Battery connector can cut onboard footprint over 100%

Offering connection pitches as low as 2 mm, the XD2B miniature battery connector is only 2.6-mm deep, which is >50% to >100% less than competing products. Further, the connector is designed to be recessed into the edge of a board to reduce above-board height. The connector is targeted at mobile devices that use Li-Ion flat‐pack batteries, such as smartphones, tablets, dataloggers, and hand‐held POS terminals.

Electroforming technology produces contacts that are substantially stronger than contacts produced by conventional pressed materials, and an improved spring‐contact configuration provides higher contact forces, making the gold-plated contacts more impervious to impact and shock. The connectors are available now in three versions: with 6, 7, or 8 PCB connection terminals (parts XD2B-0406-26A, XD2B-0507-20A, and XD2B-0408-23A, respectively) for mating with 4, 5, or 4 battery connection pads, respectively.