JP5825477B2 - Connector - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a connection connector mainly used for a board-to-board connection, and more particularly to a connection connector having a shield structure.

  Conventionally, electrical connection between a board and a board has a plug having a convex plug part in which a plurality of plug-side signal terminals are arranged on the outer surface part, and a plug insertion groove into which the plug part is inserted. A connector having a socket in which a plurality of socket-side signal terminals are arranged on the inner surface of the plug insertion groove is used, and a plug portion is inserted into the plug insertion groove, and both the signal terminals are brought into elastic contact with each other. Electrical connection is made.

  Moreover, what has a shield structure which has arrange | positioned the plate-shaped shield member in the outer part of a plug and a socket is known for this kind of connector (for example, patent document 1).

JP 2006-59589 A

  However, in the conventional technology as described above, the outer portion of the plug and socket is shielded by the shield member, so that a high shielding effect against external noise can be obtained, while noise generated between each signal line (signal terminal) is shielded. There was a problem that the effect to do was small.

  Further, since the unbalanced transmission method is easily affected by external noise in the transmission of high-speed signals, it is desirable to adopt a balanced transmission method using differential signals in order to cope with high-speed signals.

  However, if the shielding effect between the signal terminals is small as described above, the signal terminals constituting the differential signal lines are easily affected by noise between the signal terminals constituting the other differential signal lines. There was a risk of affecting the signal.

  In view of such conventional problems, the present invention has been made for the purpose of providing a connection connector that has a high shielding effect, and in particular, can exhibit a high shielding effect in response to an increase in signal speed. is there.

The feature of the invention described in claim 1 for solving the conventional problems as described above and achieving an intended object is that a plurality of plug-side signal terminals are arranged by exposing a plug-side signal connection piece on a side surface portion. A plug having a plug portion, and a socket in which a plurality of signal terminals on the socket side are arranged by projecting an elastic contact piece on an inner side surface portion of a plug insertion groove into which the plug portion is inserted. In the connection connector in which the plug-side signal terminal and the socket-side signal terminal are connected by being fitted in the plug insertion groove, the plug includes a plug-side shield member connected to the ground , the said plug side shield member, and the plug-side shield plate embedded in the back of the plug-side signal connecting pieces of the plug part, is supported integrally with the plug side shield plate, wherein And a plurality of plug-side ground terminal exposed on the side surface of the lug portion, is disposed the one or more of the plug-side signal terminals between the plug-side ground terminal, the socket is a socket that is connected to ground Side socket member , and the socket side shield member is integrally supported by the socket side shield plate portion disposed on the outer surface portion of the socket and the socket side shield plate portion, and is exposed to the inner side surface portion of the plug insertion groove. and a plurality of socket-side ground terminal is, the said plug by between each socket-side ground terminal is disposed one or a plurality of the socket-side signal terminal is fitted the plug portion into the plug insertion groove A connection connector is configured to connect the side ground terminal and the socket side ground terminal .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect, the plug has a pair of plug-side signal terminals disposed between the plug-side ground terminals, and the socket is between the socket-side ground terminals. A pair of socket-side signal terminals is arranged on the plug, and the plug portion is fitted into the plug insertion groove so that a differential signal line composed of a pair of signal terminal lines is formed between the ground terminal lines. It is in.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect, the socket includes a hold-down fixed to the connection board, and the plug-side shield member includes both end portions of the plug portion. A shield connecting piece that is exposed to the plug, and by fitting the plug portion into the plug insertion groove, the shield connecting piece is pressed against the hold-down, and the plug-side shield member and the hold-down are connected to each other. It is in doing so.

