Specifications

QUADRAPADDLE SIGNAL CONTACTS AND MODULES USER’S MANUAL: APPENDIX VIRGINIA PANEL CORPORATION
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3.5 Test Requirements and Procedures Summary
Figure 1. Test Requirements and Procedure Summary
Test Description Requirement Procedure
Preliminary
Examination of
Product
Meets requirements of
product drawing
Visual, dimensional, and functional
examination per applicable quality
inspection plan
25 mΩ maximum initial
Termination
Resistance: Double
Female Contact
35 mΩ maximum final
25 mΩ maximum initial
Termination
Resistance: Wire
Crimped Contact
35 mΩ maximum final
EIA-364-06: Subject mated contacts
assembled in housing to 50 mV
maximum open circuit at 100 mA
maximum. See figures 2 and 3.
5000 MΩ minimum
initial
Insulation Resistance
1000 MΩ minimum final
EIA-364-21: Test between adjacent
contacts assembled in housing at
500VDC
Dielectric Withstanding
Voltage
1500 VDC test voltage
at sea level
EIA-364-20: Test between adjacent
contacts at 0.5 mA
Current Rating
30° C maximum
temperature rise
Test temperature rise in housing
loaded with contacts subjected to a
variable current – see Figure 4
Low Level Voltage drop of ≤ 3 μV
EIA-364-06: Test signal of 5 mVDC
at 100μA
Electrical
Bandwidth Maximum rolloff of -3dB DC to 1.2 GHz - see Figure 5
Durability
See test sequence:
Figure 6
EIA-364-09: Mate and unmate
sample for 20000 cycles
Retention Force: Wire
Crimp Contact
Contact shall not
dislodge
Retention Force: ITA
Contact
Contact shall not
dislodge
EIA-364-29: Apply axial load of 3 lbs
to contact
Insertion Force: Wire
Crimp Contact
Force to insert contacts
into module ≤ 1.0 lbs
Insertion Force:
Double Female
Contact
Force to insert contacts
into module ≤ 2.0 lbs
Insertion Force: ITA
Contact
Force to insert contacts
into module ≤ 1.0 lbs
EIA-364-05
Mating Force
1.5 to 2.5 ounces force
per contact using a Ø
0.025" round pin
EIA-364-13: Measure force
necessary to mate samples at a
normal rate of engagement of the
ITA
Mechanical
Unmating Force
≤ 2.5 ounces force per
contact using Ø .025"
round pin
EIA-364-13: Measure force
necessary to unmate samples at a
normal rate of disengagement of the
ITA
Environmental Temperature Life
See test sequence:
Figure 6
EIA-364-17: Subject mated samples
to temperature life at 105°C for 500
hours