Board-to-board connector

Board-to-board (BTB) connectors are used to connect printed circuit boards (PCB), electronic components that contain a conductive pattern printed on the surface of the insulating base in an accurate and repeatable manner. Each terminal on a BTB connector is connected to a PCB. A BTB connector includes housing and a specific number of terminals. The terminal is made from a conductive material (mostly copper alloy), and plated to improve conductivity and antirust. Terminals transmit the current/signal between PCBs connected by BTB; the housing is made of insulating material (mostly plastic).

BTB connectors are divided up into three mounting types:

  1. Through-hole technology
  2. Surface-mount technology
  3. Plug-in technology[1]

BTB connectors are selected by considering the mounting method, pin pitch, number of the rows (aka number of the ways), pin length, stacker height etc.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.we-online.de/web/de/intelligente_systeme/neu__skedd/startseite.php. 2015-08-26.


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