As described above, the connection connector according to the present invention includes a plug having a plug portion in which a plug- side signal connection piece is exposed on a side surface portion and a plurality of plug-side signal terminals are arranged, and a plug into which the plug portion is inserted. A socket in which a plurality of socket side signal terminals are arranged by projecting an elastic contact piece on the inner side surface portion of the insertion groove, and the plug side signal terminal by fitting the plug portion into the plug insertion groove. In the connection connector to which the socket side signal terminal is connected, the plug includes a plug side shield member connected to a ground , and the plug side shield member includes the plug side signal connection of the plug portion. and the plug-side shield plate embedded in the back side of the piece, is supported integrally with the plug side shield plate, a plurality of plug side being exposed to the side surface portion of said plug portion And a land terminal, wherein is arranged one or more of the plug-side signal terminals between the plug-side ground terminal, the socket comprises a socket-side shield member which is connected to the ground, on the socket side shield members A socket-side shield plate portion disposed on the outer surface portion of the socket, and a plurality of socket-side ground terminals that are integrally supported by the socket-side shield plate portion and exposed on the inner side surface portion of the plug insertion groove, One or more socket-side signal terminals are arranged between the socket-side ground terminals, and the plug-side ground terminal and the socket-side ground terminal are connected by fitting the plug portion into the plug insertion groove. By doing so, it exhibits a high shielding effect against external noise and noise generated between each signal terminal Effect can be obtained a high transmission effect to reduce the.

  In the present invention, the plug has a pair of plug-side signal terminals disposed between the plug-side ground terminals, and the socket has a pair of socket-side signal terminals disposed between the socket-side ground terminals, By fitting a portion into the plug insertion groove, a differential signal line composed of a pair of signal terminal lines is formed between the ground terminal lines, so that high-speed signals can be handled. Noise from the differential signal line can be shielded.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the socket includes a hold-down fixed to the connection board, the plug-side shield member includes shield connection pieces exposed at both ends of the plug portion, and the plug portion includes the plug portion. By fitting in the plug insertion groove, the shield connecting piece is pressed against the holddown, and the plug side shield member and the holddown are connected to each other, thereby enhancing the shielding effect against external noise. Can do.

It is a disassembled perspective view which shows an example of the connection connector which concerns on this invention. (A) is a plan view showing the plug in FIG. 1, (b) is a front view thereof, (c) is a side view thereof, and (d) is a bottom view thereof. (A) is the sectional view on the AA line in FIG. 2, (b) is the sectional view on the BB line. It is a perspective view which shows the plug side shield member in FIG. (A) is a top view which shows the socket in FIG. 1, (b) is the front view, (c) is the side view, (d) is the bottom view. (A) is the CC sectional view taken on the line in FIG. 5, (b) is the DD sectional view taken on the line. It is a perspective view which shows the socket side shield member in FIG. (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the connection state between the ground connection terminals of the connection connector which concerns on this invention, (b) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the connection state between the signal terminals. It is the EE sectional view taken on the line in FIG.

  Next, an embodiment of the connector A according to the present invention will be described based on the embodiment shown in FIGS. In the figure, symbol A is a connection connector.

  The connector A includes a plug 3 having a convex plug portion 2 in which a plurality of plug-side signal terminals 1, 1... Are arranged on a side surface portion, and an inner side of a plug insertion groove 4 into which the plug portion 2 is inserted. A socket 6 having a plurality of socket-side signal terminals 5, 5... Arranged on the surface portion, and the plug-side signal terminal 1 and the socket-side signal terminal 5 by fitting the plug portion 2 into the plug insertion groove 4. Are connected, and the substrates are electrically connected to each other through the signal terminals 1 and 5.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the plug 3 includes a plug-side mold member 7 made of an insulating resin having a convex plug portion 2, and the plug-side mold member 7 has a plurality of plug-side signal terminals 1, 1. ... and the plug-side shield member 8 are integrally incorporated by insert molding.

  The plug-side signal connection piece 9 of the plug-side signal terminal 1 and the plug-side ground terminal 10 of the plug-side shield member 8 are connected between the plug-side ground terminals 10 and 10 on both front and rear side surfaces of the plug portion 2. A pair of plug-side signal connection pieces 9, 9 is arranged, that is, the ground terminal line (G) and the signal terminal line (S) are arranged in the order of GSSGSSG.

