RF coax connectors are increasingly important as the number of fixed communications and wireless enabled devices and the amount of data consumed grows at an almost unfathomable rate. RF connector Roadmap.
Bishop & Associates forecasts that by 2025, 21% of all worldwide cellular connections will be 5G, which offers great potential for RF coax connectors, ranging from ultra-miniature board-to-board (B2B) for handheld and mobile devices to higher power and lower PIM connectors for base stations, and V- and E-band interconnects for greater bandwidth backhaul sites, plus all the associated infrastructure equipment, cables, and adapters
The market for 5G small cells will be one of the fastest growing 5G segments, as installations in population-dense areas may be as close as 100 yards apart as well as layered within larger buildings. This will involve families of new coax connectors such as NEX10, 2.2/5, and 1.5/3.5 DIN, together with myriads of multi-port assemblies for antenna housings that can have upwards of 30 cable entries.
5G communications will use the redefined E band for backhaul transmission, prompting the development of microwave connectors performing to 92GHz, while expanding sales for lower frequency standard and low-PIM connectors such as 4.1/9.5 “mini-DIN”, N, 7/16, and 4.3/10. Mobile 5G and IoT devices will also expand demand for the automated production and installation of microminiature RF coaxial connectors such as U.FL, X.FL, MHF/PCIe, and miniatures such as MMCX and HD-BNC, primarily for operation to 6GHz. High-speed video and surveillance UAVs will require new 18GHz, 75Ω coax connectors and cable
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