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Socket your HighSpeed QFP IC with the SGQFE7020 Elastomer Socket

April 27, 2018 by Ironwood Electronics

Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high-performance QFP socket for 0.5mm pitch 64 pin QFP.

Ironwood Electronics has recently introduced a new high-performance QFP socket for 0.5mm pitch 64 pin QFP. The SG-QFE-7020 socket is designed for 10mm x 10mm x 1.6mm package size with 12mm x 12mm lead tip to tip and operates at bandwidths up to 30 GHz with less than 1dB of insertion loss. The contact resistance is typically 20 milliohms per I/O. The socket connects all pins with 30 GHz bandwidth on all connections and is mounted using supplied hardware on the target PCB with no soldering. It uses the smallest footprint in the industry. This small footprint allows inductors, resistors and decoupling capacitors to be placed very close to the device for impedance tuning. The socket also incorporates swivel lid with compression screw, so that IC's can be changed out quickly. Other features of the socket include a floating compression plate made out of ceramic peek material to force down the QFP leads on to elastomer. There is also a hard stop feature built into the compression mechanism. 

The SG-QFE-7011 sockets are constructed with high performance and low inductance gold plated embedded wire on elastomer as interconnect material between device and PCB. It also has a square copper foil in the middle to connect the ePad which is on a different plane than the peripheral leads. The temperature range is -35C to +125 C. The pin self-inductance is 0.15 nH and mutual inductance of 0.025 nH. Capacitance to ground is 0.01 pF. Current capacity is 2 amps per pin. 

Pricing for the SG-QFE-7020 is $718 at qty 1; with reduced pricing available depending on quantity required.

 

About Ironwood Electronics

Ironwood Electronics is ISO9001:2008 certified and offers a wide selection of high-performance adapters and sockets, plus experienced engineering for quick-turn customs. Ironwood Electronics offer probing, prototype, and SMT package emulation for all SMT packages. Ironwood Electronics products include High-bandwidth 40 GHz sockets for BGA/QFN, pitches down to 0.3 mm, only 2.5 mm larger than IC. Latest adapters include QFN/MLF package emulators, BGA high endurance test sockets, BGA production adapters, and back-to-back Xilinx-compatible BGA sockets. These adapters/sockets support the product life cycle. In the design cycle, engineers are able to test and develop products more quickly with Ironwood prototype and test adapters for all package type--along with the very high density 40 GHz BGA and QFN/MLF sockets. In production, Ironwood can help extend the product life of PCBs, using package converter technology to replace or upgrade original or obsolete components and provide small to high volume turn-key solutions.