Interconnections & Packaging: Enclosures And Connectors Designed For The ExpressCard Bus

Feb. 2, 2004

The ExpressCard specification, defined by PCMCIA as the next-generation PC card that's smaller and faster than current PCMCIA cards, has made two cards available: the ExpressCard 34 (about one-half the size of a standard PCMCIA card) and the ExpressCard 54 (slightly smaller). Both are 5 mm thick and can be fitted with extended backs. Each fits into a universal slot with one common connector size and come designed with an integral 26-position beam on the blade connector. Samples of the ExpressCard frame kit and connectors are available now, with production quantities slated for the first quarter. Pricing is competitive with PCMCIA products.

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About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.