Sabritec offers a new rugged d-subminiature multiway connector line for their standard triax series.

The Multiway Triax series are designed to ground the outer shield of a triax contact directly to the shell of the connector. A multi-finger ground spring, fixed around the triax shell, provides a multi-point contact engagement for superior EMI shielding. The result is an extremely low contact resistance when measured from the triax contact outer body to the connector flange.

Up to the present day, the transmission of data in satellite applications has sufficed with the use of 50 ohm coax cable and connector interfaces. However, digital signal processors now used in commercial and military satellite installations require data to be transmitted for 100 Base-T and higher data rate formats. This makes the use of standard 50 ohm coax incompatible.

Sabritec’s solution to this problem is a size 10 triax interface to transmit data at 100 ohms differential pair impedance packaged in a compact rugged connector. We took the design for the triax and manufactured a suitable package to be able to mate up to fourteen (14) of these contacts in a single connector interface. We added features such as a polarizing shell to prevent any mismating and a scoop proof concentric triax interface that allows the repeatability and durability of mating the fourteen (14) Triax contacts.