Connectors, electrical

Electronic Connectors. The complexity and size of many electronic systems necessitate constmction from relatively small building blocks which ate then assembled with connectors. An electronic connector is a separable electrical connector used in telecommunications apparatus, computers, and in signal transmission and current transmission 5 A. Separable connectors ate favored over permanent or hard-wired connections because the former facilitate the manufacture of electronic systems also, connectors permit assemblies to be easily demounted and reconnected when inspection, replacement, or addition of new parts is called for. 

Electronic connectors may connect internally or externally. Internal connections may be between a component and a printed circuit board or wire (Fig. la) a printed circuit board and a wire or another printed circuit board which is in a chassis (Fig. lb) and between chassis in the same cabinet (Fig. 

External connectors join separate pieces of equipment (Fig. Id). 

Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology (4th Edition) 

A popular connection system consists of square metal pins, usually 0.064 cm (0.025 in.) in size, that are pressed into holes drilled in a printed circuit board. The holes are copper (qv) plated on the insides and interconnect conductors on the top and bottom faces of the board. Multilayer boards have interior circuits that may also be interconnected in this way. The pias have either a soHd shank or a deformable (compHant) cross section where the pias joia the board (Fig. 2). Separable connectors or soldedess wraps (Fig. 3) engage the ends of the pias. One end of the pia can be the contact and spring of a separable connector. 

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