PCB-to-PCB and Coax-to-PCB connections

Jon Lawson

Fairview Microwave now offers small form factor MMBX connectors and adapters most commonly used on circuit boards and their associated input/output connections for industrial, telecom and consumer product applications.

MMBX-style connectors and adapters are specifically designed to provide versatile and easy PCB-to-PCB connections as well as coax-to-PCB connections. Their mechanical design also allows them to work well in backplane applications.

These MMBX adapters and connectors from Fairview feature gold-plated beryllium copper contacts and offer a maximum operating frequency of 12.4 GHz, a VSWR of 1.06:1 and mechanical misalignment tolerance of 4.5° (or 0.7mm) max.

In addition to an extensive portfolio of standalone MMBX connectors and adapters, Fairview can also build custom cable assemblies using flexible coax or formable versions of semi-rigid coaxial cable terminated with these new MMBX connectors.

Fairview’s surface-mount and PCB MMBX connectors are also available for sale in ‘tape and reel’ packaging for pick and place circuit board manufacturing applications.