Board to FPC connector for plug-in 5G data stability

5G, the current framework for mobile communication reality means nothing less than an entirely new dimension in capacity, speed and simultaneity of daily data communication – especially within the defined frequency range 2 (FR2) using the millimetre-wave spectrum (28GHz band).

This is boosting the necessity for device technology being able to reliably handle a corresponding extent of data transmission.

“The connector fully meets what we expect from technology being compatible with the potentials of 5G,” said Carsten Wieber from Panasonic Industry. “It is constructively robust, per se ready for a large amount of simultaneous high frequency signals, shields signal interferences and allows simplified circuit designs.”

The FPC connector replaces conventional coaxial connectors usually necessary for the extensive mm-wave antenna infrastructure – and thus renders additional cables, components and assembly efforts as redundant.

Noise prevention and hence communication stability is achieved by the means of a metal shielding structure, covering the connector’s socket and the header's outer part, resulting in optimized EMI/EMS characteristics.

This very metal shielding - and Panasonic Industry’s tough contact structure ensure the connector being flawlessly robust and resistant to shocks, vibrations and all other impacts that prevail for most of modern IoT or portable communication devices.