AVX Launches Smallest 6a Smt Single IDC Discrete Wire-to-board Contact

Originally developed to meet harsh environment automotive and industrial market applications, the industry-proven IDC contact system has been tested to automotive levels of shock, vibration, and temperature cycling to prove their reliability and robustness. This new, single, standalone component enables a wide range of devices to be connected to the PCB without soldering, simply by inserting a wire into the SMT contact with a small tool or optional retention / termination cap. While the IDC contact provides a gas-tight connection to conductor of the wire, the optional cap provides a positive strain relief in severe vibration applications. To facilitate repair, wires can be removed and replaced up to three times. A large SMT solder base provides maximum stability on the PCB.

Comments Product Manager, Tom Anderson: “This new single contact meets the cost and performance requirements for the repeatable wire termination of leaded devices and individual wires for harsh environment applications. In solid state lighting (SSL) applications specifically, these contacts are used to bring power and signal onto the PCB or to daisy chain multiple boards together in a long string. Other important applications include smart grid meters and industrial devices.”

Supplied on tape & reel packaging for standard SMT processing, these new 9176-400 contacts reduce the total applied cost when compared with two piece systems, and the simple IDC termination process provides higher reliability, greater repeatability and easier repair than solder terminations.