220C connects ground plane portions 220A and 220B. In this manner, though not adjacent to signal contacts 250A and 250B in region R3, the ground plane 220 extends along the entire length L of the circuit board 210, and is adapted to comiect the ground references of near-end and far-end electrical devices.
[0033] FIG. 3 depicts a differential signal pair 300 in an electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection adapted to connect the ground reference of a first electrical device with the ground reference of a second electrical device. As shown, the differential signal pair 300 is disposed on a printed circuit board 310 and comprises two signal contacts 350A and 350B. Each end of signal contacts 350A and 350B has a respective SMA connector 150 with a threaded mount connected thereto to connect the signal pair 300 between a signal generator (not shown) and a signal receiver (not shown). The printed circuit board 310 contains a ground plane 320, which is illustrated as the darker region on printed circuit board 310.
As shown, the ground plane 320 comprises two regions 320A and 320B. In portions 320A and 320B, the ground plane is adjacent the signal contacts 350A and 350B.
[0034] By contrast with the differential signal pair 200 on printed circuit 210 of FIG. 2, there is no ground plane that connects ground portions 320A and 320B. That is, as shown in FIG. 3, the ground planes are severed at points 330, thereby eliminating any ground connection that connects the near-end ground reference to the far-end ground reference.
In other words, the connector depicted in FIG. 3 is a high speed electrical connector that is devoid of any ground connection between the ground reference of a first electrical device connected to the connector and the ground reference of a second electrical device connected to the connector. Further, the connector depicted in FIG. 3 is devoid of any ground contacts adjacent to the signal contacts.
.. :, [0035] The electrical connectors depicted in FIGs. 2 and 3 were subject to a number of tests to deterrnine whether the removal of ground connection between the ground reference of one electrical device and the ground reference of another electrical device affected the signal integrity of a high-speed signal passing through the differential signal pair.
In other words, a high-speed electrical connector that was devoid of any ground connections between the ground on a near-end electrical device and the ground on a far-end electrical device was tested to see whether the connector was suitable for impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications.
[0036] For testing purposes, a test signal was generated in a signal generator (not shown) that was connected to the end of each of the signal contacts in region Rl of boards 110, 210 and 310. A signal receiver (not shown) was attached to the other end of signal contacts in region R5 of boards 110, 210, and 310. A test signal was then driven through boards 110, 210, and 310 to determine whether the signal receiver received the generated signal without significant loss.
[0037] Impedance tests were performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3.
Specifically, iinpedance tests were conducted to determine whether the removal of a continuous ground from the near end of the connector to the far end of the connector adversely affected the impedance. FIGs. 4A-C illustrate various differential iinpedance test results as perfomled on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3. It should be appreciated that as the data points in the graphs move from left to right along the x-axis (time), the data points depict the impedance of the signal pair as the signal moves sequentially through regions Rl-R5 of the tested boards.
[0038] FIG. 4A shows the differential impedance test results as performed on the differential signal pairs of FIGs. 2 and 3, respectively. As shown, differential impedance, illustrated along the y-axis, was measured in ohms. Time, illustrated along the x-axis, was scaled to 200-ps divisions.
[0039] The differential impedance test results for the differential signal pair 200 is represented by the line 400 in graph FIG. 4A. The differential impedance test results for the differential signal pair 300 is represented by the line 410. It is clear that the test results for the two differential signal pairs 200 and 300 are substantially the same. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal passed through R3 on board 310 (i.e. the board or electrical connector having no connection between the grounds on the electrical devices), the greatest deviation from the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 109.5 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that in FIG. 4A the impedance of differential signal pair 300, despite iacKing a gr una connection tnat connectect tne grouncts ot the electrical devices attached to the board, remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0040] In accordance with another aspect of the present invention, the differential impedance of the signal pair 300 may be adjusted by widening the traces of the differential signal pair. Consequently, the width of the signal traces and the resulting impedance of the differential signal pair may be customized to suit the constuner's specific application and specification for the connector. Additionally, the impedance of the differential signal pair may also be adjusted by moving the signal traces closer together or farther apart. The distance between the signal traces and the resulting impedance may be customized to suit a consumer's specific application and specification for the connector.
