Smiths Interconnect

Molex has completed the acquisition of Smiths Interconnect, a subsidiary of UK-based Smiths Group. Smiths Interconnect brings a diverse portfolio of complementary products and advantaged capabilities in ruggedized custom connectors, contacts, RF components and optical transceivers for harsh environments. Smiths Interconnect also brings leading semiconductor test capabilities that complement Molex’s data communications and data center solutions to support growth in ...

Electronics Weekly talks with Joydip Sanyal – Product Group Manager for Connectors at Smiths Interconnect – about high power technology and future-ready high voltage battery systems. He explains how the shift from fossil fuel to electrification is set to create a major change in every segment of the economy. At the heart of this change, he says, is the electrical ...

Interconnect company, Molex continues its acquisition trail with the announcement that it is to acquire Smiths Interconnect. The announcement comes less than a year after its acquisition of AirBorn, the connector and cable assembly company based in Texas. Smiths Interconnect specialises in electronic components, microwave, optical and RF products and subsystems for the aerospace and defence, medical, semiconductor test and ...

Smiths has introduced disposable medical connectors. “In recent times, there has been an increasing focus on developing connectors that are safe and reliable for single-use applications,” according to the company. “This effort has been motivated by the need to reduce the risk of cross-contamination and improve hygiene in medical environments. However, this trend has also led to challenges in ensuring ...

Smiths Interconnect has created an EMI flange for its high-speed NXS connectors, intended for use in satellites. It interfaces between the PCB mounted receptacle and the enclosure panel or bulkhead to minimises the risk of electrical interference flowing from external sources into the enclosure, and vise versa. The EMI receptacle has a gold plated aluminium body that is assembled into ...

For rail use, Smiths Interconnect has created Easy REP, a lower cycle-life variant of its REP connector series. “Today a number of rail and industrial applications do not require high-cycle life as a technical requirement, but still require compliance with the railway standard of 500 cycles and other important qualified features,” according to the company. “These are the kind of ...

Smiths Interconnect has created an IC test socket for high-speed testing of 350μm minimum pitch devices. Called DaVinci Micro, the test socket has shielded connections to isolate signal paths, with -35dB crosstalk claimed at 40GHz, as well as -10dB return loss at the same frequency and -1dB insertion loss at 31GHz. There are to impedance variants: 851-0023043-HG01 for 50Ω and ...

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a family of WR112 X-band waveguide components for satellite communications, commercial data links and deep space missions. They are: D35/833333 high-power circulator (pictured) C83327 high-power termination D35/83393 high-power termination C35/83387 medium-power termination D83359 2×2 hybrid coupler D83328 SMA test coupler C35/82970 high-power isolator C35/83394 high-power isolator D35/83391 CW high-power isolator D35/83391 CCW high-power isolator C35/83380 low-power isolator ...

Smiths Interconnect has launched its LightCONEX optical plug-in and backplane module connectors compatible with the VITA 66.5 draft standard and aligned with the SOSATM Technical Standard for VPX systems within rugged embedded computing applications and sensor systems. The Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSATM) Consortium is developing a common framework for transitioning sensor systems to an open systems architecture, based on ...

Smiths Interconnect has created the Intercompact series, a signal + Ethernet PCB connector qualified for demanding rail and industrial applications. The series has PCB-to-PCB and floating mount rack and panel parts, with bodies made from liquid crystal polymer. There are 60 and 41 way signal configurations with ‘Hypertac’ hyperboloid contacts. Described as compact, face-on the connectors are approximately 107 x 15.3mm ...