TE Connectivity Catalog 1654025 Revised 3-13
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Table of Contents
TE Connectivity Embraces the Most Valued Brand Names Worldwide ………………………………ii
About TE’s Wire and Cable, Harnessing and Heat-Shrinkable Products ……………………………iii
How to Use this Catalog ……………………………………………………………………………iv
Application Overview
Seal It ………………………………………………………………………………………………1-1
Connect It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-2
Insulate It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-3
Protect It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-4
Wire It………………………………………………………………………………………………1-5
Hold It ……………………………………………………………………………………………1-6
Join It ………………………………………………………………………………………………1-7
Beautify It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-8
Reduce It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-9
Repair It …………………………………………………………………………………………1-10
Flex It ……………………………………………………………………………………………1-11
All of It ……………………………………………………………………………………………1-12
Electrical Interconnection System Design
HarnWare™ V6 ……………………………………………………………………………2-2 to 2-7
Integrated Military Harness Systems …………………………………………………2-8 to 2-18
Product Sections
Heat-Shrinkable Tubing ……………………………………………………………………………3
Molded Parts ………………………………………………………………………………………4
Adhesives ……………………………………………………………………………………………5
Adapters ……………………………………………………………………………………………6
Assemblies …………………………………………………………………………………………7
Electrical Interconnect Products …………………………………………………………………8
Wire and Cable ……………………………………………………………………………………9
Application Equipment……………………………………………………………………………10
Supporting Information
Equivalents and Conversions …………………………………………………………11-2, 11-3
Temperature Conversion ………………………………………………………………11-3, 11-4
Glossary ………………………………………………………………………………11-5 to 11-13
Part Index ……………………………………………………………………………11-14 to 11-26
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TE Embraces the Most Valued Brand Names Worldwide
As a truly global player, TE Corporation
has facilities located throughout the world
serving customers in a wide range of
applications.
Tyco Electronics Corporation
was established in
September 1999 and
since then, the company
has rapidly grown and
strengthened its competencies as an electrical and
electronic component
supplier, with product
offerings in 25 passive and
active product segments.
The company has facilities
located around the globe
serving customers in the
aerospace and defense,
automotive, commercial
electronics/ communications, industrial/energy,
marine, medical, military,
and rail industries. TE’s
product portfolio continues
to grow, encompassing
connector systems and
application tooling, active
and passive fiber optic
devices, complete power
systems, wireless components (including IC's, radar
sensors, and complete
communications systems),
GPS and integrated
antenna systems, heatshrink products, circuit
protection devices,
magnetic components,
wire and cable systems,
touchscreens, PC boards
and backplanes, smart
cards, relays, sensors,
electronic modules, wire
harnessing and labeling
products, battery packs,
terminal blocks and
switches.
customer service personnel
enables you to make your
next generation of products
successful.
A significant result of this
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real benefit to customers,
is that our technology leadership becomes even
stronger. The synergies
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Wire and Cable, Harnessing and Protection Products
About TE Wire and Cable, Harnessing, and Heat-Shrinkable Products
TE’s Raychem brand of products, pioneered the application of radiation
crosslinking and the development of heat-shrinkable polymer tubing.
TE’s Raychem brand of
heat-shrinkable polymer
products is recognized
worldwide. It is backed by
a history of proven performance, reliability, innovation
and superior quality. TE
manufactures the world’s
largest range of heat-shrinkable tubing – tubing that
provides cable protection
offering exceptional insulation, mechanical protection,
and strain relief. We are the
recognized world leader in
heat-shrinkable polymer
technology.
A broad-based product line
of wire and cable is engineered to meet or exceed
the most rigorous technical
specifications. Performing
from -100°C to +260°C
[-148°F to +500°F], the
product line encompasses
fire-resistant cable, smallsize controlled electrical
cables, multi-conductor
cable, high-performance
radiation crosslinked ETFE
airframe wire, low fire
hazard wire, high-performance automotive and
commercial wire, and
NASA-spec and other
space-application types.
Additionally, a variety of
low-cost, easy-to-install
components for wire
harnesses and cable
assemblies are available
including splices, adapters,
low-profile rectangular
connectors, and contacts.
These components are
approved to widely recognized standards and
specifications that include
UL, SAE, MIL, Defense,
DNV, Lloyds, and ABS.
TE also provides customized
harnessing design supported
by a pioneering software
package, HarnWare, which
enables fast, optimum system
design with materials and
assembly labor estimates.
For over fifty years,
customers have recognized
the global capabilities of
Raychem products.
Combining these advanced
products with superior
technical support and a
global sales/service
organization, customers
with worldwide operations
count on TE to supply the
knowledge and products
they need to solve specific
problems and help them
take advantage of opportunity, anywhere it arises. This
philosophy has earned TE a
reputation for leadership
in materials science technologies. Developed from
these technologies,
Raychem brand products
are sold into many industries including aerospace,
automotive, electronics,
construction, electrical
power, utilities, manufacturing, pipeline, process, rail
and mass transit, and
telecommunications.
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How To Use This Catalog
This catalog has four main
sections:
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Application Overview
Electrical Interconnection
System Design
Products
Supporting Information
Application Overview
(Section 1) presents general design ideas based on
typical uses for Raychembrand wire and cable,
heat-shrinkable tubing
and protection products.
Application photos depict
examples of how customers
use our products to
enhance the performance
and improve the reliability
of their specific products
in one or more of these
generic applications; Seal
It, Connect It , Wire It,
Insulate It, Protect It, Hold
It, Join It, Beautify It,
Reduce It, Repair It, Flex It,
All of It.
Electrical Interconnection
System Design (Section 2)
describes wire harness
components and harness
protection issues and
provides a step-by-step
guide to selecting the right
components for a particular
wire harnessing system.
