This increases the need for device technology to be able to reliably handle a corresponding degree of data transmission.
To ensure that devices such as smartphones, routers, and many others meet these data transmission stability requirements, Panasonic Industry now offers a dedicated 5G FPC (flexible printed circuit) board connector that connects the antenna module to the main board, thus contributing to pristine data flow for applications operating in the millimeter wave range.
"The connector fully meets our expectations for a technology compatible with the potential of 5G," says Carsten Wieber of Panasonic Industry. "It is structurally robust, ready to handle a large number of simultaneous high-frequency signals, protects against signal interference, and allows for simplified circuit designs.".
The FPC connector replaces conventional coaxial connectors, normally required for the extensive millimeter-wave antenna infrastructure, and therefore makes additional cables, components, and assembly efforts redundant.
Noise prevention, and therefore communication stability, is achieved through a metallic shielding structure that covers the connector socket and the outer part of the head, resulting in optimized EMI/EMS characteristics
This highly metallic shielding – and Panasonic's unique, industry-leading hard contact structure – ensures that the connector is perfectly robust and resistant to shocks, vibrations, and all other impacts prevalent to most modern IoT or portable communication devices.

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