[0041] FIG. 4B illustrates the measured impedance of differential signal pair 200 after introducing various degrees of skew. Specifically, skews of 0-20 ps were introduced and the impedance of differential signal pair 200 was measured at each level of introduced skew. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal passed through R3 on board 210 (i.e. the board or electrical connector having no ground adjacent to the signal pair), the greatest deviation of the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 110 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that at all times the impedance of differential signal pair 200 remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0042] FIG. 4C illustrates the measured impedance of differential signal pair 300 after introducing various degrees of skew. Specifically, skews of 0-20 ps were introduced and the impedance of differential signal pair 300 was measured at each level of introduced skew. In fact, from viewing the test results when the test signal was passed through R3 on board 310 (i.e., the board or electrical connector having no ground connection between the grounds on the electrical devices), the greatest deviation of the controlled impedance of 100 ohms was roughly 108 ohms at point A. It should be appreciated that at all times the impedance of differential signal pair 300 remained within the industry standard deviation of 10%.
[0043] By comparison of the plots provided in FIGS. 4B and 4C, it may be understood that, even witllout any ground connection comiecting the ground reference of a near-end electrical device with the ground reference of a far-end electrical device, the differential impedance between the connectors that form the signal pair remained within accepted industry standards.
[0044] FIG. 5 illustrates differential insertion loss test results as performed on the differential signal pair of FIGs. 2 and 3, respectively. As shown, the differential insertion loss test results for differential signal pair 200 are represented by the line 500.
The differential insertion loss test results f r clitterential signal pair .illU are representefl 13y tne line -) 1V. It is clear that the test results for the two differential signal pairs 200 and 300 are substantially the same. Particularly, the 3 dB point, which represents the point at which 50 /
of the power has been lost, occurs at roughly 10 Ghz for both differential signal pair 200 and for differential signal pair 300.
[0045] FIGs. 6A and 6B show the results of the eye pattern testing performed on the differential pair 300 of FIG 3. Eye pattern testing is used to measure signal integrity as a result of various causes of signal degradation including, for example, reflection, radiation, cross talk, loss, attenuation, and jitter. Specifically, in eye pattern testing, sequential square wave signals are sent through a transmission path from a transmitter to a receiver. In the present case, sequential square waves were sent througll the signal contacts of boards 110, 210, and 310. In a perfect transinission path (one with no loss), the received signal will be an exact replica of the transmitted square wave. However, because loss is inevitable, loss causes the square wave to morph into an image that is similar to a human eye, hence the term eye pattern testing.
Specifically, the corners of the square wave become rounder and less like a right angle.
[0046] In terms of signal integrity, a signal has better integrity as the eye pattern becomes wider and taller. As the signal suffers from loss or attenuation, the vertical height of the eye becomes shorter. As the signal suffers from jitter caused for example by skew, the horizontal width of the eye becomes less. The height and width of the eye may be measured by building a mask in the interior of the eye. A mask may be a rectangle having its four corners tangent to the created eye pattern. The dimensions of the mask may then be calculated to determine the signal integrity of the transmitted signal.
[0047] As illustrated in FIG. 6A, eye pattern testing was performed at 6.25 Gb/s on the differential signal pair 300 of FIG. 3 with introduced skew of 0 ps, 2 ps, 4 ps, 6 ps, 8 ps, 10 ps, 20 ps, 50 ps, and 100ps. Prior to testing, it was believed that by removing the continuous ground from printed circuit board 120 (or a high speed connector) and introducing various levels of skew with a test signal of 6.25 Gb/s, the resulting eye pattern would be unacceptable and such signal transmission configuration unsuitable for use in a high speed electrical connector. As shown in FIG. 6A, the eye pattern test results are considered commercially acceptable for certain applications.
