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RF Connector – FAKRA Connector Introduction
  Published:2012-05-11 09:49:38   Views:

FAKRA connectors are not just for automotive telematics. The FAKRA connectors support applications that require a high performing, reliable and cost effective RF connector. Our FAKRA connectors are available in several different attachment types including crimp and PCB mount for RF applications. The FAKRA connector product line also includes several different connector designs and fit several RG and PE cable types.

Pasternack offers FAKRA connectors embedded within a special interlocking plastic housing that are keyed and color coded. FAKRA connectors from Pasternack use standard color codes for easy identification and mating. We supply FAKRA connectors to cover a wide range of RF frequencies operating as high as 4 GHz.

FAKRA connectors from Pasternack ship the same day as ordered to anywhere, worldwide. Pasternack FAKRA connectors are part of the industry's broadest selection of RF and microwave products. Customers, worldwide, also receive shipments of FAKRA connectors the same day.

With recent advancements in communications technology and increased consumer demand for a diverse array of on-board telematic services, RF communications systems have become indispensable components of the modern automobile.
To keep RF interconnection costs low and ensure high levels of electrical and mechanical performance for telematic applications, the German and American automotive industries have standardized a high-performing, cost-effective RF connector based on the FAKRA and USCAR standards.

Utilizing a standard metal SMB connector embedded within a plastic housing that can be designed with multiple colored codes for easy identification, FAKRA connectors are designed to perform up to 4GHz and meet the particular mechanical and environmental requirements of the automobile industry.

Amphenol offers both its original FAKRA connectors, which incorporate machined components, as well as its FAKRA II connector series which utilizes die cast as well as stamped and formed components.

Features & Benefits
•  12 different mechanical and color codes 
•  Plastic housing with locking feature and audible clicking noise
•  Minimum of 100 mating cycles
•  Frequency range of DC - 4 GHz
•  Usable on multiple coaxial cables such as RG-58, RF-174, RG-316, RG-178, and other micro-cables
•  Available in numerous connector configurations such as straight and right angle for cable as well as edge-launch and PCB designs