RF Launch for Automotive and Industrial Telematics
The FA1-NFRP-PCB-8: It arrives as a two-piece assembly — the connector body plus the mating housing — so one order code covers the full mated pair at the board end. The Code F keying (violet colour) is part of the Fakra standard's colour-coding scheme — it prevents cross-mating with other Fakra variants in a multi-connector harness. A Code F plug only mates with a Code F receptacle, so confirm the mating half carries the same code before specifying. Rated for 100 mating cycles, the gold-plated brass centre contact and tin-plated zinc die cast body handle the reconnect duty of field-serviceable automotive telematics units, infotainment modules, and antenna feeds.
Signal Path and Mechanical Fit
Insertion loss is specified at 0.3 dB — the link budget figure for path loss through the connector at frequency. For a 6 GHz signal, the 0.3 dB loss is within what a typical automotive antenna-to-module run can absorb without a repeater. No separate ferrule or crimp ring needed. Centre contact termination is also solder — the male pin solders to the PCB signal trace. The brass centre pin with gold plating maintains low contact resistance and resists corrosion in humid environments without needing a separate environmental seal at the contact level.