HIGH DENSITY AND HIGH SIGNAL INTEGRITY CONNECTOR

摘要

A high-performance, multi-row contact matrix electrical connector having a spring element (12) in the form of an elongated hollow split tube with either a mechanical actuator (152) or a heat-recoverable member (14) of shape-memory alloy positioned within the tube and including first and second sets of parallel spaced conductors (20) terminating at least at one end thereof in a first and second matrix of contact pads (26), the matrices and the pads being positioned within the split, movement of the mechanical actuator (152) or a change in temperature changing the shape-memory alloy from one metallurgical state to another, causing movement of the heat-recoverable member (14) and the spring element (12) to open and close the connector.