The Sustainable Development of the Connector Market

Generally refers to electrical connectors. A device that connects two active devices to transmit current or signals. This brings a lot of inconvenience to both production and use. Take car batteries as an example. Assuming that the battery cable is fixed and welded to the battery, installing the battery in a car factory will increase workload, production time, and cost.

When the battery is damaged and needs to be replaced, the car needs to be sent to a repair station, where the old one needs to be disassembled and welded, and the new one needs to be welded again, which requires more labor costs. With connectors, many troubles can be avoided. Simply purchase a new battery from the store, disconnect the connector, remove the old battery, install the new battery, and reconnect the connector. This simple example illustrates the benefits of connectors. It makes the design and production process more convenient and flexible, reducing production and maintenance costs. It is effective.

With the rapid growth of consumer electronics, automotive electronics, and communication terminal markets, as well as the continuous transfer of global connector production capacity to Asia and China, Asia has become the place with the most potential in the connector market, while China will become the place with the fastest growth and largest production capacity in the global connector market. It is expected that the growth rate of the Chinese connector market will continue to exceed the global average in the future. In the next five years, the average annual growth rate of the Chinese connector market will reach 15%. By 2010, the market capacity of China's connector market will reach 25.7 billion yuan.

The main supporting fields of electrical connectors include transportation, communication, network, IT, medical, household appliances, etc. The rapid development of product technology and the rapid growth of the supporting market have effectively promoted the development of connector technology. As of now, connectors have developed into a series and specialized product with complete product types, rich varieties and specifications, diverse structural types, segmented professional directions, obvious industry characteristics, and standardized standard systems.

Overall, the development of connector technology presents the following characteristics: high-speed and digital signal transmission, integration of various signal transmissions, miniaturization of product volume, low product cost, surface adhesion of contact terminals, modular combination, and convenient insertion and removal. The above technologies represent the development direction of connector technology, but it should be noted that not all of them are necessary, and connectors in different support fields and usage environments have completely different requirements for the above technologies.

The development direction of connectors should be miniaturization, high-density, high-speed transmission, and high-frequency. Miniaturization means smaller center spacing between connectors, while high density means more cores. The total number of effective contacts for high-density PCB (printed circuit board) connectors is 600, with a maximum of 5000 dedicated devices. High speed transmission refers to the requirement of modern computer, information technology, and network technology for signal transmission to reach a time scale rate of MHz frequency band and pulse time to reach sub millisecond level, thus requiring a high-speed transmission connector. In order to adapt to the development of millimeter wave technology, RF coaxial connectors have entered the millimeter wave operating frequency band.