16-pin male Amphenol electrical connector.

36-pin "Micro ribbon" connector. (Micro ribbon connectors were an Amphenol invention, but this sample may not have been manufactured by Amphenol.)

Amphenol Corporation (NYSE: APH) is a major producer of electronic and fiber optic connectors, cable and interconnect systems. Amphenol is a portmanteau from the corporation's original name, American Phenolic Corp. Amphenol was founded in Chicago in 1932 by entrepreneur Arthur Schmitt, whose first product was a tube socket for radio tubes. Amphenol expanded significantly during World War II, when the company became the primary manufacturer of connectors used in military hardware, including airplanes and radios. Amphenol's revenues in 2006 were $2.46 billion. The company sells its products into diverse electronics markets, including military-aerospace, industrial, automotive, information technology, mobile phones, wireless infrastructure and broadband. Operations are located in more than 60 locations around the world. The company is included in the S&P Midcap 400 index. An electrical connector is a device for joining electrical circuits together. ... Micro ribbon 36 pin female panel mount connector with bail locks The micro ribbon connector is a common type of electrical connector used particularly in various computer, telecommunication and other applications. ... The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange privately-owned by the NYSE Group (NYX). ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... Left to right: octal (top and bottom view), loctal, and miniature (top and side view) sockets. ... In electronics, a vacuum tube or (outside North America) thermionic valve or just valve, is a device generally used to amplify, switch or otherwise modify, a signal by controlling the movement of electrons in an evacuated space. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The S&P 400, more properly S&P 400 MidCap Index, is a stock market index from Standard & Poors. ...

On October 10, 2005, Teradyne and Amphenol announced that Amphenol would acquire Teradyne Connection Systems, for about USD $390 million in cash.^[1] TCS, based in Nashua, New Hampshire, manufactures high-density electronic connectors, complete backplanes, and systems packaging, a product line that complements Amphenol's existing lines of business. October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Overview Teradyne (NYSE:TER) is a leading supplier of Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) and interconnection systems. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... Nickname: Gate City Location in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Coordinates: Country United States State New Hampshire County Hillsborough Incorporated 1746  - Mayor Bernard A. Streeter (Rep) Area    - City  31. ... Official language(s) English Capital Concord Largest city Manchester Area  Ranked 46th  - Total 9,359 sq mi (24,239 km²)  - Width 68 miles (110 km)  - Length 190 miles (305 km)  - % water 3. ... This article is about the engineering discipline. ... Look up connector in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A backplane is a circuit board (usually a printed circuit board) that connects several connectors in parallel to each other, so that each pin of each connector is linked to the same relative pin of all the other connectors, forming a computer bus. ...

Amphenol's Chairman and Chief Executive is Dr. Martin H. Loeffler.

The largest division of Amphenol is Amphenol Aerospace (formerly Bendix Corporation) in Sidney, NY. This is the birth place of the D38999 cylindrical connector. Amphenol engineers also invented the commonly-used BNC connector ("Bayonet Neill-Concelman"). The Bendix Corporation was founded in 1924 by the inventor Vincent Bendix. ... Sidney is a village located in Delaware County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 census, the village had a total population of 4,068. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Male BNC connector Adapter between a female BNC connector and banana plugs The BNC connector is a type of RF connector used for terminating coaxial cable. ...

Cables on Demand, another division of Amphenol Corporation, has offices located in New York, California, and China.

References

External links

• Amphenol web site
• Amphenol Aerospace web site
• Amphenol Times fiber cables]
• Cables on Demand, a division of Amphenol Corporation