Connector products began in 1939 during the two World War, after the war with the development of television, telephone and other livelihood consumer electronic products, the connector is in use by the military early, rapidly expand to the general consumer electronics, automotive and computer information field.
The policy of reform and opening up Chinese implemented 1980 years, began to consumer electronic products production connector, this time because Chinese ongoing economic reform, opening to the outside world, many foreign investors to enter the mainland market investment. In 1987, Japan´s first electronic and Shenzhen SEG Electronics Group, on radio nine factory jointly funded and become a foreign joint venture´s first. 1990 years later, inspired by the mainland authorities to various foreign policies and incentive measures, connector manufacturer in the world almost everywhere shifting production to China this hot earth, including the largest world class connector manufacturers, such as: amp, MOLEX, Amphenol were gradually in 1992 to invest and set up factories in China. At the same time, many other companies in the 1980´s, with the rise of the personal computer industry, such as bamboo shoots after a spring rain as the connector manufacturers, including JST, ket, jam, FCI and other manufacturers, in addition, Taiwan Kang Xu, Taiwan Anpu, Taiwan aviation electronics and other international companies have come to the mainland investment.
Along with the development of electronic equipment, connectors appear in more and more fields, the data show: the global sales in the application field of the top five are: automotive, computer and its peripherals, communications, industrial equipment and aerospace and military applications, and growth in the first five, consumer electronics, transportation Electronics Medical Electronics, communications, electronics, computer and peripheral equipment. Among them, medical electronics has become a new growth point of the connector application, along with the implementation of China´s new health reform and medical information level of continuous improvement, our medical field of connector market demand capacity increasing.
At the same time, the huge demand from household appliances and audio-visual products, but also to a large extent to stimulate the market upward growth. The connector and the connecting line of the advantage is more concentrated in the application field of consumer electronics products, the rising of digital products and audio-visual products to plug in components manufacturers increase investment in production and design in these areas, local plug component manufacturers, some Sino foreign joint ventures, gradually began to set foot in the field of application and a firm the heel, especially in the field of a mating connector.
In addition to mobile phone mobile products led to miniaturization, lightweight and high performance of the direction of development, is connected with the display screen component and the substrate is more complex, based on the board to board connector, FPC connector of the narrow space, low back, multi polarization is more urgent, especially thin demand on Mobile phone machine connector ultra low back requirements more eagerly, R & D connector products industry has been paid more and more attention. Such as Apple´s Mini port, effective with its apple terminal product upgrading.
Connector miniaturization (since many products face must face smaller and portable development, according to the space size and appearance, height has certain requirements, the demand for the product will be more precise, such as line most good choice on board small spacing of 0.6mm and 0.8mm), high density, high speed transmission, the high frequency direction development. Miniaturization means connector center distance is smaller, high density is large core number.
According to the current market IC, led and other electronic components development needs, connector products "miniature", "high speed" and intelligence has become the inevitable trend of development of industry technology innovation in the future, mainly in the following directions: 1, connector miniaturization technology 2, high frequency and high speed wireless transmission connector technology 3, simulation technology research and application of intelligent technology in 5 4, connectors, precision connector technology.