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Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Coaxial_power_connector" title="Coaxial power connector">Coaxial power connector</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="This photo shows various circular RF connectors." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg/220px-RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="157" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg/330px-RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg/440px-RF_Connectors_Assortment.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2847" /></a><figcaption>Various popular RF connectors</figcaption></figure> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Coaxial_ConnectorSymbols.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Coaxial_ConnectorSymbols.png/200px-Coaxial_ConnectorSymbols.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Coaxial_ConnectorSymbols.png 1.5x" data-file-width="238" data-file-height="112" /></a><figcaption>Electronic symbols for the plug and jack coaxial connectors</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg/220px-TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="178" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg/330px-TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg/440px-TDR_SMA_BNC_BNC_term.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1040" data-file-height="840" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Time-domain_reflectometry" class="mw-redirect" title="Time-domain reflectometry">Time-domain reflectometry</a> shows reflections due to impedance variations in mated RF connectors.</figcaption></figure> <p>An <b>RF connector</b> (<b>radio frequency connector</b>) is an <a href="/wiki/Electrical_connector" title="Electrical connector">electrical connector</a> designed to work at <a href="/wiki/Radio_frequency" title="Radio frequency">radio frequencies</a> in the multi-megahertz range. RF connectors are typically used with <a href="/wiki/Coaxial_cable" title="Coaxial cable">coaxial cables</a> and are designed to maintain the shielding that the coaxial design offers. Better models also minimize the change in transmission line <a href="/wiki/Characteristic_impedance" title="Characteristic impedance">impedance</a> at the connection in order to reduce <a href="/wiki/Signal_reflection" title="Signal reflection">signal reflection</a> and power loss.<sup id="cite_ref-taoe_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-taoe-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the frequency increases, <a href="/wiki/Transmission_line" title="Transmission line">transmission line</a> effects become more important, with small impedance variations from connectors causing the signal to reflect rather than pass through. An RF connector must not allow external signals into the circuit through <a href="/wiki/Electromagnetic_interference" title="Electromagnetic interference">electromagnetic interference</a> and capacitive pickup. </p><p>Mechanically, RF connectors may provide a fastening mechanism (<a href="/wiki/Screw_thread" title="Screw thread">thread</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bayonet_mount" title="Bayonet mount">bayonet</a>, braces, <a href="/wiki/Blind_mate_connector" title="Blind mate connector">blind mate</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Spring_(device)" title="Spring (device)">springs</a> for a low ohmic electric contact while sparing the gold surface, thus allowing very high mating cycles and reducing the <a href="/wiki/Zero_insertion_force" title="Zero insertion force">insertion force</a>. Research activity in the area of radio-frequency circuit design has surged in the 2000s in direct response to the enormous market demand for inexpensive, high-data-rate wireless transceivers.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Common types of RF connectors are used for <a href="/wiki/Television" title="Television">television</a> receivers, <a href="/wiki/Two-way_radio" title="Two-way radio">two-way radio</a>, certain <a href="/wiki/Wi-Fi" title="Wi-Fi">Wi-Fi</a> devices with removable antennas, and industrial or scientific measurements instruments using radio frequencies. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=RF_connector&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span 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