Products (Sections 3-10)
showcases our product
groups. Each section
provides:
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An overview of the
product group.
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A table of contents that
lets you see at a glance
the product families in
that product group.
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A selection guide to help
you determine which
product family will satisfy
the requirements of your
application.
An explanation of the part
numbering system for
that product group.
Information pages on
each product family.
The product information
pages provide some or all
of the following information
(depending on the product
family):
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Product features/benefits.
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Abbreviated installation
guidelines.
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Specifications and
agency approvals.
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Part number selection
information.
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Product data (dimensions, properties, and
materials).
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Ordering information.
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Location availability.
Supporting Information
(Section 11) provides:
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Equivalents and
conversion tables.
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Temperature conversion
table.
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Glossary.
Typical applications for
the product family.
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Application Overview
Seal It
1
Application Overview
Advanced materials and product design have resulted in a complete line of products offering the most
effective sealing available today: adhesive-lined tubing, molded parts, and a variety of solder and crimp
connection devices. These easy-to-use products provide superior waterproofing, resistance to hydrocarbons
and other chemicals, protection against corrosion and oxidation, and a barrier against dust and dirt.
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Heat-shrinkable,
adhesive-lined
products—tubings with
high shrink ratios, and
molded parts—environmentally protect connector-to-cable transitions.
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Waterblocked and
anticapillary wire prevent
water and most fluids
from wicking between
the conductor strands.
Bundle sealing products
block multiconductor
cables.
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Adhesive-lined, heatshrinkable tubing and
end caps seal and
protect electronic
components and in-line
wire splices from fluids,
moisture, and corrosion
while also providing
strain relief.
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Heat-shrinkable caps
lined with an adhesive
or encapsulant form a
moisture-resistance
barrier around stub
splices and wire ends.
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Heat-shrinkable, moisture
blocking systems are
designed to provide
reliable sealing of wire
bundles preventing fluid
ingress.
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Application Overview
Connect It
TE’s electrical interconnect products offer reliable, more cost-effective alternatives to traditional
connection methods—such as hand soldering, or crimping and then insulating by taping or overmolding.
With our electrical
interconnect products,
you start with a precisely
engineered, fluxed solder
preform inside a transparent, heat-shrinkable
sleeve. When the
product is heated, the
solder preform melts,
and the sleeve shrinks to
create a connection that
is fully insulated and
strain-relieved.
This ease of use expands
your options even as it
enhances the quality of
your end product, as in
these applications:
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Easy and reliable
termination of EMI
shields to ground,
ensuring effective EMI
attenuation. Shield
termination products are
available for computer,
data, and instrumentation
cable, communications
and video cable, and
heavy industrial cable.
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Splicing of one component to another, such as
a diode connected to
one end of a LED.
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Coaxial terminations to
PCBs and terminals.
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Application Overview
Insulate It
1
Application Overview
Solving an insulation problem can be easier than you think, especially when you consider the family of
Raychem brand products from TE that can provide superior alternatives to standard methods of insulation
such as hand-taping or molding-in-place.
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When heated during
installation, our radiationcrosslinked tubings shrink
to conform to a variety of
shapes, providing
dependable insulation.
n
General-purpose
polyolefin tubing is
widely used to insulate
and strain-relieve wire
terminations and
connections.
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Heat-shrinkable end caps
insulate wire or cable
terminations, providing
protection from dust
and dirt. End caps with
adhesive or encapsulant
linings also provide
protection from moisture
because the lining,
when heated, melts and
flows to fill surface
irregularities of the
substrate.
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Delicate electrosurgical
instruments can be
insulated and protected
from abrasion by using
one of TE’s medicalgrade, heat-shrinkable
tubings specially
formulated to meet the
requirements of USP
Class VI for medical use.
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Components on a PCB,
such as capacitors and
fuses, can be insulated
with a UL VW-1-approved
heat-shrinkable tubing to
achieve a specific
product rating.
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Application Overview
Protect It
Designing a brilliant solution is good. Protecting a brilliantly designed solution is even better. A whole family
of protection products, made from a wide variety of materials, can provide comprehensive protection:
mechanical protection, strain relief, resistance to abrasion and crushing, EMI and noise reduction, fluid
resistance, and thermal insulation.
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Tinel-Lock ring braid
terminations can be used
for applications where
shielding is critical. These
shape-memory-metal
products attach metal
braid shields to backshells and provide 360°
protection against EMI
and EMP.
n
Heat-shrinkable tubings
provide mechanical
protection for hoses and
pipes, and also reduce
problems caused by wire
chafing or cable abrasion.
n
Easy-to-install heat-shrinkable tubing and molded
parts provide excellent
strain relief and electrical
insulation for connectorto-cable transitions.
n
A heat-shrinkable molded
part can relieve the strain
on a multiconductor cable
to a D-subminiature
connector.
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Heat-shrinkable
feedthroughs relieve the
strain on cables entering
junction boxes.
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Highly-flexible, heatshrinkable fabric tubing
provides outstanding
abrasion protection for
components such as
rubber hoses, plastic
pipes, and harness wiring
bundles, recovering
easily even over awkward
substrates such as bent
hoses.
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Heat-shrinkable MicroFit
tubing is used to provide
insulation and strain
relief for fine-gauge wire
(24 to 42 AWG) and fiber
optic cables in such end
products as medical
devices, computers,
communications equipment, and commercial
electronic products.
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Application Overview
Wire It
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Application Overview
TE is a leader in the development of high-performance wire and cable products for demanding applications,
including aerospace, industrial equipment, instrumentation, marine, and automotive applications. Precision
extrusion capability, materials expertise, and design knowledge provide wire products that are lightweight;
smaller than comparable-performance constructions; highly flexible, yet mechanically tough; flame-retardant
and resistant to a variety of industrial fluids.
