SEPARABLE ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY HAVING A PLANAR ARRAY OF CONDUCTIVE PROTRUSIONS

摘要

A separable electrical connector assembly (10) includes at least one connector body (12) having a planar array of conductive protrusions (36). The conductive protrusions can be metallurgically bonded or pressure engaged with conductive contact pads (64) on a surface of a printed circuit substrate (62), such as a printed circuit board (62) or a flex circuit (72). In addition, a variety of decoupling means (82) can be incorporated to substantially decouple the metallurgical bonds or pressure engagements from stresses produced by use of the separable electrical connector assembly (10) and differential thermal expansion between the connector body and the printed circuit substrate.