Right angle PC end-launch SMA?
http://rocky.digikey.com/WebLib/John...2-0701-876.pdf
I can not find one anywhere!
Try page 49-50 in the Johnson catalogue, downloadable from this page:
http://emersonnetworkpower.com/webap...0010&langId=-1
There is also a special catalogue/Marketing Brochure "High Frequency End Launch Connectors" available for download on the same web page.
Hey, thanks a lot. I had already seen those types, however. I have an existing amplifier board that does not have any plated thru holes, only pads for an edge launch. The existing SMA PCB edge-launch connector grabs the board securely with 4 ground pins, two on top and two on the bottom. I am trying to find exactly the same type of edge launch, but with a right angle.
I am trying to use this in a high vibration environment, so I need the connector to be mechanically strong. I have limited physical room, otherwise I would just use a mating SMA right angle cable with the existing connector. My options so far are not great:
1) Use one of the "surface mount" styles, like in the emerson catalog. But I would only have the poorer strength of only using top "surface mount" contacts. The big solderable ground plane on the board bottom would not be usable. Also, I am not too sure I can get a good solder joint to the SMT sma connector on the prebuilt amplifier board without floating some of the other chip components to retrofit this style of connect.
2) Using one of those 5 hole thru the board SMA connectors, mounted incorrectly sideways--like an end launch. Then fabricating two small brass blocks to capture the top two ground connections, that are floating in the air, and solder them to the top side of the board. In other words, a kludge!
3) Using an pcb end launch connector like an mcx, and letting the cable have the right angle. I worry a little about the connector popping off under vibration though.
Hi biff,
Try this one:
file:///W:/DATASHEET/DEVICES/connectors/CONNECTORS%20%20RF/SMA%20PRICE.htm