Hypertac’s new HyperSpring product combine the company’s high-reliability hyperboloid contact technology, with the mechanical features of a spring-loaded contact, to produce interconnections with improved signal integrity, high reliability and current density, and proven parametric stability over time.
The key innovation in a HyperSpring connector is that the spring itself is not used for electrical conduction: instead, this is handled by a Hypertac socket placed between the barrel and the plunger of a common spring-loaded contact. This means that the material used to form the spring may be chosen solely on the basis of its mechanical properties: primarily its elasticity. As a consequence it is possible to optimise the physical performance of the overall system, achieving, for instance, much higher probing speeds than would otherwise be possible.
HyperSpring also produces superior electrical performance, because the electrical properties of the conducting material do not need to be balanced with its physical performance. The use of the hyperboloid contact inside the HyperSpring guarantees all the features and benefits of Hypertac technology.