[0048] As illustrated in FIG. 6B, eye pattern testing was performed at 10 Gb/s on the differential signal pair 300 of FIG. 3 with introduced skew of 0 ps, 2 ps, 4 ps, 6 ps, 8 ps, 10 ps, 20 ps, and 50 ps. Prior to testing, it was believed that by removing the continuous ground from printed circuit board 120 (or a high speed connector) and introducing various levels of skew with a test signai ot iu ue/sq tne resulting eye patterri would be unacceptable and such signal transmission configuration unsuitable for use in a high speed electrical connector. As shown in FIG. 6B, the eye patterrb test results are considered commercially acceptable for certain applications.
[0049] FIGs. 7A and 7B are tables that quantitatively show the results of the eye pattern testing as performed on differential signal pair 300. FIG. 7A shows jitter measurements from signal pair 300 when test signals of 6.25 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s were passed therethrough. Jitter is determined by measuring the horizontal dimension of the mask in the eye pattem.. As shown in FIG. 7A, when 200ps of skew was introduced in signal pair 300 at 6.25 Gb/s, the resulting jitter could not be measured. In other words, too much skew rendered the eye pattern unreadable.
Also, when 100ps and 200ps of skew was introduced in signal pair 300 at 10 Gb/s, the resulting jitter could not be measured because of too much skew.
[0050] FIG. 7B shows the eye height taken at 40% of the unit interval of the signal pair 300 when test signals of 6.25 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s were passed therethrough. As shown in FIG. 7B, when 200ps of skew was introduced in pair 300 at 6.25 Gb/s, the eye height and jitter could not be measured because of too much skew. Also, when 100ps and 200ps of skew was introduced in pair 300 at 10 Gb/s, the eye height could not be measured because of too much skew.
[0051] FIG. 8A depicts a typical mezzanine-style connector assembly. It will be appreciated that a mezzanine comiector is a high-density stacking connector used for parallel connection of one electrical device such as, a printed circuit board, to another electrical device, such as another printed circuit board or the like. The mezzanine connector assembly 800 illustrated in FIG. 8A comprises a receptacle 810 and header 820.
[0052] In this manner, an electrical device may electrically mate with receptacle portion 810 via apertures 812. Another electrical device may electrically mate with header portion 820 via ball contacts. Consequently, once header portion 820 and receptacle portion 810 of comlector 800 are electrically mated, the two electrical devices that are connected to the header and receptacle are also electrically mated via mezzanine connector 800. It should be appreciated that the electrical devices can mate with the connector 800 in any number of ways without departing from the principles of the present invention.
[0053] Receptacle 810 may include a receptacle housing 810A and a plurality of receptacle grounds 811 arranged around the perimeter of the receptacle housing 810A, and header 820 may include a header housing 820A and a plurality of header grounds 821 arranged around the perimeter of the header housing 820A. The receptacle housing 810A
and the header housing 820A may be made of any commercially suitable insulating material. The header WO 2006/020351,. PCT/US2005/026057 grounds 821 and the receptacle grounds 811 serve to connect the ground reference of an electrical device that is connected to the header 820 to the ground reference of an electrical device that is connected to the receptacle 810. The header 820 also contains header II+/1LAs (not individually labeled in FIG. 8A for clarity) and the receptacle 810 contains receptacle IMLAs 1000.
[0054] Receptacle connector 810 may contain alignment pins 850. Alignment pins mate with alignment sockets 852 found in header 820. The alignment pins 820 and alignment sockets 852 serve to align the header 820 and the receptacle 810 during mating. Further, the alignment pins 820 and alignment sockets 852 serve to reduce any lateral movement that may occur once the header 820 and receptacle 810 are mated. It should be appreciated that numerous ways to connect the header portion 820 and receptacle portion 810 may be used without departing from the principles of the invention.
[0055] FIG. 8B is a perspective view of an electrical connector in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. As shown, the connector 900 may have a receptacle portion 910 and a header portion 920. Receptacle 910 may include a receptacle housing 910A
and header 920 may include a header housing 920A. Unlike the connector 800 depicted in FIG. 8A, the connector 900 depicted in FIG. 8B may be devoid of header grounds arranged around the perimeter of the header housing 920A and of receptacle grounds arranged around the perimeter of the receptacle housing 910A.
