
SIM Card Connectors
TE is a leading source for SIM and UIM card connectors with a huge array of products and expertise to customize products to your requirements. Subscriber identity modules (SIM) and universal identity module (UIM) cards are widely used in a variety of mobile applications, including billing, security, and number storage purposes in mobile devices. The SIM card parameters are defined by ISO, ETSI, and GSM standards. TE’s outstanding technological capability can help you provide a user-friendly experience by ensuring excellent reliability and durability of SIM connectors. In addition, TE has the ability to fabricate very high volume products in a cost efficient, lean manufacturing process.
Product Features
SIM Connectors
- Large portfolio covering a wide range of styles and card sizes
- Connectors optimized for reliability
- Spherical contact points improve normal force
- Pre-loaded contacts
- Anti-retention features in the contacts
- Series offers the best possible design freedom with many products scalable in height within the same form factor
- Best possible applied cost by fully automated processing
Download this product guide for summary specifications on the varieties of SIM card connectors. In addition to summary information about each SIM card connector type—push-push, push-pull, tray, and block—this guide offers illustrations and specifications (part number, picture height range, length × width, description, features and benefits, and status) for mini SIM (2FF) and micro SIM (3FF) cards, by type, with size comparisons.
Select Applications
SIM Connectors
- Fleet telematics
- Vehicle trackers
- Smart meters
- EV charging stations
- Smart watches
- Wearable devices
- IoT applications
- Tablets
- Ultraportable devices
- SIM card routers
- Portable GSM modems
- Servers
- Mobile phones
Product Types
Push-Push Type
- Push to insert, push to eject mechanism provides better card handling for the end user
- Push-push function allows convenient SIM card insertion and ejection - helping to minimizecard jamming
- Card detect switch that senses card removal
- The push-push function helps to enable placement in hard-to-reach areas
- Error proofing function helps to prevent inserting card in the wrong direction
Push-Pull Type
- Card guidance feature and card stop feature confirm full insertion, helping to provide proper fixation of the SIM card
- Card is typically located inside the device shell
- Device shell must be opened to extract the card
- Manual card insertion and extraction
- Full single clip helps to provide shielding and helps to prevent card bending. This ensures a stable connection with all card types
Hinge Type
- Space saving design
- SIM card loads from the top of the connector
- Card detect switch that senses card removal
- Shell openings allow for automated testing - helping to reduce in-place cost
- The hinge includes two protrusions to help secure the metal shell
5-Directional Type
- Allows insertion of SIM card from 5 different directions
- Allows expanded design flexibility
- SIM card can be fixed with application’s mechanical design
Block Type
- Anti-lifting contacts helps to reduce the risk of damaged contacts
- Minimized connector layout minimizes the required space
- Flexible layout allows use of several cards in one application
- The card position can be fixed on the application side or by adding a shell as another component