It terminates FPC cable 0.30 mm thick with a bottom-contact ZIF interface and a slide lock actuator. Rated 0.5 A per contact at 50 V, with a gold flash of 2.00 µin over copper alloy contacts. The 20-cycle mating life reflects the thin gold layer — this connector is built for one-time or infrequent mating, typical of internal board-to-FPC links in consumer electronics.
What the 20 mating cycles mean for your assembly
The 20-cycle rating is the wear budget for the gold flash. In a product that is assembled once and never field-serviced — a display module, a camera board, a battery management PCB — this is sufficient. If the connector sees repeated reconnects during test or repair, the gold will wear through to the nickel underplate, increasing contact resistance. The ZIF actuator eliminates insertion force on the FPC pads, so the cable end is not stressed during assembly. The slide lock then clamps the contacts against the FPC pads — no secondary latch needed.