Receptacle Contact Termination Styles
Post contact: Usually provided with extended insulator to maintain constant impedance through mounting panel. Can be soldered to circuitry as shown, or soldered to plated-through hole in P.C. boards, or inserted into slotted contact with devices attached. Click here for application information and illustration.
Slotted contact: Usually provided with extended insulator to maintain constant impedance through mounting panel. Circuitry is soldered into slot. Click here for application information and illustration.
Solder pot contact: Contact is drilled for wire insertion and soldering. Side of contact is milled at an angle to allow inspection of solder joint. Click here for application information and illustration.
Socket contact: Female contact in back of connector accepts device pin (such as a hermetic seal as shown in example) or male contact. Click here for application information and illustration.
Tab contact: Soldered to PCB trace or strip circuitry. May be provided with extended insulator (as shown) to maintain constant impedance through panel. Click here for application information and illustration.
Turret contact: Used for wire-wrap and/or soldering. Click here for application information and illustration.
Flattened & pierced contact: Generally found on hermetically-sealed receptacles. The pin of the hermetic seal is flattened and cross-drilled for wire insertion and soldering. Click here for application information and illustration.
Grounding lug: This option adds a cross-drilled lug extending from the connector body for wire connection to ground. Click here for application information and illustration.

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