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FLEXIBLE STACKING SOLUTIONS
Key Differentiators Samtec’s biggest selling product category
Samtec’s fast deliveries and countless design options
Most customers need two-piece, pin-and-socket board to system
Sudden Service Compatible
1-3 day lead times on most products – Great for distributors
Industry standard products – Great for distributors
APPLICATIONS: Everything but Small Hand-Held Devices | Robotics | Manufacturing | Instrumentation | Embedded | Telecom | DataCom | Computer and Peripheral | Military | Medical | Transportation | Energy | Automotive
Variety and Flexibility – Samtec’s Advantage samtec.com/solutions/flexible-board-stacking-connectors
PLAY OVERVIEW
More ways to connect 2+ boards than anyone in connector industry
Flexibility to design almost any connector system Stack height, pin count, and orientation on the PCB
A wide variety of options available
These are two-piece, pin and socket connectors
Variety at a Glance ■■
Samtec has more ways to connect two or more boards than any other connector company
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Pin counts: Most are cut-to-position, so most are available in 1 – 50 positions per row
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Profile: low, standard, elevated
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Orientation: parallel (vertical), RA (90°), coplanar (horizontal)
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Termination: through-hole, SMT, press-fit, mixed technology
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Density: virtually all are available single and double row, and many are available with up to six rows of pins
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Pitches: .100”, 2 mm, .050” are most popular; other centerlines include 1 mm, .8 mm, .100” X .050”, .200”
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Shrouded, alignment & polarization options, lead styles, plating options, pass-through options, different contact systems
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Flexibility At a Glance Overview ■■
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Long terminal pins pass through middle PCBs
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Benefits include easier to route traces, saves board space, fewer connectors, less processing
Flexibility: Contact System Tiger Eye™ High-reliability High Mating Cycles Multi-finger Contact Board-to-Board, IDC, Discrete Wire
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Creates lower profile applications
Tiger Claw™
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All components on same side of PCB
Pass-Through Ultra-low Profile Dual Wipe Contact
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Pass-through sockets
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Self-nesting
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Tiger Claw™, Tiger Beam™, some Tiger Eye™ Popular in PC/104 applications
Tiger Beam™ Best Cost Reliable Performance Post & Beam Contact
Tiger Buy™
Modified Headers and Stackers
High Retention Cost Effective Tuning Fork Contact
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Allows customer to get the exact board stacking height needed
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Move pin in .005” increments
Edge Rate™
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Designed for Signal Integrity Superior Impedance Control Reduced Broadside Coupling Rugged Design
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Square pin / round hole / friction / no barb
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Custom stack height
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Standard part number
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No minimum order size
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No long lead times
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No tooling charges
Pitches: .200”, .156”, .100”, 2mm, .050”, .050”X.100”, 1 mm, and .8 mm
Blade & Beam Micro Pitch Mating / Alignment “Friendly” Cost-effective
Razor Beam™ Rugged Contact Ultra-Fine Pitch High-Speed Low Profile Elevated Designs
Machined Multi-Fingered Contact BeCu Contact Precision Machined Shell
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FLEXIBLE STACKING SOLUTIONS
Key Products
Modified and Custom Products Two-Piece Socket + Terminal Sets TSW, SSW / TSM, SSM TMMH, SQT HTMS, FTR, RSM
Dual Body Stackers DW, ZW TW HDWM FW AW
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Quick-turn prototype samples
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Short lead times
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Low or no Nonrecurring Engineering Charges (NREs)
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Low or no Minimum Order Quantity (MOQ)
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Special plating
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Special cables & wiring
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Special polarizations
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Pin and body modifications
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Screen printing
Modified Headers MTSW MTMM MTMS
Pass-Through Sockets CLH CLT CLP RSM
note ≤ 1 mm centerline not recommended for pass-through
Master Product Manager for Samtec
Contact Samtec Technical Support
Your Local Samtec FSE
Arina Milman amilman@e-sonic.com +1-905-470-3017
eCustomerService@samtec.com 1-812-944-6733
Go to www.samtec.com and scroll to the bottom left corner of the homepage. Your local FSE (Field Sales Expert) location and contact information will be displayed.