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Custom Grid Array technology for medical applications


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miths Interconnect, a leading provider of technically


differentiated electronic components, subsystems, microwave, optical and radio frequency products, has introduced a new contact technology for the medical market segment, the Custom Grid Array.


The new Custom Grid Array technology offers a contact layout using spring probe and target contacts to deliver the same RF performance as cabled coaxial solutions, with improved signal integrity. Interconnect solutions for medical applications must provide high performance and ensure the highest level of safety. At the same time, there is a pressing market need to make them even smaller, more robust, and more cost-effective. Coaxial RF contacts can be large, delicate, and expensive. Replacing them with a Grid Array can reduce the overall size, weight, and cost of the connector. Smiths Interconnect’s new Custom Grid Array technology provides equivalent performance to traditional coaxial


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constructions by customising the contact arrangement to the specifi c application needs of medical customers, particularly MRI manufacturers. Although the form and factor may differ, the underlining technology is common.


Furthermore, by replacing pin and socket contacts with spring probes, cleaning of the cable connector becomes faster and easier, as fl at target contacts are simpler to clean than coaxial sockets; this translates into improved throughput of an MRI suite.


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