Between Series Adapters

Between Series Adapters are the parts engineers reach for when two connectors that were never designed to mate still need to work together on the same bench or inside the same system. This category covers the usual transitions buyers ask for, such as SMA to N, SMA to BNC, N to TNC, and similar combinations in both straight and right-angle bodies, with male and female options on each end. You will see these used heavily in RF test setups, wireless infrastructure work, lab environments, and field retrofit jobs where replacing an entire cable assembly costs more time than adding a short adapter. When sourcing Between Series Adapters, most buyers are not just checking the interface types. They are looking at impedance, typically 50 ohm versus 75 ohm, frequency range, VSWR, plating material, and whether the body is brass, stainless steel, or a passivated finish that can survive repeated mating cycles. There is a real trade-off here. Cheap adapters are everywhere, but in higher frequency applications a poorly machined interface can quietly wreck measurement accuracy, and procurement teams usually discover that after the test data stops making sense. That is why many buyers prefer branded or fully traceable parts, especially when the adapter sits in a calibrated setup. Packaging also matters more than people expect. Some customers want bulk bags for production spares, others want individually packed units to avoid thread damage. Counterfeit risk is lower than with semiconductors, but off-spec machining and soft plating still show up in the open market, so sourcing channel and consistency lot to lot tend to decide who gets the reorder. If you have a target interface combination and quantity, check current stock or request a quote at icxing.com.