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Unmated DriveAngle floating board-to-board connector with right angle design.

DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors

Supporting 60.0A power delivery and PCIe 4.0 data speeds, DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors offer a unique combination of compact, right-angle and high-performance capabilities, specifically designed to ensure robust performance in space-constrained environments. Their LV214 compliance, wide floating range and compatibility with automated assembly systems help reduce mating errors and increase manufacturing efficiency, making them an ideal solution for next-generation vehicle electronics.

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Current Circuits Transmission Speed Operating Temperature
Signal: 0.3A/pin, Power: 15.0A/pair 60 to 150 16Gbps -40 to +125°C

Features and Benefits

As vehicles incorporate advanced infotainment, ADAS and powertrain control systems, manufacturers require connectors that can handle high-current and high-speed data transmission to ensure performance and responsiveness. DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors help address this need by supporting PCIe 4.0 high data transmission rates and feature power pins rated up to 60.0A, providing high-performance capability. These connectors will help meet the growing demand for faster data communication and high-current applications, while future-proofing designs for advanced automotive systems.

Automotive electronics design engineers need to fit more functionality into smaller PCB footprints. Microminiature DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors overcome space-constraint challenges with a right-angle design and high circuit count. Design engineers can integrate more functionality into limited automotive spaces, supporting compact and efficient electronic assemblies.

Automotive production lines aim for automation to reduce costs and improve throughput, but mating errors during connector assembly increase defects and assembly costs. DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors offer a wide floating range, compensating for tolerances, reducing mating errors, and providing enhanced manufacturing reliability. These connectors facilitate error-free automated assembly, reduce rework, improve yields and lower production costs.

Increased Space Savings

With a highly compact hybrid design and high circuit-size count, DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors deliver greater functionality and space savings in space-constrained automotive applications.

DriveAngle floating board-to-board connector without cover.

High-Speed Data Transmission

DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors enable high-speed data transmission, with open-pin fields that support data rates of up to 16Gbps, depending on the specific configuration and application.

Black color rectangular DriveAngle board-to-board connector.

Enhanced Manufacturing Reliability

The wide floating range of the DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors allows tolerance compensation during mating, reducing mating errors and providing enhanced manufacturing reliability.

Mated DriveAngle floating board-to-board connector with right angle design.

Meets rigorous European automotive standards
The connectors meet LV214 standard, ensuring they can withstand harsh environmental conditions such as extreme temperatures, vibration, humidity and chemical exposure.

Offers reliable 60.0A high-current capacity
The connectors offer a high-current of 60.0A, which is one of the highest current transmission capabilities available on the market, ensuring reliable power delivery without overheating or experiencing performance degradation.

Offers exceptional self-alignment capability
The floating range allows the connectors to accommodate slight misalignments and variations during assembly. This flexibility helps overcome challenges posed by harsh environmental conditions such as vibration, thermal expansion and mechanical stress.

Enhances design flexibility
The high pin count of the connectors along with the small footprint enables engineers to increase functionality without sacrificing board space.

Datasheets and Guides

Applications by Industry

ADAS
Advanced driver and passenger infotainment systems 
Advanced high-speed communication gateways
Central computing systems
Domain control units for autonomous systems
Software-defined vehicles

Controller boxes
Servo drives
Stepping motor controllers

This is not a definitive list of applications for this product. It represents some of the more common uses.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors?

DriveAngle connectors are miniaturized board-to-board interconnects that deliver significant space savings and high performance across a range of applications in the automotive industry. With exceptional floating capability, these connectors overcome challenges in harsh conditions and enable automated assembly.

What data rate does DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors support?

DriveAngle connectors support a 16Gbps data rate in a compact footprint. This helps meet PCIe 4.0 standards in customer applications. Signal integrity performance is outstanding, enabling various high-speed protocols such as PCIe 4.0, USB 3.2 Gen1, USB 3.2 Gen2 and Ethernet.

How much current can the integrated power pins handle?

Integrated power pins deliver up to 20.0A (up to 5.0A per pin across four pairs) per connector, for safe and reliable power transfers with high-power performance while maintaining low temperature rise parameters.

What is the current transmission capability of the DriveAngle Floating Board-to-Board Connectors?

DriveAngle connectors offer one of the highest current transmission capabilities in the market, at 20.0A per connector, with up to 60.0A for higher-power needs.