Rotating connectors prevent stress on cables

Snap-Lock SMA connectors from Tyco Electronics have a snap-on interface for easy assembly, which also allows the mated connection to rotate as necessary to relieve stress on the cable and connector assembly.

Further advantages of the Snap-Lock SMA connectors’ snap-on assembly include permitting closer spacing of jacks on the connector panel and eliminating the need for the jack assembly to withstand rotational torque while being mated.

Snap-Lock SMA connectors are fully intermatable with standard SMA threaded jacks and SMA bulkhead jacks. This maximises backwards compatibility and interchangeability between cable assemblies and different types of products. The snap-on connectors also achieve similar performance, including tightlycontrolled 50Ω characteristic impedance, frequency range from DC to 6GHz, and maximum VSWR of 1.25 over the full operating bandwidth, for the straight-plug variant. These are high-quality connectors featuring metal construction, low contact resistance, high insulation resistance, and rated voltage of 35V AC. A Snap-Lock SMA sample kit is also available.

 

FEATURES Straight and right-angle cable-plug configurations 15lbs interface-retention force 500 cycles minimum durability Passes EIA-364 tests for shock and vibration

APPLICATIONS Cellular infrastructure equipment Telephony and networking components Wireless LAN products Instrumentation and remote measuring equipment Aerospace and satellite-communication systems

 

 

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