Electronic Connector Handbook: Technology and Applications. This item is unavailable.Electronic Connector Handbook: Technology and Applications

First-Ever Electronic Connector Bible

If you're looking for a better way to a connect electronic components so they're both manufacturable and maintainable, reach for Electronic Connector Handbook. In this Handbook, experts help you choose wisely from among today's bewildering array of permanent (including soldered and mechanical) and separable connectors for consumer, computer, communications and other devices and systems. The perfect tool for maximizing the price/performance of power and signal applications alike, it lets you:

• Develop an instant background in contact interfaces, finishes, materials, designs and housings
• Master all 6 levels of connector types - including those for board-to-board, wire-to-board, wire-to-wire and coaxial connections
• Minimize performance tradeoff and test connectors and sockets to meet demanding mechanical, electrical and environmental standards
• Engineer connector thermoplastics - and choose from among the top 12 engineering polymers
• Much, much more

Your complete guide to choosing the right connectors for today's electronic systems. Are you bewildered by the large number of connectors and technologies currently available for high-performance electronic systems? This landmark reference is the first to offer you an overall framework for understanding connector design and function. Covering a wide range of today's connectors, the handbook gives you the expertise needed to connect electronic functions in a practical, modular for that is both manufacturable and maintainable. Included is hands-on information that will enable you to: Develop a solid grasp of contact interfaces, finishes, materials, designs, and housing; Make the most of signal, power, and other connector applications; Master the various connector types, such as board-to-board and wire/cable-to-wire/cable; Learn the performance tradeoffs of different kinds of connectors; Apply the latest methods of mechanical, electrical, and environmental connector testing. This time- and money-saving tool will also help you ensure connector reliability by providing step-by-step details on degradation mechanisms, laboratory evaluation programs, reliability estimation, and more.