Erni Electronics is enhancing its two-row SMC connector family in a 1.27mm pitch with versions featuring additional pin numbers in all the available configurations (straight and angled male and female connectors plus female IDC connectors for ribbon cable systems). This means that SMC connectors are now also available in the pin numbers 16, 20, 32 and 40, expanding the current range with 12, 26, 50, 68 and 80 contacts.

The key design criteria of the SMC series are a patented double-sided spring contact principle for good HF behaviour and secure connection, a high-temperature-resistant insulator with polarisation for secure mating and SMT technology with 100% controlled coplanarity of the tiny contact pins. For miniature backplanes, male connectors in pressfit technology are also available. The connectors are frequently used in a number of totally different locations within a system in order to realise backplane, mezzanine, ribbon cable and coplanar connections.

For further versatile sub assembly designs, there are additional versions in various heights creating mezzanine distances from 8 to 20mm. For extremely application the distance can be increased up to 40mm using so called board-to-board adapters.