All TE products offer outstanding shop-handling
characteristics for efficient
stripping, wire termination,
and bundling. Cable design
software is available to
create custom multicore
cables with unique
components, tough but
lightweight jacket materials,
and optimized shielding.
TE can also design complete
wiring harnesses for industrial or military applications.
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The FlexLite family of
hookup wire provides
economical alternatives to
fluoropolymers, silicones,
and crosslinked polyethylene insulations for applications such as motors,
appliances, and lighting,
and for applications
where thinner walls are
needed because of
space constraints.
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Raychem brand of hightemperature, dual-wall
or single-wall aerospace
wire saves space and
weight on both military
and commercial aircraft
and space vehicles.
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Low-fire-hazard primary
wires and cable are made
from halogen-free, lowsmoke materials with a
low toxicity index. They
offer increased safety,
with reduced size and
weight, over traditional
materials in mass transit
and similar applications.
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Application Overview
Hold It
To help you arrive at the best way to securely hold and position a component, take a look at the TE family of
products and consider the many ways that you can use them: to keep components in place, bundle and route
wires, create a formed shape for potting, or package components securely before final assembly.
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Thin-wall tubings allow
bundling of wires to
create very flexible,
lightweight harnesses
that can withstand harsh
environments.
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Tubing can hold a covering (braid or convoluted
tubing) onto a substrate.
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Two components (such
as a resistor and fuse)
can be held together as
a package by enclosing
them with heat-shrinkable
tubing.
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Heat-shrinkable fabric
tubing will grip substrates,
such as harnesses, tightly
to provide secure wire
bundles without additional
fixing.
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Fiber and/or copper wire
components can be
bundled for a custom
multicore cable.
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Cable legs can be
held together with a Ytransition molded part.
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Multicore and filmbonded cables hold wires
together and can also
provide EMI protection.
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Application Overview
Join It
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Application Overview
When you have a mechanical connection to make, consider the uniform circumferential recovery
force of heat-shrinkable tubing and metals in your designs.
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Join two dissimilar
materials, such as a
rubber flapper to the end
of a nylon tube, or the
handle of a medical
instrument to the instrument’s moving parts.
n
Clear, adhesive-lined
tubing connects water
tubes in appliances to
provide a rugged and
aesthetically appealing
joint which is also
inspectable.
n
Assemble a bellows by
covering a spring with
heat-shrinkable tubing.
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Use Tinel ring adapters to
provide the even circumferential force necessary
to attach a metal braid
shield to a backshell.
Heat-shrinkable tubing
is used to join polyester
cords to heddles in
Jacquard weaving
loom harnesses.
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Application Overview
Beautify It
Enhancing the appearance of your brilliantly designed solutions couldn’t be easier, when you use
TE products.
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Heat-shrinkable tubing—
instead of tape—can
create a smooth covering
with no loose ends.
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Hot-stamp foils (gold or
silver) can attractively
showcase a company
logo.
n
Heat-shrinkable tubing
can cover the mechanical
attachment of one part to
another.
n
Tubing can attractively
cover a metal railing,
such as the type used
for crowd control.
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Tubing can be colormatched to the original
color of fiber, wire insulation, or other components
to enhance the appearance of the final product.
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Handles of a variety of
tools can be covered with
colorful, heat-shrinkable
tubing to enhance the
appearance of the final
product.
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Application Overview
Reduce It
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Application Overview
With the trend toward miniaturization and higher-density interconnections, products developed for
commercial electronics applications must downsize as well.
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SolderSleeve devices
feature a one-step
controlled solder
process for splicing
and terminating wires
down to 36 AWG—a
method that is more
reliable and less
craft-sensitive than
hand-soldering.
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TE can reliably produce
primary wire insulations
as thin as 4 mils. Our
design software optimizes
component placement
and shielding to produce
small, lightweight custom
multicore cables. These
cables can offer size and
weight reductions that
can range from 10 to
40 percent vs. comparable-performance
constructions of primary
wire or cable.
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Application Overview
Repair It
Whether for repair or retrofitting, TE offers a whole family of Raychem brand products that can provide
flexible, cost-effective solutions. For example, most failures in electrical wiring harnesses occur within the
first six inches of the connector. Raychem brand products make repairs in this area more reliable,
long-lived, and cost-effective.
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High-shrink-ratio tubing
can be slipped over the
connector without depinning to reinsulate or strain
relieve the connector-tocable transition.
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SolderShield repair splice
kits provide the components necessary to splice
shielded single-wire or
multicore cables.
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Splash-resistant SCL
semirigid heat-shrinkable
tubing, with its meltable
inner wall, can be
stripped off the substrate
without leaving a sticky
residue, thus providing
access to connections
requiring reentry.
n
Flexible, adhesive-lined
tubing can be used to
repair damaged wire
insulation, providing a
moisture seal that is
resistant to bending of
the wire substrate.
Adapters and Uniboot
molded parts can be
combined to allow reentry
to the back of the connector area for pin repair.
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Application Overview
Flex It
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Application Overview
In applications where flexibility or flex life are important, TE products meet the need — many performing
even at low temperatures.
n
n
NT tubing, which is
widely used for insulation,
strain relief, and abrasion
protection on cable
harnesses and wire
bundles, remains flexible
at low temperatures (as
low as -70°C [-94°F])
without cracking.
n
For applications where a
flexible 90° bend right
after the connector is
desired, Uniboot molded
parts can provide the
perfect fit.
n
DynaLink wire and cable
is designed specifically
for applications where
flex life is critical: in the
robotics industry; in lifts,
typing machines, and
sewer inspection equipment; and on ships where
wire must be capable of
unwinding from a large
cable reel and then
retracting smoothly
without strain.
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Hi-Flex heat-shrinkable
tubing was developed
specifically for sealed
cable-jacketing applications where cable flexibility is an important concern.
