Amphenol Harsh-Environment Connectors
Defence
Amphenol is the world leader in the design, manufacture, and supply of high-performance interconnect systems for harsh environment military applications. Amphenol provides an unparalleled product breadth, from military specification connectors to customized highspeed board level interconnects and fibre optics; from flexible to rigid printed circuit boards; from backplane systems to completely integrated assemblies. Key markets supported are avionics, radar, communications, ordnance, missiles, engines, ground vehicles and tanks, space, and all levels of aviation. Amphenol is a technology innovator that designs to meet customers’ needs during all phases of the life cycle of military hardware.
Automotive
Amphenol is a leading supplier of advanced interconnect systems, antennas, and sensors for the automotive industry. Applications include infotainment, telematics, communication and navigation modules, as well as engine control, safety, lighting, climate control, vehicle dynamics, and hybrid drives. Amphenol’s ability to collaborate with leading global customers on application-specific automotive interconnect, antenna, and sensor technologies is enabling the next generation of connected automobiles with conventional, hybrid-electric, or all electric drive systems.
Mobile Devices
Amphenol provides a broad range of components with content on the majority of the world’s mobile devices produced each year. Amphenol designs and manufactures a full range of electro-mechanical interconnect products and antennas found in mobile phones, tablets, laptops, wearables and other mobile devices. Our broad product offering includes antennas, RF cables, RF switches, internal and external connectors, LCD connectors, board-to-board connectors, card sockets, battery connectors, input-output connectors, charger connectors, metal and ceramic injection molded components, touch panels, and electromechanical hinges. Our capability for high-volume production of these technically demanding, miniaturized products, combined with our industry-leading ability to react quickly to frequently changing customer requirements together with our speed of new product introduction are the critical factors for our success in this market.
Information Technology and Data Communication
Amphenol is a global provider of interconnect solutions to designers and manufactures of internet-enabling systems. Amphenol’s range of offerings in backplane interconnect systems, cable assembly, connector products, and fiber optic and high performance cable span applications in servers, storage systems, optical and copper networking equipment, modems, hubs, routers, switches, and a wide array of other IT equipment. With our design creativity, simulation and testing capability, and cost effectiveness, Amphenol leads the way in interconnect development for the equipment powering the internet.
Whether industry standard or application-specific designs are required, Amphenol provides customers with products that enable performance at the leading edge of next-generation technology.
Amphenol Catalogues and Data
Amphenol PT MIL-DTL-26482 Series 1 Connectors (9.0Mb)
Amphenol MIL-DTL-38999 Connectors (6.9Mb)
Amphenol MIL-DTL-38999 Special Connectors (6.4Mb)
Amphenol Rugged Ethernet Part A (18.6Mb)
Amphenol Rugged Ethernet Part B (18.6Mb)
Amphenol Rugged USB 2 (14.5Mb)
Amphenol Rugged USB 3 (6.9Mb)
Amphenol Rugged ATEX Zone 2 (5.0Mb)
Amphenol Rugged Other Field Installable (3.2Mb)
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When ordering a connector it is not always as simple matter of determining between 'male' and 'female' because this can refer to both the housing gender and the contact gender. Many manufacturers offer a given housing gender with both pin and socket. A common example of such confusion occurs in the Deutsch Industrial DT range, where the plug (or male connector) actually contains socket (or female) contacts. For this reason please specify both the contact and housing gender at the time of order.
The IP Rating of a connector or accessory relates to the degree of ingress protection provided by that component. The first digit of the code relates to the degree of protection against access to hazardous parts (conductors etc) and against solid foreign objects. The second digit refers to the degree of protection against the ingress of water. For two examples of this system, consider the most commonly seen IP ratings in our products: IP44 and IP67. IP44 4: Protection from solid objects ≤1mm | 4: Protection against splashing water IP67 6: Protection from dust-sized objects | 7: Protection against immersion in water at depth of 1m for 30mins A complete guide to all IP Ratings is available here.
These terms are used by Phase 3 and ITT Veam on their high-current connectors.The source is considered the half of the connection from which the power is sourced; or the half supplying the electrical power. In an emergency power application, the generator is the source and would be fitted with Panel Source (panel-mount) connectors, a Panel Source Powersafe Box, or Line Source (inline) connectors on pigtails. The drain is the half of the connection which drains the power from the source. In the same emergency power application described above, the network receiving the emergency power supply is the drain and would be fitted with Line Drain connectors, Panel Drain connectors or a Panel Drain Powersafe Box.
We commonly deal with both American Wire Gauge (AWG) and square millimetre (mm2) dimensions as the units used by manufacturers can vary. To convert between measurements please refer this conversion chart.