[0056] An electrical device may electrically mate with the receptacle portion 910 via apertures 912. Another electrical device may electrically mate with the header portion 920 via ball contacts, for example. Consequently, once header portion 920 and receptacle portion 910 of connector 900 are electrically mated, the two electrical devices are electrically mated via connector 900. It should be appreciated that the electrical devices can mate with the connector 900 in any number of ways without departing from the principles of the present invention.
[0057] The header 920 also contains header IMLAs (not individually labeled in FIG.
8B for clarity) and the receptacle 910 contains receptacle IMLAs 1000. It will be appreciated that the receptacle 910 and header 920 can be mated to operatively connect the receptacle and header IMLAs. For example, and in one embodiment of the invention, protrusions 922 in the corners of receptacle 910 may aid the connection between the receptacle 910 and the header 920.
In this manner, protrusions 922 may be adapted to create in interference fit with complementary recesses 925 in the header portion 920 of the connector 900. It should be appreciated that numerous ways to connect the header portion 920 and receptacle portion 910 may be used without departing from the principles of the invention.
tuu:)ul un accoraance witn one embodiment of the invention, the connector 900 is devoid of any ground connections that connect the header portion 920 to the receptacle portion 910. In this manner, the receptacle 910 and the header 910 of the high speed connector is devoid of any ground that would connect the ground reference of a first electrical device connected to the connector to the ground reference of a second electrical device conn.ected to the connector.
That is, the electrical connector 900 is devoid of any ground connections that electrically connect the ground references of the electrical devices electrically connected to the receptacle portion 910 and the header portion 920 of connector 900. As should be appreciated, the ground references of the electrical devices may be referred to as the near-end and far-end ground planes.
[0059] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a header insert molded lead assembly pair that may be used in a high speed connector in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 9, the header INlLA pair 1000 comprises a header IMLA A 1010 and a header IMLA B
1020. IMLA A 1010 comprises an ovennolded housing 1011 and a series of header contacts 1030, and header IMLA B 1020 comprises an ovennolded housing 1021 and a series of header contacts 1030. As can be seen in FIG. 9, the header contacts 1030 are recessed into the housings of header IMLAs 1010 and B 1020. It should be appreciated that header IMLA
pair 1000 may contain only signal contacts with no ground contacts or connections contained therein.
[0060] IMLA housing 1011 and 1021 may also include a latched tail 1050.
Latched tail 1050 may be used to securely connect IMLA housing 1011 and 1021 in header portion 820 of mezzanine connector 800. It should be appreciated that any method of securing the IMLA pairs to the header 820 may be employed.
[0061] FIG. 10 is a top view of a plurality of header assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 10, a plurality of header signal pairs 1100 are shown.
Specifically, the header signal pairs are aligned in six colunms or arranged in six linear arrays 1120, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160 and 1170. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the header signal pairs are aligned and not staggered in relation to one another. It should also be appreciated that, as described above, the header assembly need not contain any ground contacts.
[0062] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a receptacle insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Receptacle IMLA pair 1200 comprises receptacle IMLA 1210 and receptacle IMLA 1220. Receptacle IMLA 1210 comprises an overmolded housing 1211 and a series of receptacle contacts 1230, and a receptacle IMLA 1220 comprises an overmolded housing 1221 and a series of receptacle contacts 1240.
As can be seen in FIG. 11, the receptacle contacts 1240, 1230 are recessed into the housings of receptacle II/1-LAs 1210 and 1220. It will be appreciated that fabrication techiiiques permit the recesses in each portion of the II!/1LA 1210, 1220 to be sized very precisely. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle IN4LA pair 1200 maybe devoid of any ground contacts.
[0063] IIe/JLA housing 1211 and 1221 may also include a latched tail 1250.
Latched tail 1250 may be used to securely connect IIeMA housing 1211 and 1221 in receptacle portion 910 of connector 900. It should be appreciated that any method of securing the IMLA
pairs to the header 920 may be employed.
[0064] FIG. 12 is a top view of a receptacle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 12, a plurality of receptacle signal pairs 1300 are shown.