It is also ideal for situations where the cable is
subject to motion, such
as in industrial machinery,
transportation equipment,
robotics, and welding.
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Application Overview
All of It
At TE, we like the word “multitasking.” So it should come as no surprise that our products are designed to
help you integrate several tasks—seal, connect, insulate, protect, wire, hold, join, beautify, reduce, repair,
and flex.
In the pages of this
catalog, you will find
literally hundreds of
products designed to
provide thousands of
solutions—across a wide
variety of industries.
Although you will find the
catalog features an extensive array of products,
keep in mind that, at
TE Connectivity, we’re
always coming up with new
ideas and new products—
so that we can help you put
together the precise solution you need. Also, when
you choose any Raychem
brand product, you’re automatically backed by a
nationwide network of sales
engineers who can provide
application and engineering
assistance as well as onsite training.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Table of Contents
This section attempts to
provide assistance with
most of the considerations
applicable to the design
of cable and harness
assemblies. Caution must
be used to ensure that the
design is appropriate for a
particular application.
HarnWare™ V6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2-2 to 2-7
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TE Connectivity provides
this information as a design
aid and assumes no
responsibility for and
makes no representation
regarding the suitability of
a design for a specific
application.
Note: Users should independently
evaluate the suitability of the
product for their application.
Before ordering, check with
TE for most current data.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
HarnWare™ V6
Computer Aided Electrical
Wiring Harness Design
Software
Introduction
A new version of TE
Connectivity’s (TE’s) popular
harness design software
has been re-engineered
using the latest Microsoft
programming tools to offer
improvements in performance
and enhance the user interface. Additional improvements
include new product ranges
added to the database, which
now includes over 100,000
TE products and several
thousand military standard
connectors. The HarnWare™
design wizard also has a
more modern appearance
and includes hyperlinks to
relevant product information.
The HarnWare™ computeraided design package
enables users to produce
high-quality wiring harness
assembly drawings, parts
lists/bill of materials, labor
estimates, RoHS compliance codes for each component, cable cross-section
designs, connector planform drawings, wiring
schematics and schedules.
Data can also be exported
in a variety of formats to
allow transfer of information
into other computer systems.
TE's extensive product
ranges and systems
approach to harness design
provide complete harness
solutions to meet the
requirements of most markets, especially demanding
applications in the defence,
rail, aerospace, naval and
motor sport industries.
HarnWare™ software to
guide the designer through
a series of design operations.
The harness system can be
specified and a range of
fully compatible components can be selected.
Features
n
n
More detailed and accurate design with the use of
preferred parts, helping
provide best delivery and
price.
n
Designs and quotations
produced up to 20 times
faster.
n
Promotes a systems
approach for choosing
components, materials,
adhesives, etc to help
confirm parts are compatible with the intended
service conditions and
with mating parts.
n
More cost effective
designs, minimised transcription errors and a
more disciplined
approach to harness
design.
Compare Design.
n
Updated COP Listing.
n
Materials and Equipment
Listing.
n
Extended User Parts
Library editable by users.
n
Improved export of Parts
Listing.
n
Create Shape Function.
n
Fiber Optic Module
including PRO BEAM
Connectors.
n
Database File Path
Selection for Drawing
Translator, User Parts
Library and Weights.
n
Users can supplement the
databases of preferred
parts by adding other
component data into the
HarnWare™ User Parts
Library.
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unless otherwise specified.
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The HarnWare™ software
utilises a drag and drop
drawing interface that
enables the designer to
rapidly draw and designate
the overall parameters of
the harness. This drawing
combines with the
Benefits
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HarnWare™ V6 (Continued)
Computer Aided Electrical
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Software
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n
Micro Heat Shrink
Moulded Parts.
n
Spin-Lock Adaptors.
n
STXR Adaptors.
n
ADK Rectangular
Backshells.
n
Soldertact Contact
Devices.
n
RF Connectors including
TNC, BNC and N Type
n
GPR Rectangular
Connectors.
n
AMPLIMITE Rectangular
Connectors.
n
VG95218 Pt 28 Multicore
Cables.
n
RG Coaxial Cables.
n
D-SCE Range of
Identification Sleeves.
n
RT-780 Heat Shrink
Tubing.
HarnWare™ V6
System Specifications
Since the introduction of the
HarnWare™ software V1 in
December 1995 many key
changes and new features
have been introduced.
Version 6 of the software
contains design modules for
heat shrink sealed systems,
conduit systems, 1553 data
bus and fiber optical assemblies. The new V6 version
gives a smarter, faster, better solution for harness
design and component
selection.
Microsoft Visio: For
HarnWare™ software V6
Visio 2007 or 2010 software
can be used. Only the 32
bit versions of Visio are supported for use with
HarnWare™.
Electrical Interconnection System Design
New Products Included in
Version 6
Microsoft Windows:
HarnWare™ software is
compatible with the 32 bit
versions of Windows XP
Service Pack 3, Windows
Vista Service Pack 1 and
Windows 7. It is also compatible with the 64 bit version of Windows 7.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
HarnWare™ V6 (Continued)
Computer Aided Electrical
Wiring Harness Design
Software
Materials Selection
for given Applications
Wire Selection Advice
Wire Routes
Links to Data Sheets and
an Extensive Help Section
Cable Lays
Component Selection
User Parts Library
Design Checker
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HarnWare™ V6 (Continued)
Computer Aided Electrical
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Software
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Codes of Practice
HarnWare™ can list the Codes of Practice
(COPs) TE uses to support its harnessing
products including information on laying
wires, shrinking tubing/moulded parts and
terminating connectors.
Export Wiring Data to ATE
HarnWare™ forms allow data such as
connectivity, connector references and
contact references to be exported to a text
file or to the Windows Clipboard. This data
can then be used in other systems, for
example, automatic test equipment or
other electrical design software.