  The plug-side signal terminal 1 is formed by bending a conductive metal material, and is an elongated plate-like plug-side signal connection piece 9 that is long in the plug insertion direction, and one end of the plug-side signal connection piece 9 And a plug-side substrate connecting piece 11 having a shape bent vertically toward the outside.

  In addition, a bent piece 12 is formed at the other end of the plug-side signal connection piece 9 so as to be bent vertically inward.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the plug-side shield member 8 is integrally formed by punching and bending a conductive metal plate material, and has a rectangular plug-side shield plate portion 13 and a plug-side shield plate portion 13 under the plug-side shield plate portion 13. It is provided with plug-side ground terminals 10, 10.

  The plug-side shield plate portion 13 is placed on the back side of the plug-side signal terminal 1 by being embedded in the convex portion of the plug-side mold member 7 by insert molding, so that the plug-side shield plate portion 13 and the plug-side signal terminal 1, 1... Are independent of each other with the plug-side mold member 7 interposed therebetween.

  Further, hold-down connection pieces 14 that are pressed against each other with a hold-down described later are formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction of the plug-side shield plate 13 so as to be exposed at both ends of the plug 2.

  The hold-down connection piece 14 is formed in a shape in which both end portions of the plug-side shield plate portion 13 are vertically bent toward the outside, and an engagement recess 14a is formed on the outside portion.

  The plug-side ground terminal 10 has a connecting piece portion 15 that is bent vertically outward from the lower edge portion of the plug-side shield plate portion 13 and a shape that is bent upward from the tip end portion of the connecting piece portion 15. The plug-side ground connecting piece 16 and the plug-side substrate grounding piece 17 having a shape bent vertically from the upper end of the plug-side ground connecting piece 16 to the outside.

  The plug-side ground connection piece 16 has an engagement recess 18 formed on the surface thereof, and when the engagement recess 18 fits the plug 3 and the socket 6, a socket side of a socket-side ground terminal 51 to be described later. The engagement protrusions 57 formed on the surface portion of the ground connection piece 55 are engaged with each other.

  On the other hand, the plug-side substrate grounding piece 17 is exposed from the bottom surface portion of the plug-side mold member 7 so as to be arranged in the same row as the plug-side substrate connecting piece 11 and soldered to the ground connection pattern formed on the printed board. Are connected to the ground.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the socket 6 includes a socket-side mold member 20 made of an insulating resin material, a plurality of socket-side signal terminals 5, 5..., And a socket-side shield member 21. It is formed by incorporating socket side signal terminals 5, 5... And socket side shield members 21, 21 into the socket side mold member 20.

  The socket-side mold member 20 is formed in a rectangular parallelepiped shape by molding, and a groove-like plug insertion groove 4 into which the plug portion 2 is inserted is opened on the upper surface portion.

  A plurality of signal terminal receiving grooves 22 and 22 and ground terminal receiving grooves 23 and 23 oriented in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction are formed on both sides of the socket side mold member 20 in a predetermined arrangement, that is, a ground terminal line (G ) And the signal terminal line (S) are arranged side by side in the order of GSSGSSG.

  The socket-side mold member 20 is formed with U-shaped hold-down receiving grooves 25 and 25 for receiving the hold-downs 24 and 24 at both ends in the longitudinal direction.

  The hold down 24 is formed by punching and bending a conductive metal plate material, and includes a flat shield part 26 and contact pieces 27 and 27 bent inward from both edges of the shield part 26. The portion 26 and the contact piece portions 27, 27 are formed in a U-shape when viewed from above.

  A fixed piece 28 is formed on the lower edge of the shield 26 so as to be bent vertically toward the outside. The fixed piece 28 is exposed on the bottom surface of the socket 6 and formed on the printed circuit board. It is designed to be soldered to the fixed pattern.

