Electrical connector contacts plated with an electrophoretic deposition coating and a precious-metal-alloy coating

摘要

A method of manufacturing electrical connector contacts includes the steps of: forming a row of contacts each having a front contacting portion, a rear soldering portion, and a securing portion between the front contacting portion and the rear soldering portion; forming an electrophoretic deposition (ED) coating on the contacting portions of the row of contacts; removing a respective front region of ED coating on the contacting portion; and forming a precious-metal-alloy coating on the front regions removed of ED coating.