Export Marker Data to TE Wintotal
Software System
A Marker Sleeve page can be generated
in Microsoft Visio software and or cable
marker text and formatting details can be
generated in an '.xmt' or COMMS file that
is suitable for import into the TE WinTotal
labelling software.
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Export Parts List
Export Parts List menu options allow parts
lists contained in the current Visio document or a selected set of documents to be
exported to the Windows clipboard or a
text file. This data can then be used in a
spread sheet, database.
Labor Estimates
HarnWare™ will total up the assembly
times for all of the products in a harness,
selected by using the database, and output a grand total. The labor estimate
sheet, that forms part of the HarnWare™
document package, works like a spread
sheet, and the times and labor rates within
it can be adjusted to suit local conditions.
Tooling and Equipment
The HarnWare™ Materials and Equipment
option analyses the drawing and wire list.
Materials and equipment that are relevant
to the parts contained in the harness design
are listed based on TE Codes of Practice.
RoHS Listing
The HarnWare™ Restriction on
Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Codes
option analyses the parts referenced in the
drawing and wire list. A list of RoHS compliance codes for each part can be added
to a page in the Visio document
Weight Estimates
The HarnWare™ Weight option provides a
means of estimating the weight of a harness. Where component weight data is not
available, users can add the relevant data
to the database.
Composite Weights and Parts Lists
This option generates a composite parts
or weights list for a number of drawings.
Design Comparison
This option is initiated from the
HarnWare™ Tools menu and is used
to analyse the changes between two
Visio design documents, typically two
different revisions of a harness design
or two similar designs.
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HarnWare™ V6 (Continued)
Computer Aided Electrical
Wiring Harness Design
Software
The HarnVis™ 3D harness
design visualisation system
offers automatic generation
of to-scale 3D models of
wiring harnesses and components. These 3D models
provide “virtual prototypes”
of harnesses allowing the
user to see the harness with
lengths, diameters and
parts shown to-scale. By
simply clicking on a part,
the user can access such
data as part numbers,
materials, finishes, adhesives, etc.
These “virtual prototypes”
reduce the potential for
errors, harness lay-up
boards (also known as nail,
form and peg boards) can
be modelled and pegs can
be automatically positioned
along the harness legs.
When a long harness leg
makes it necessary, legs
can be bent to fit a lay-up
board.
3D models of harnesses
and of many TE parts can
be exported from the
HarnVis™ system in the
form of IGES files for use in
other CAD systems.
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HarnWare™ V6 (Continued)
Computer Aided Electrical
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Software
HarnWare™ V6 User
Friendly Forms
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The forms for selecting
the wide range of TE components are clear and easy
to use with many links to data
sheets and design help topics.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Integrated Military Harness Systems
Assembled military harness.
TE’s integrated harness
systems have been developed for a wide range of
defense and industrial
applications. Each system
consists of compatible components, including cable
jackets, heat-shrinkable
components, and adhesives. Performance of these
parts is assured because all
components are tested
separately and as part of
an assembled system
(see photo top left).
A typical designed harness
consists of seven component parts (pictured at right):
Additional components for
harnessing systems include
the following:
n
A wide range of special
devices, such as
SolderSleeve devices
for primary wire
interconnection.
n
A selection of electrical
shielding (screening)
options, including braids
and termination
assemblies.
n
Multiconductor (multicore) cables.
n
Specialty adhesives and
sealants for complete
environmental sealing.**
1. Primary wire and cable
2. Heat-shrinkable tubing
3. Backshell adapter
4. Molded part
5. Adhesive
6. Cable jacket
7. Marker sleeve*
Military harness system components.
Table 1 on the next page
serves as both a summary
of Raychem brand products
for specific harnessing
systems and a selection
table for harnessing
system components. An
explanation of how to select
components for a harness
system follows.
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**TE Sealant product information available at www.te.com
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Table 1. Harnessing
Systems and Their
Components
Components
Wire
System
10
System
20
System
25
System
30
System
100
System
200
System
300
44
44
44
55
99, 100A,
100G
55
55
ZHTM
RW-200
RT555
Tubing
Versafit
NT-FR
DR25
VPB
Adapter material and plating finish chosen for compatibility with the connectors.
Molded part
-3, -4, -71
-25
-50
-100
-12
-55/-125
-35
—
-25S
—
-100S
—
—
S1017,
S1030
S1124,
S1048
S1048,
S1125
S-1125,
S-1255-04
S1030,
S1125,
S1125,
S1255
S1255-04
/42, /180
—
/164,/86
—
/86, /225
S1184
—
—
/180
S1184
—
—
—
—
Cable jacket
Thermorad
NT-FR
FDR-25 Thermorad Zerohal
VPB
RW-200
RT555
Marker sleeve*
TMS-SCE
TMS-SCE TMS-SCE TMS-SCE HX-SCE
HT-SCE
HT-SCE
Preinstalled Rayaten molded part
Adhesive
Precoated adhesive
Conductive adhesive
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Selection Process
Selecting the components
for a harnessing system is a
four-step process:
Step 1: Select the material
system appropriate for the
operating conditions and
environment to which the
harness will be exposed.
Step 2: Select the adhesive system appropriate for
the material system you
select in Step 1.
Step 3: Determine the level
of EMI shielding required.
Step 1. Select the Material
System.
Detailed in Table 2 on the
next page are the major
material systems for use in
a wide range of operating
conditions and environments.
Choose a material system
that:
n
Has the physical characteristics your harness
requires.
n
Will accommodate the
operating temperature
and the fluids and abuse
to which the harness will
be exposed.
Step 4: Select the
components.
Each step is described on
the pages that follow. A
selection table accompanies each step. You can
also use HarnWare software
to design your harness.
