1.00 mm Pitch, 4 Positions, ZIF Actuation
The 0.30 mm cable thickness spec is the only thickness the contact beams are designed to grip; a thicker or thinner flex won't seat correctly and risks intermittent contact. Right-angle SMT orientation routes the flex parallel to the board, keeping the z-height budget to 2.70 mm above the PCB — useful for tight enclosures where a vertical connector would block airflow or interfere with a cover.
Top-Contact Orientation and Termination
This is a top-contact connector: the contact fingers are on the upper side of the connector body, so the FPC's conductive pads must face upward when inserted. A flipped flex shorts the wrong row and won't make contact with the beams — confirm the cable's contact side before assembly. Termination is kinked-pin SMT — the pins have a slight bend that provides a press-fit retention in the PCB holes during reflow, holding the connector in place while the solder paste wets. The brown housing colour is the visual identifier for this variant.
Peer Comparison: SFW4R-2STE9LF and SFW5R-2STE1LF
The closest functional sibling is SFW4R-2STE9LF: same 4 positions, same 1.00 mm pitch, same 2.70 mm height, but with a black housing and a slide lock actuator instead of the standard ZIF flip-lock. If the locking mechanism or colour coding matters for your assembly line, the 9LF is a direct swap without a board layout change. For one more signal line, SFW5R-2STE1LF adds a fifth position at the same 1.00 mm pitch, same 2.70 mm height, same kinked-pin SMT termination — the footprint grows by 1.00 mm in width. No other parametric difference.