  On the other hand, the upper edge portion of the shield portion 26 is provided with a connection lock piece portion 30 formed in a shape folded through a bent portion 29. The connection lock piece portion 30 is disposed inside the plug insertion groove 4 and inserted. The hold-down connection piece 14 disposed at both ends of the plug part 2 is pressed against each other, and an engagement protrusion 31 protruding from the surface of the connection lock piece 30 is formed on the hold-down connection piece 14. The mating recess 14a is engaged with each other.

  The socket-side signal terminal 5 is integrally formed by punching and bending a conductive metal plate material, and an elastic contact piece 40 protruding into the plug insertion groove 4 and the socket-side mold member in the signal terminal receiving groove 22. And a fixed portion 41 incorporated in the 20 thick portions.

  The fixing portion 41 is formed such that a pair of sandwiching pieces 43a and 43b are opposed to each other via a bent portion 42 at the upper end, and the sandwiching pieces 43a and 43b and the bent portion 42 form an inverted U shape. The socket-side signal terminal 5 is fixed to the socket-side mold member 20 by sandwiching the thick portion of the socket-side mold member 20 with the both sandwiching pieces 43a, 43b.

  The elastic contact piece 40 is formed in a shape that is bent upward from the lower end of the inner holding piece 43a, and is bent into a square shape at the tip thereof so that the top protrudes toward the plug insertion groove 4 side. Is formed.

  On the other hand, a socket-side board connection terminal piece 45 is formed on the outer holding piece 43b of the fixed part so as to be bent vertically outward from its lower end, and the socket-side board connection terminal piece 45 is formed as a printed board. It is soldered to the signal connection pattern formed in (1).

  As shown in FIG. 7, the socket-side shield member 21 is integrally formed by punching and bending a conductive metal plate, and is formed under the plate-like socket-side shield plate portion 50 and the socket-side shield plate portion 50. Socket-side ground terminals 51, 51... Arranged in a comb blade shape at the edge.

  The socket-side ground terminal 51 includes a socket-side board grounding piece 52 that is bent vertically inward from the lower edge of the socket-side shield plate part 50, and upward from the inner end of the socket-side board grounding piece 52. A bent outer pinching piece 53, a connecting piece portion 54 bent vertically toward the inner side from the upper end of the outer pinching piece 53, and a vertical direction downward from the inner end of the connecting piece portion 54. And a socket-side ground connection piece 55 having a bent shape.

  The socket-side substrate grounding piece 52 is formed so as to be disposed in parallel with the socket-side substrate connection terminal pieces 45, 45 of the socket-side signal terminal 5 and exposed on the same plane, and is formed on the printed circuit board. It is soldered to the connection pattern and is connected to the ground.

  The outer sandwiching piece 53, the connecting piece portion 54, and the socket-side ground connection piece portion 55 are formed so as to have a U-shape when viewed from the side. The socket side shield member 21 is inserted into the inner side of the contact piece 27 of the hold-down receiving groove 25 by inserting the both side portions 50a, 50a of the socket side shield plate portion 50 into the socket side mold member 20. It is supposed to be fixed to.

  The lower end portion of the socket-side ground connection piece 55 is press-fitted into a press-fit groove 56 formed in the bottom surface portion of the socket-side mold member 20.

  On the surface portion of the socket-side ground connection piece portion 55, an engagement protrusion 57 is formed that engages with the engagement recess 18 formed on the surface portion of the plug-side ground connection piece portion 16 described above.

  In the connection connector A configured in this manner, the plug side 2 is fitted into the plug insertion groove 4 so that the socket side signal terminal 5 is formed on the surface of the plug side signal terminal 1 as shown in FIG. The elastic contact pieces 40 abut on each other and the signal terminals 1 and 5 are electrically connected. As shown in FIG. 8A, the ground contact pieces 16 and 55 slide in the insertion direction. The engagement protrusion 57 and the engagement recess 18 are engaged with each other at a predetermined position, and the ground terminals 10 and 51 are connected in a pressure contact state.