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Table 2. Material System Selection
Operating temperature
Physical characteristics
Flammability
System 10
-20°C to +60°C [-4°F to +140°F]
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Fluid resistance
Typical applications
Operating temperature
System 20
-55°C to +121°C [-67°F to +250°F]
Environmentally sealable
Lightweight
Small diameter
Flexible
Flame-retardant
Self-extinguishing
Resists common industrial
and military cleaning
solvents and degreasers.
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
• Used in high-performance
industrial applications, and
in military communication
and test equipment.
Environmentally sealed
Tough
Flexible
Low profile
Flame-retardant
Self-extinguishing
Resists most commonly
used military fuels, oils,
and greases
• Specially suited to
military vehicles and
engine compartments,
low profile shapes
save space and weight.
System 25
-75°C to +150°C* [-103°F to +302°F]
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
Environmentally sealed
Rugged
Abrasion-resistant
Very flexible
Flame-resistant
Self-extinguishing
Resists most common
military fuels, oils,
and greases. up to 70°C
[158°F].
• Specially suited to
military vehicles,
aerospace and marine
applications, and
communication and
test equipment.
System 30
System 100
System 200
-55°C to +150°C [-67°F to +302°F]
-30°C to +105°C [-22°F to +221°F]
-55°C to +200°C [-67°F to +392°F]
Environmentally sealed
Tough
Flexible
Low profile
Physical characteristics
•
•
•
•
Flammability
• Flame-retardant
• Self-extinguishing
Fluid resistance
• Resists most of commonly
used military fuels, oils,
and greases.
Typical applications
• Specifically suited to military
vehicles and engine compartments
for higher temperature
applications, low profile shapes
save space and weight.
• Environmentally sealed
• Flexible
• Low toxicity index
(as defined by NES-13)
• Low smoke emission
(as defined by NES-711)
• Low corrosive gas evolution
• Resistant to a range of
military fuels, oils,
and greases.
• Specially suitable for
confined habitat areas
in military and civil
applications.
• Extensively used in surface
and submarine vessels
and underground railways
•
•
Environmentally sealed
Very flexible
•
Highly flame-retardant
•
Resists long-term
immersion in military
fuels, oils, and greases
at elevated temperatures.
Used where there is
prolonged exposure to
high temperatures.
Used where a harness
may be permanently
immersed in difficult
fuels, such as in fuel tanks.
•
•
System 300
Operating temperature
-55°C to +200°C [-67°F to +392°F]
Physical characteristics
• Environmentally sealed
• Highly abrasion resistant
• Low profile
Flammability
Fluid resistance
Typical applications
• Highly flame-retardant
• Performs in aggressive
fluids at extremely high
temperatures
• Permanent immersion in
aggressive fluids
*Per VG 95343.
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Harnessing Systems and
Their Components —
NBC Survivable Systems*
System
770
44
RT-770
-770
S-1264
RT-375
Components
Wire
Tubing
Molded part
Adhesive
Marker sleeve cover
System
790
55
RT-790
-790/-791
S-1255-04
RT-375
NBC-SCE
NBC-SCE
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Marker sleeve**
TMS-SCE
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System
780
55
RT-780
-780
S-1255-04
RT-375
Material System Selection
Operating temperature
Physical characteristics
Flammability
Fluid resistance
Typical applications
Adhesive Selection
System 770
-55°C to +125°C [-67°F to +257°F]
•
•
•
•
•
•
Environmentally sealed
NBC resistant
Flexible
Flame-retardant
Self-extinguishing
Resistant to NBC uptake
and decontamination
• Base-line system for
NBC resistant applications
System 780
-65°C to +175°C [-85°F to +347°F]
System 790
-65°C to 200°C [-85°F to +392°F]
•
•
•
•
•
•
Environmentally sealed
NBC resistant
Flexible
Flame-retardant
Self-extinguishing
Resistant to NBC uptake
and decontamination
• High temperature system for
NBC resistant applications
•
•
•
•
•
•
Environmentally sealed
NBC resistant
Flexible
Flame-retardant
Self-extinguishing
Resistant to NBC uptake
and decontamination
• Extreme high temperature
system for NBC resistant
applications
Material
System
System 770
Adhesive
Type
Two-part Epoxy
Component
Adhesive
S-1264
Precoated
Adhesive Designation
—
Service
Temperature
150°C
System 780
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
System 790
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Step 2. Select the Adhesive
System.
Two types of adhesives are
used to bond heat-shrinkable boots and transitions
to tubing or wire jacketing:
n
Thermosets, which
include epoxies and other
two-part systems.
n
Thermoplastics, which
include pre-coated
meltable adhesives
applied to parts during
manufacture and those
applied as meltable tapes
during assembly.
Table 3 below outlines
the differences between
thermosets and thermoplastics.
Table 4 shows which adhesive type is appropriate for
each harness material
system.
Table 3. Comparison of
Adhesive Types
Method of adhesion
Application
Cure time
Strength
Disassembly
Repair/reassembly
Table 4. Adhesive Selection
Thermoset
Cures through chemical reaction.
Two-part types require mixing and
application at assembly.
Varies with cure temperature.
Oven cure usually desirable.
Retains most strength at
elevated temperatures.
Items can be forcibly peeled apart
when heated sufficiently.
Requires new adhesive or hot rollback
to reenter behind connector without
affecting adhesive bonds.
Material
System
Adhesive
Type
System 10
Thermoplastic
System 20
System 25
System 30
System 100
System 200
System 300
Thermoplastic
Component
Adhesive
S-1030
Thermoplastic
Melts, flows, and solidifies.
Precoated types require no preparation
at assembly.
Not required. Adhesive functional when
cooled to room temperature.
Loses strength as melt temperature is
approached.
Items can be separated when heated
to temperature of the adhesive.
