Hypertronics Licenses Ardent Concepts Contact Technology for Micro-Miniature Connectors.New Form Factor for Proven, Solderless Interconnects Optimized For Military/Aerospace Designs HUDSON, Mass. -- Hypertronics, the leading provider of high performance electrical connector and interconnect solutions, today announced a new micro-miniature connector technology optimized for high reliability, military/aerospace applications. Leveraging a contact system licensed from Ardent Concepts, the new HyperGrid[TM] technology features: * Ardent Concepts' RC Springprobe[TM] contact technology - proven in rugged test bed applications; * Solderless, compression style connections requiring only 20 grams of force per node to maintain connectivity, with a contact pitch as low as 0.4 mm, ideal for high density designs; * Excellent AC performance, with multi-GHz bandwidth, exceptional signal integrity and consistent DC resistance; and * Unequaled durability, that exceeds 100K compression cycles, with excellent shock and vibration performance. HyperGrid technology results in interconnect solutions that offer the same tiny form factor, high node count and stackability features required in many micro-miniature applications, without the electrical, repeatability or cost limitations associated with other technologies such as pogo pins A pogo pin is a device used in electronics to establish a (usually temporary) connection between two printed circuit boards. Named by analogy with the pogo stick toy, the pogo pin usually takes the form of a slender cylinder containing two sharp, spring-loaded pins. , fuzz buttons A fuzz button is a high performance electrical contact typically fashioned from a single strand of gold-plated berylium-copper wire. They are used in semiconductor test sockets and interconnects where low-distortion transmission lines are a necessity. , and conductive conductive having the quality of readily conducting electric current. conductive flooring flooring or floor covering made specially conductive to electrical current, usually by the inclusion of copper wiring that is earthed elastomers. "Ardent's patented contact technology provides superior performance, size and cost advantages that are production-proven in other high-reliability applications," said Gordon Vinther, President of Ardent Concepts. "Hypertronics' expertise in meeting mil/aero requirements makes them an ideal partner for driving our contact technology into this market," The new scalable HyperGrid[TM] technology will be available as custom interconnects for PCB-to-PCB, flex cable-to-PCB, and IC-to-PCB designs. This new form factor opens portable, handheld, avionic a·vi·on·ics n. 1. (used with a sing. verb) The science and technology of electronics and the development of electronic devices as applied to aeronautics and astronautics: and other space and weight constrained con·strain tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains 1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force. 2. applications to the high reliability, repeatability and rugged designs of Hypertronics. The license agreement with Ardent Concepts is exclusive for military/aerospace applications allowing Hypertronics to provide specialized mil/aero customers a unique interconnect solution not available with any other vendor. "Hypertronics is always looking to acquire technologies that are complimentary to our high-reliability Hypertac([R]) hyperboloid contact design," said Garry MacDonald, Hypertronics Vice President of Engineering and Business Development. "This license agreement with Ardent Concepts enables Hypertronics to expand its custom interconnect solutions to new applications requiring micro-miniature form factors." About Hypertronics Corporation Hypertronics, based in Hudson, Massachusetts Hudson is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 18,113 at the 2000 census. For geographic and demographic information on the census-designated place Hudson, please see the article Hudson (CDP), Massachusetts. , has been a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of specialty connectors for the electronics industry since 1970. Its Hypertac([R]) technology is renowned for delivering unfailing performance in high-reliability applications in the medical, military/aerospace, test and measurement and industrial market segments. The company offers a wide range of standard catalog products as well as custom-designed connectors for more specific application needs and performance requirements. Hypertronics connectors are used by leading mil/aero customers whose mission-critical land, naval and aerospace systems require fail-safe performance under the harshest of operating environments In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. . Applications include communications and information systems An assembly, which may include personnel, equipment and procedures, organized to accomplish specific information conveyance and processing functions. , sensors and electronics, weapons, ground/sea systems, air platforms, deep space systems and missile defense Missile defence is an air defence system, weapon program, or technology involved in the detection, tracking, interception and destruction of attacking missiles. Originally conceived as a defence against nuclear-armed ICBMs, its application has broadened to include shorter-ranged . It is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Smiths Group (UK:SMIN), a multinational company headquartered in London, UK. More information about Hypertronics products and solution offerings can be found at www.hypertronics.com. |
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