Receptacle pair 1300 comprises signal contacts 1301 and 1302. Specifically, the receptacle signal pairs 1300 are aligned in six columns or arranged in six linear arrays 1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360 and 1370. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle signal pairs are aligned azid not staggered in relation to one another. It should also be appreciated that, as described above, the header assembly need not contain any ground contacts or ground connections.
[0065] Also as shown in FIG. 12, the differential signal pairs are edge coupled. In other words, the edge 1301A of one contact 1301 is adjacent to the edge 1302A
of an adjacent contact 1302B. Edge coupling also allows for smaller gap widths between adjacent connectors, and thus facilitates the achievement of desirable iinpedance levels in high contact density connectors without the need for contacts that are too small to perform adequately. Edge coupling also facilitates changing contact width, and therefore gap width, as the contact extends through dielectric regions, contact regions, etc.
[0066] As shown in FIG. 12, the distance D that separates the differential signal pairs relatively larger than the distance d, between the two signal contacts that make up a differential signal pair. Such relatively larger distance contributes to the decrease in the cross talk that may occur between the adjacent signal pairs.
[0067] FIG. 13 is a top view of another receptacle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 13, a plurality of receptacle signal pairs 1400 are shown.
Receptacle signal pairs 1400 comprise signal contacts 1401 and 1402. As shown, the conductors in the receptacle portion are signal carrying conductors with no ground contacts present in the connector. Furthermore, signal pairs 1400 are broad-side coupled, i.e. where the broad side 1401A of one contact 1401 is adjacent to the broad side 1402A of an adjacent contact 1402 within the same pair 1400. The receptacle signal pairs 1400 are aligned in twelve columns or arrangea in tweive iinear arrays, sucn as, tor example, 1410, 1420 and 1430.
It should be appreciated that any number of arrays may be used.
[0063] In one embodiment of the invention9 an air dielectric 1450 is present in the connector. Specifically, an air dielectric 1450 surrounds differential signal pairs 1400 and is between adjacent signal pairs. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle signal pairs are aligned and not staggered in relation to one another.
[0069] FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a header and receptacle D/ILA pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 14, a header and receptacle IMLA
pair are in operative communications in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 14, it can be seen that header MLAs 1010 and 1020 are operatively coupled to form a single and complete header IMLA. Likewise, receptacle IlYILAs 1210 and 1220 are operatively coupled to form a single and complete receptacle IMLA. FIG. 14 illustrates an interference fit between the contacts of the receptacle IMLA and the contacts of the header MLA. It will be appreciated that any method of causing electrical contact, and/or for operatively coupling the header IMLA to the receptacle IMLA, is equally consistent with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0070] It is to be understood that the foregoing illustrative embodiments have been provided merely for the purpose of explanation and are in no way to be construed as limiting of the invention. Words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. Further, although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular structure, materials and/or embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein. Rather, the invention extends to all functionally equivalent structures, methods and uses, such as are within the scope of the appended claims.
Those skilled in the art, having the benefit of the teachings of this specification, may affect nuinerous modifications thereto and changes may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention in its aspects.
That is, the electrical connector 900 is devoid of any ground connections that electrically connect the ground references of the electrical devices electrically connected to the receptacle portion 910 and the header portion 920 of connector 900. As should be appreciated, the ground references of the electrical devices may be referred to as the near-end and far-end ground planes.
[0059] FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a header insert molded lead assembly pair that may be used in a high speed connector in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 9, the header INlLA pair 1000 comprises a header IMLA A 1010 and a header IMLA B
1020. IMLA A 1010 comprises an ovennolded housing 1011 and a series of header contacts 1030, and header IMLA B 1020 comprises an ovennolded housing 1021 and a series of header contacts 1030. As can be seen in FIG. 9, the header contacts 1030 are recessed into the housings of header IMLAs 1010 and B 1020. It should be appreciated that header IMLA
pair 1000 may contain only signal contacts with no ground contacts or connections contained therein.
[0060] IMLA housing 1011 and 1021 may also include a latched tail 1050.
Latched tail 1050 may be used to securely connect IMLA housing 1011 and 1021 in header portion 820 of mezzanine connector 800. It should be appreciated that any method of securing the IMLA pairs to the header 820 may be employed.