  In this state where the plug 3 and the socket 6 are connected, as shown in FIG. 9, the outer part of the entire connector is surrounded by the socket-side shield member 21 and the hold-downs 24, 24 that are ground-connected. And external noise is shielded.

  In addition, a differential signal line composed of a pair of signal terminal lines is surrounded by the shield plate portions 13 and 50 and the ground terminals 10 and 51, so that a structure like a shield structure of a coaxial connector can be easily formed. Noise from other differential signal lines is shielded.

  In the above-described embodiment, the transmission method using the differential signal is adopted, and the example in which the signal terminal line (S) and the ground terminal line (G) are arranged like GSSGSSG ... has been described. And the ground terminal may be arranged like GSSGSG.

  In the above-described embodiment, the example in which the socket 6 is provided with the hold-down has been described, but the hold-down need not be provided.

A connection connector 1 plug side signal terminal 2 plug part 3 plug 4 plug insertion groove 5 socket side signal terminal 6 socket 7 plug side molded member 8 plug side shield member 9 plug side signal connection piece 10 plug side ground terminal 11 plug side substrate connection Piece 12 Bending piece 13 Plug-side shield plate portion 14 Hold-down connecting piece 14a Engaging recess 15 Connecting piece 16 Plug-side ground connecting piece 17 Plug-side substrate grounding piece 18 Engaging recess 20 Socket-side mold member 21 Socket-side shield Member 22 Signal terminal receiving groove 23 Ground terminal receiving groove 24 Hold down 25 Hold down receiving groove 26 Shield part 27 Contact piece part 28 Fixing piece part 29 Bending part 30 Connection lock piece part 31 Engaging protrusion 40 Elastic contact piece part 41 Fixing part 42 Bending part 43 Clamping piece 44 Contact part 45 Tsu-up side board connecting terminal piece portion 50 socket-side shield plate 51 socket-side ground terminal 52 socket side substrate ground piece 53 outer nipping pieces 54 connecting piece 55 socket-side ground connecting pieces 56 press-fitted grooves 57 engaging projection

Claims (3)

A plug having a plug portion in which a plurality of plug-side signal terminals are arranged by exposing a plug-side signal connection piece on a side surface portion, and an elastic contact piece portion protruding from an inner side surface portion of a plug insertion groove into which the plug portion is inserted. A socket in which a plurality of socket side signal terminals are arranged, and the plug side signal terminal and the socket side signal terminal are connected by fitting the plug portion into the plug insertion groove. In the connection connector,
The plug includes a plug-side shield member connected to the ground. The plug-side shield member includes a plug-side shield plate portion embedded in the back side of the plug-side signal connection piece of the plug portion , and the plug-side shield member. A plurality of plug-side ground terminals that are integrally supported by the shield plate portion and exposed at the side surface portion of the plug portion, and one or a plurality of the plug-side signal terminals are arranged between the plug-side ground terminals,
The socket includes a socket-side shield member connected to a ground , and the socket-side shield member is integrally supported by the socket-side shield plate portion disposed on the outer surface portion of the socket and the socket-side shield plate portion. the a plurality of socket-side ground terminal is exposed to the inside surface of the plug insertion groove, is arranged one or more of the socket-side signal terminals between the respective socket-side ground terminal,
A connector according to claim 1, wherein the plug side ground terminal and the socket side ground terminal are connected by fitting the plug portion into the plug insertion groove.   The plug has a pair of plug-side signal terminals disposed between the plug-side ground terminals, the socket has a pair of socket-side signal terminals disposed between the socket-side ground terminals, and the plug portion is inserted into the plug insertion groove. The connection connector according to claim 1, wherein a differential signal line composed of a pair of signal terminal lines is formed between the ground terminal lines by being fitted inside. The socket includes a holddown fixed to the connection board,
The plug-side shield member includes shield connection pieces exposed at both end portions of the plug portion,
The plug part is fitted into the plug insertion groove so that the shield connecting piece is pressed against the hold down, and the plug side shield member and the hold down are connected to each other. The described connector.

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