Can be reheated to form new bond if
sufficient adhesive remains.
Precoated
Adhesive Designation
/180
Service
Temperature
80°C
S-1017
/42
60°C
S-1124
/164
105°C
S-1048
/86
120°C
S-1048
/86
120°C
Two-part thermoset
S-1125
/225
150°C
Thermoset Tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
150°C
Thermoplastic
Two-part thermoset
Thermoplastic
S-1125
—
S-1030
/180
80°C
S-1048
/86
120°C
Two-part thermoset
S-1125
—
150°C
Two-part thermoset
S-1125
—
150°C
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
System 770
—
S-1264
—
—
System 780
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
System 790
Thermoset tape
S-1255-04
—
200°C
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Step 3. Determine the
Level of EMI Shielding
Required.
Introduction
This section is intended as a
guide for the use of harness
designers who are required
to achieve a level of EMI
control in their design practices. It is not intended that
it should be a definitive
statement on all aspects of
EMI control for harnesses.
In case of difficulty contact
us for further clarification or
consultancy.
For well-designed EMI
control of electrical systems
it is essential that a detailed
knowledge of the system
requirements and susceptibility be obtained. The
chosen level of shielding
will be dependent on the:
n
Susceptibility of electrical
system.
n
Types of components
used.
n
Physical layout of the
system.
n
Equipment practices
adopted.
n
Anticipated EMI threat.
For the most cost effective
design of harnesses, which
offer a long-term stability in
performance, the system
should be designed to
achieve a balance of component characteristics.
Components should only
be used if they are qualified
to a minimum level of EMI
performance and the performance and test method
should be applicable to
the design technique
being used.
For quality assurance
purposes minimum EMI
characteristics should
always be specified and
for critical harnesses the
complete performance
should be measured. The
technique to be adopted
should always be specified.
Finally the inter-relationship
between harnesses and the
protection, termination and
grounding of equipment
boxes is vital for good system performance against
EMI. All components form
part of the external shield
on the system and therefore
should be considered in the
overall EMI design process.
Subjects covered in this
topic are:
n
Harness Types - point
to point and branched
n
Shielding Levels calculations
Harness Types
Harnesses are divided into
two types, point-to-point
and branched. The advantages and disadvantages of
each from an EMI control
standpoint are described
below. No attempt has been
made to analyze their relative merits in mechanical or
installation terms.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
TE offers several methods
and technologies for controlling electromagnetic
interference (EMI) and noise
in cable harnesses.
Developed in response to
well-established threats in
military and other harsh
environments, these technologies can be employed
in compatible shielding
(screening) systems to
achieve the level of shielding required for a harness
system. Table 5 on page 2-15
outlines the shielding
requirements for various
types of threat and levels of
interference.
Point To Point:
The three major components of this type of harness
are: connectors, cable, and
connector accessories.
Connectors
There are many different
types of circular military
connectors. However, for a
well-shielded harness only
those connectors having a
guaranteed performance
level should be used e.g.
MIL-C-26482 Series II and
MIL-C-38999 series 1 and
2, and series 3 and 4.
Cable
Cable used in this type
of harness is generally
machine made. Hand laid
cables may also be used
but generally the shields
incorporated in these
harnesses vary in consistency of performance. In
the case of machine made
cables all shields should be
designed for optimum
shielding effectiveness at
radio frequency.
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Connector Accessories
Transitions
Connector accessories,
such as Raychem brand
adapters, are available in
many styles and therefore
their performance varies
with construction. For a
level of consistency in
performance it is essential
that, as with connectors, a
guarantee in performance
level be achieved.
Transitions, as with accessories, are very susceptible
to performance variability
with construction type.
Fittings not specified in
this way may significantly
degrade the overall system
performance.
Branched
In addition to those
components described
above, branched harnesses
include transitions. This
type of harness is usually
made by hand and it is
therefore difficult to
incorporate accurately
made machine fabricated
shields. The implications
of this are:
Shields
Cable shields may be put
on by hand or by feeding
through a braiding machine.
However, as braid optimization depends on all the constructional parameters of
the braid being accurately
specified, unless braid is
well constructed the shielding performance can suffer
dramatically. Reductions in
shield performance of 20-40
dB have been measured on
badly made branched harnesses. The alternative
method is to use pull on
braids. If the cable bundle
diameter is known the braid
may be designed for optimized performance.
For high performance harnesses these components
should also have a guaranteed performance.
In general the use of techniques such as hand soldering or the use of butted
tape wraps are not recommended except where only
a low performance of less
that 40dB is required.
Shield performance is
specified in two ways,
either as a power relationship in decibels (dB) or as
an absolute measurement
of the shield performance in
terms of the surface transfer
impedance. Except for very
specific low frequency
problems it is general to
specify the performance at
frequencies in the range
0.1MHz to 100MHz.
Shielding Levels and
Component Performance
System Performance
To specify the overall
requirements of a complete
electronic system in terms
of its EMI characteristics it
is necessary to consider the
performance of the individual components parts. The
harnesses form one of the
major entry points for interference and this as such
can degrade a complete
system performance by a
significant amount. In general terms, assuming that a
shielded harness system is
used, with the available
components on the market
the overall harness system
performance and typical
applications may be as
below.
n
40 to 50 dB Standard
shielded systems for
insensitive systems.
n
50 to 60 dB Military standard shielded systems for
general applications.
n
60 to 80 dB As above but
where full threat EMP &
TEMPEST protection is
required.
n
80 to 100 dB Severe
TEMPEST and very
sensitive systems.
n
Over 100 dB Exceptional
shielding requirements
only.
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Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Connectors
As with all designs EMI system design should not be
performed to the “limit of
performance safety margin
should always be incorporated when determining the
minimum shielding level
appropriate for consistent
operation of the system.