[0061] FIG. 10 is a top view of a plurality of header assembly pairs in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 10, a plurality of header signal pairs 1100 are shown.
Specifically, the header signal pairs are aligned in six colunms or arranged in six linear arrays 1120, 1130, 1140, 1150, 1160 and 1170. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the header signal pairs are aligned and not staggered in relation to one another. It should also be appreciated that, as described above, the header assembly need not contain any ground contacts.
[0062] FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a receptacle insert molded lead assembly pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. Receptacle IMLA pair 1200 comprises receptacle IMLA 1210 and receptacle IMLA 1220. Receptacle IMLA 1210 comprises an overmolded housing 1211 and a series of receptacle contacts 1230, and a receptacle IMLA 1220 comprises an overmolded housing 1221 and a series of receptacle contacts 1240.
As can be seen in FIG. 11, the receptacle contacts 1240, 1230 are recessed into the housings of receptacle II/1-LAs 1210 and 1220. It will be appreciated that fabrication techiiiques permit the recesses in each portion of the II!/1LA 1210, 1220 to be sized very precisely. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle IN4LA pair 1200 maybe devoid of any ground contacts.
[0063] IIe/JLA housing 1211 and 1221 may also include a latched tail 1250.
Latched tail 1250 may be used to securely connect IIeMA housing 1211 and 1221 in receptacle portion 910 of connector 900. It should be appreciated that any method of securing the IMLA
pairs to the header 920 may be employed.
[0064] FIG. 12 is a top view of a receptacle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 12, a plurality of receptacle signal pairs 1300 are shown.
Receptacle pair 1300 comprises signal contacts 1301 and 1302. Specifically, the receptacle signal pairs 1300 are aligned in six columns or arranged in six linear arrays 1320, 1330, 1340, 1350, 1360 and 1370. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle signal pairs are aligned azid not staggered in relation to one another. It should also be appreciated that, as described above, the header assembly need not contain any ground contacts or ground connections.
[0065] Also as shown in FIG. 12, the differential signal pairs are edge coupled. In other words, the edge 1301A of one contact 1301 is adjacent to the edge 1302A
of an adjacent contact 1302B. Edge coupling also allows for smaller gap widths between adjacent connectors, and thus facilitates the achievement of desirable iinpedance levels in high contact density connectors without the need for contacts that are too small to perform adequately. Edge coupling also facilitates changing contact width, and therefore gap width, as the contact extends through dielectric regions, contact regions, etc.
[0066] As shown in FIG. 12, the distance D that separates the differential signal pairs relatively larger than the distance d, between the two signal contacts that make up a differential signal pair. Such relatively larger distance contributes to the decrease in the cross talk that may occur between the adjacent signal pairs.
[0067] FIG. 13 is a top view of another receptacle assembly in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 13, a plurality of receptacle signal pairs 1400 are shown.
Receptacle signal pairs 1400 comprise signal contacts 1401 and 1402. As shown, the conductors in the receptacle portion are signal carrying conductors with no ground contacts present in the connector. Furthermore, signal pairs 1400 are broad-side coupled, i.e. where the broad side 1401A of one contact 1401 is adjacent to the broad side 1402A of an adjacent contact 1402 within the same pair 1400. The receptacle signal pairs 1400 are aligned in twelve columns or arrangea in tweive iinear arrays, sucn as, tor example, 1410, 1420 and 1430.
It should be appreciated that any number of arrays may be used.
[0063] In one embodiment of the invention9 an air dielectric 1450 is present in the connector. Specifically, an air dielectric 1450 surrounds differential signal pairs 1400 and is between adjacent signal pairs. It should be appreciated that, as shown and in one embodiment of the invention, the receptacle signal pairs are aligned and not staggered in relation to one another.
