Development Factors Driving the Growth of BTB Connector in 5g Era

As an indispensable part of electronic products, BTB connector has the characteristics of fast and stable transmission function, low loss and high fidelity. It acts as a communication bridge in electronic circuits. The BTB connector inside the mobile phone mainly plays the role of connecting PCB, module and motherboard to realize mechanical and electrical connection. With the advent of 5g era, the performance upgrading of BTB connector has become an inevitable trend. In order to adapt to the characteristics of high integration and small pitch in mobile phone, BTB connector is also developing towards small pitch, multi pin number and high-speed transmission.

BTB connector has three properties: mechanical performance, electrical performance and environmental performance. Mechanical performance refers to the plugging times, retention force, positive force, durability, vibration and mechanical impact force of BTB connector; Electrical performance refers to the requirements for contact resistance, insulation resistance and electrical strength of BTB connector; Environmental performance refers to the temperature humidity cycle, cold and heat shock, high temperature resistance, vibration resistance and other properties of BTB connector.

The transition from 4G to 5g has accelerated the iterative speed of products in the consumer electronics industry. The multi-functional modules and rapid development of smart phones and wearable devices have promoted the development of BTB connectors. 5g smart phones have more functions. In addition, each module must be connected with the motherboard to realize signal transmission, and the factors of high internal integration of the mobile phone greatly increase the demand for BTB connectors. At the same time, it also has higher requirements for high-speed and high-frequency transmission of BTB connectors.

The increase of 5g smart phone camera will drive the growth of BTB connector connecting mobile phone camera module inside the mobile phone. Smart phone multi camera technology has been fully popularized. Smart phones equipped with three camera, four camera and five camera have been released one after another. The demand for BTB connectors is also growing. It is expected that a single multi camera phone can add 1-3 pairs of BTB connectors.

Because the BTB connector can achieve miniaturization, narrow spacing and maintain stable transmission capacity, it is just suitable for the characteristics of light and thin mobile phone and compact internal space. For RF connection of 5g smart phone, BTB connector can be used to connect antenna and RF front end to strengthen signal strength. This demand increases the number of BTB connectors in the phone by 1-2 pairs.

The increase of market penetration of wearable devices will also drive the growth of BTB connectors. Taking wearable smart watches as an example, for components that need connectors such as display screen, touch screen, antenna connection, battery connection and microphone connection, the consumption of BTB connectors can reach 1-3 pairs.