USB 3.0 Connectors – Architecture, Protocol and Power Management
Architecture: from High-Speed to Super-SpeedUSB 3.0 consists of a physical super-speed bus in addition to the physical USB 2.0 bus...
USB 3.0 Connectors – The Gate to High Speed
The new USB 3.0 standard, also known as USB Super Speed, brings about an impressive ten time increase in bandwidth,...
D-Sub Connectors
Meanwhile D-Sub is an I/O connector it’s necessary to show it seperatly as the trend on the D-Sub market is...
I/O Connectors
Coming from the computer market, all these connectors can now be found everywhere, specially in our living room where any...
Wire-to-Wire and Wire-to-Board Connectors
Wire-to-Wire (WTW), and Wire-to-Board (WTB) connectors are similar in materials and design, but differ in whether the mating occurs between...
Board-to-Board Connectors
Board-To-Board connectors (BTB) were originally used primarily at Level 2. Recent developments have extended their application to Level 3. BTB...
Sockets and Chip Carriers
As noted previously, the definition of connector type is determined by several factors including the contact spring geometry, the housing...
Levels of Interconnection
Levels of Interconnection addresses where the connector is used within an electronic system. The location of the connector in the...
Test Explanations: Corrosion
As noted previously, the environmental exposures for non-noble (tin) and noble (gold) plated contacts are different. The dominant degradation mechanism...
Test Explanations: Vibration
Vibration parameters are arguably the most problematic of the conditioning/exposure testing parameters. The most significant issue is that the vibration...