[0069] FIG. 14 is a perspective view of a header and receptacle D/ILA pair in accordance with an embodiment of the invention. In FIG. 14, a header and receptacle IMLA
pair are in operative communications in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 14, it can be seen that header MLAs 1010 and 1020 are operatively coupled to form a single and complete header IMLA. Likewise, receptacle IlYILAs 1210 and 1220 are operatively coupled to form a single and complete receptacle IMLA. FIG. 14 illustrates an interference fit between the contacts of the receptacle IMLA and the contacts of the header MLA. It will be appreciated that any method of causing electrical contact, and/or for operatively coupling the header IMLA to the receptacle IMLA, is equally consistent with an embodiment of the present invention.
[0070] It is to be understood that the foregoing illustrative embodiments have been provided merely for the purpose of explanation and are in no way to be construed as limiting of the invention. Words which have been used herein are words of description and illustration, rather than words of limitation. Further, although the invention has been described herein with reference to particular structure, materials and/or embodiments, the invention is not intended to be limited to the particulars disclosed herein. Rather, the invention extends to all functionally equivalent structures, methods and uses, such as are within the scope of the appended claims.
Those skilled in the art, having the benefit of the teachings of this specification, may affect nuinerous modifications thereto and changes may be made without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention in its aspects.
Claims (16)
1. A high-speed electrical connector for connecting a first electrical device having a first ground reference to a second electrical device having a second ground reference, the high-speed electrical connector comprising:
a connector housing; and a signal contact adapted to carry a high-speed electrical signal from the first electrical device to the second electrical device, wherein the high-speed electrical connector is devoid of any ground connection adapted to electrically connect the first ground reference and the second ground reference.
a connector housing; and a signal contact adapted to carry a high-speed electrical signal from the first electrical device to the second electrical device, wherein the high-speed electrical connector is devoid of any ground connection adapted to electrically connect the first ground reference and the second ground reference.
2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector is a mezzanine-style electrical connector.
3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the electrical connector operates at data rate speeds of in the range of 2 Gigabits/sec or higher.
4. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a second signal contact disposed adjacent to the first signal contact, wherein the first and second signal contacts form a differential signal pair.
5. The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the electrical connector is devoid of any ground contact adjacent to the signal contact and impedance of the signal contact is within 10 percent of a reference impedance.
6. The electrical connector of claim 4, wherein the electrical connector is devoid of any ground contact adjacent to the first signal contact and is devoid of any ground contact adjacent to the second signal contact.
7. A high-speed electrical connector system comprising:
a first electrical connector comprising a signal contact; and a second electrical connector comprising a receptacle contact that is adapted to receive the signal contact, wherein the high-speed electrical connector system is devoid of any ground connection between the first and second electrical connectors.
a first electrical connector comprising a signal contact; and a second electrical connector comprising a receptacle contact that is adapted to receive the signal contact, wherein the high-speed electrical connector system is devoid of any ground connection between the first and second electrical connectors.
8. The electrical connector system of claim 7, wherein the signal contact is one of a differential signal pair of electrical contacts.
9. The electrical connector system of claim 7, wherein the electrical connector is a mezzanine-style electrical connector, the first electrical connector is a mezzanine-style header connector, and the second electrical connector is a mezzanine-style receptacle connector.
10. The electrical connector system of claim 7, wherein the electrical connector is a right-angle electrical connector.
11. The electrical connector system of claim 7, wherein the first electrical connector is adapted to connect to a first electrical device having a first ground reference, the second electrical connector is adapted to connect to a second electrical device having a second ground reference, and the connector system is devoid of any ground connection adapted to electrically connect the first ground reference and the second ground reference.
12. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the electrical connector is devoid of any ground contact adjacent to the signal contact.
13. A high-speed electrical connector comprising:
a connector housing; and an electrical contact having a length that extends within the connector housing, wherein the high-speed electrical connector is devoid of any ground connection that extends along the length of the electrical contact.
a connector housing; and an electrical contact having a length that extends within the connector housing, wherein the high-speed electrical connector is devoid of any ground connection that extends along the length of the electrical contact.
14. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the connector housing is a right-angle connector housing.
15. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the connector housing is a mezzanine-style connector housing.
16. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the electrical contact has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, and wherein the high-speed electrical connector is devoid of any ground connection that extends between the first and second ends of the electrical contact.
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