Name that part?! :)

Zap-o

I cant for the live of me figure out what the low profile metal box's that are called. Typically I find them soldered over sections on a PCB to protect it from RFI (guessing). I find them over high speed stuff like the cpu and wifi circuits.

Are they Faraday cages - does digikey sell them and if so whats it called?

Thank you.

Publison

Some reading enjoyment:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electromagnetic_shielding

Zap-o

Publison thank you so much. Coffee and wiki this morning. Again thanks

MikeDYur

I have taken many of them apart to see what's under the hood, can't imagine this would be an off the shelf item. But rather something design specific. Though re-use is not impossible, if you have scrapping in your blood.

tonyp12

http://www.digikey.com/product-search/en/rf-if-and-rfid/rf-shields/3539677?FV=fff40036,fff802dd&mnonly=0&newproducts=0&ColumnSort=1000011&page=1&stock=0&pbfree=0&rohs=0&quantity=&ptm=0&fid=0&pageSize=25