A study of those connector
specifications having an
EMI test shows that they are
generally specified in the
frequency band 100MHz to
1GHz. For an assessment at
lower frequencies the low
frequency performance
as dictated by the d.c.
resistance of the connector
is required. These two
parameters enable the EMI
characteristic to be made
of the complete connector
performance. Typical values
for standard connectors are
65dB (MIL-C-26482 Series II)
and 90dB (MIL-C-38999
Series III) connectors.
The inter-relationship of
shielding effectiveness
measured in decibels and
the surface transfer impedance in ohms presents the
designer with a conversion
difficulty. External harness
circuits vary, as do the coupling characteristics and it
is therefore only possible to
give an approximate conversion. The normal conversion from decibels to ohms
and vice versa is to a reasonable approximation:
2
Electrical Interconnection System Design
Safety Margins
Screening Effectiveness
(dB) = 36 – 20 log 10 (ZT (Ohms))
The constant term is developed from the expressions
for the characteristic impedance of the line formed by
the harness shield and the
ground plane and the internal characteristic impedance of the inside of the
harness. The translation
from shielding effectiveness
to surface transfer impedance is shown below in
Table 5 for S.E. from 20 to
105dB.
Table 5 - Screening
Effectiveness (SE)/Surface
Transfer Impedance (Zt)
Relationships
S.E. (dB)
ZT (ohms)
S.E. (dB)
ZT (ohms)
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
55
60
6.309
3.548
1.995
1.122
0.631
0.355
0.200
0.112
0.063
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
100
105
0.0355
0.0200
0.0112
0.0063
0.0036
0.0020
0.0011
0.0006
0.0004
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Cable
In accordance with most
common cable specification
the shielding performance
of a cable is specified at
30MHz. It is also well into
the band where inductive
leakage is the primary penetration characteristic. For
frequencies above or below
30Mhz, approximations, as
for connectors, must be
made. It should be noted
that the performance specified at 30MHz in Table 6 for
different cable types is the
maximum that is allowed
using TE’s standard Q.C.
values. Actual performance
may be up to 20dB better.
Connector Accessories and
Transitions
In constructional terms the
performance of the connector accessory includes both
the resistive terminations to
the cable shield and the
connector. However, it is
most unusual to specify
the performance of an
accessory and this is a
distinct weakness in the
design of harnesses. The
reason is that the performance is extremely variable
as accessories have to fit a
variety of different cable
sizes and shapes. Where
specified at all the relationship between the test
method and the coupling
mechanism for the EMI
must be considered.
Table 6 - Cable Performances
Type of Screen
Single optimized braid
Double optimized braid
Superscreened
(2 braids + 1 wrap)
Diameter under screen
Surface transfer Impedance Zt
(mm)
Up to 7.5
7.6 and up
Up to 7.5
7.6 and up
Up to 7.5
7.6 and up
@ 30 Mhz (maximum)
100 milli ohms/metre
50 milli ohms/metre
10 milli ohms/metre
5 milli ohms/metre
100 micro ohms/metre
50 micro ohms/metre
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Connector
Terminator
Splice
Transition
Feedthrough
2
Electrical Interconnection System Design
Cable Braid
Complete Harness
When considering the complete harness the coupling
calculations are relatively
simple. In general terms
they are the addition of all
the individual leakages
within the system from
connector to connector. The
analysis route is therefore
as follows:
1. Convert all decibel
values at the desired
frequency to surface
transfer impedance.
2. Choose components for
a ‘balanced’ system, i.e.
the components should
have approximately the
same performance.
3. Add the values determined for surface
transfer impedance of
the components at the
frequency chosen.
4. Reconvert to decibels if
necessary. (Table 5 can
be used for this purpose)
As a guide to the shielding
performance that can be
expected from a harness
that is constructed using
Raychem brand components, Table 7 on the next
page has been compiled
to help in the product
selection process.
For branched harnesses it
is necessary to determine
whether every branch has
the same susceptibility
requirements or carries the
same signals of power. The
performance requirement
of each branch is then
determined and the matrix
for the harness established.
This is a more complex
subject and not discussed
here. System improvements
may be achieved by changing either the connectors or
cable. In general terms
changing from a single to a
double optimized braid
improves the performance
of that component by 20-25
dB. A similar advantage is
achieved by changing from
MIL-C-26482 Series II to
MIL-C-38999 Series I
connectors. However, the
relative significance, as
part of the system, of each
component must be considered to determine the true
weighting effect. For the
optimum in system design
a balance of component
performances should be
achieved wherever possible
such that each of the
components is of similar
performance level.
General Considerations
Although cables and harnesses are considered to
be the most significant in
terms of coupling into systems the construction of
equipment boxes can play
an important part in the
overall EMI performance of
a system. With the increasing use of high speed digital
circuits and the generation of
harmonics having high
energy content relatively
short printed circuit board
tracks can radiate or pick
up energy as efficiently as
cables. If the boxes themselves are not adequately
protected these circuits
may constitute an EMI
threat. There is a further
area of significance in the
EMI protection of the boxes
and this is the connector/
box interface. The junction
may be considered to be a
part of the harness system
and any degradation in it
may cause an overall
harness degradation.
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Electrical Interconnection System Design
Integrated Military Harness Systems (Continued)
Table 7 - Screen System Guide
Adapter Styles
Shielding
Level
Required
Connector
Band
Strap
Braided
Harness System Components
Termination
Cable Braid
(max. length in m/ft)
TinelRayaten
cable
construction)
(by
Lock
Assembly
SO
DO
SSS
System
NO
VG95328
VG95234
n
n
n
—
60 to 80 dB
MIL-C-26482
Series 2
VG96912
Series 1
—
—
n
—
—
80 dB
MIL-C-38999
—
—
—
n
—
—