COMMUNICATIONS, DATA, CONSUMER DIVISION AirMax VS® High Speed Connector System

2 FCI: SETTING THE STANDARD FOR CONNECTORS With operations in 30 countries, FCI is a leading manufacturer of connectors. Our 13,500 employees are commited to providing customers with high-quality, innovative products for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. SHIELDLESS CONNECTORS The AirMax VS® connector is a revolutionary connector system that offers scaleability, flexibility, high density and headroom in performance. “VS” stands for Virtual Shield as this technology requires no interleaving shields. The elimination of these shields results in lower cost, lower weight and offers...

SCALEABILITY The basic building block of an airmax connector is an IMLA (Insert Molded Leadframe Assembly) and modules can consist of a number of these IMLA’s. AirMax VS® connectors are scaleable to the number of columns (or IMLA’s). By developing housings dedicated to certain IMLA-counts, various module sizes can be offered. Even IMLA counts per module are recommended in order to enjoy the very low cross talk performance, even when multiple modules are stacked. FCI has IMLA’s available in 15 position, 12 position and 9 position. FLEXIBILITY The IMLA design offers maximum flexibility by its “open...

5 AIRMAX VS® FACT SHEET 2003-10-01 FCI Delivers Industry's First Shieldless High-Speed Connector, Operating at 2.5 Gb/s to Greater than 12 Gb/s (AirMax VS® Connector System) 2004-01-01 FCI and TFT demonstrate passive equalization applied in AirMax VS® connectors 2004-01-19 FCI licenses AirMax VS® technology to GORE 2004-01-29 FCI to Showcase the AirMax VS® Connector System at DesignCon 2004 2004-05-01 FCI and Accelerant demonstrate a 40 Gb back plane design with AirMax VS® connectors FCI and EIT demonstrate optimized routing on next generation back planes with AirMax VS® connectors FCI and Marvell...

6 HEADROOM IN PERFORMANCE Today’s high end communication equipment that is commercially available, operates at line speeds in the back plane ranging from 1.25 Gb/s up to 6.25 Gb/s. With AirMax VS® connectors, a complete platform redesign is not required when a system gets upgraded to higher line speeds, as AirMax VS® connectors have been demonstrated in transmission links of 1.25 Gb/s up to 25 Gb/s. TRACE ROUTING EXAMPLE LAYOUT mil um Column pitch CP 118,0 2997 Trace W 8,0 203 Space S 8,0 203 Pair-Pair spacing Spp 18,0 457 Pad P 36,0 914 Antipad Wa 48,0 1219 Total Routing Width TRW 66,0 1676...

7 The AirMax VS® technology can be applied in a variety of connector modules, including right-angle & vertical receptacles as well as the mating headers (right-angle & vertical). Combining these modules allows for a variety of applications, including back panel, co-planar, mezzanine and cable to board. BACK PANEL RECEPTACLE KEY FEATURES Right-angle header and vertical receptacle No pins on back panel Future extension with BGA receptacle Same right-angle header can be used in co-planar application BACK PANEL HEADER KEY FEATURES Right-angle receptacle and vertical header Pins on back panel Robust...

MAIN PRODUCTS PART REFERENCES Right-angle headers 5 pair 150 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA with end walls 10025613 150 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10016527 150 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA with end walls 10037324 150 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA 10037323 120 pos 2 mm 8 IMLA with end walls 10041460 120 pos 2 mm 8 IMLA 10041746 Vertical receptacle 5 pair 150 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10016537 150 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA 10035146 120 pos 2 mm 8 IMLA 10040993 Right-angle headers 4 pair 120 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA with end walls 10035515 120 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA 10035514 120 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA with end walls 10028436 120 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10029391 96 pos 2 mm 8 IMLA with end...

MAIN PRODUCTS PART REFERENCES Vertical header 3 pair 54 pos 2 mm 6 IMLA 10056101 Right-angle receptacle 3 pair 54 pos 2 mm 6 IMLA 10053656 Vertical header 4 pair 120 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10056100 120 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA 10056430 Right-angle receptacle 4 pair 120 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10035754 120 pos 3 mm 10 IMLA 10045722 Vertical header 5 pair 150 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10056098 Right-angle receptacle 5 pair 120 pos 2 mm 8 IMLA 10045548 150 pos 2 mm 10 IMLA 10034475 AIRMAX VS® BACK PANEL - HEADER FEATURES For applications where risks of damaging connectors on daughter cards is more apparent, FCI offers right-angle...

AIRMAX VS® CO-PLANAR AIRMAX VS® ADVANCED TCA® Solutions for “zone 3” FEATURES Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture, or AdvancedTCA is a series of industry standard specifications (PICMG 3.x) for the next generation of carrier grade communications equipment. AdvancedTCA incorporates the latest trends in high speed interconnect technologies, next generation processors, and improved reliability, manageability and serviceability, resulting in a new blade (board) and chassis (shelf) form factor optimized for communications. FEATURES An increasing number of applications require co-planar type interconnects...

AIRMAX VS® MEZZANINE FEATURES Mezzanine type interconnects can be built when combining vertical headers with vertical receptacles. Within the AirMax VS® family the same vertical receptacle as used in back panel applications can be mated with mezzanine dedicated vertical headers. These vertical headers will determine the total mated stack height and are provided with a protective cover that also serves as press in block. Mezzanine headers allow for stack heights of 12.5 mm up to 30 mm in a variety of IMLA-counts and -spacings. 11 MAIN PRODUCTS STACK HEIGHT PART REFERENCES Vertical header 3 pair...

FEATURES Use of AirMax VS® technology: Air as dielectric; NO interleaving shields; Plug compatible with all license suppliers of AirMax VS® 12 contacts per column: 120 contacts per module; 40 differential pairs per module; Open pin field structure: Allows for single ended and differential application; Dual beam, dual sided contact structure: Improves reliability and durability; Right angle and vertical headers: Front panel IO; Back panel IO; MAIN PRODUCTS PART REFERENCES Vertical header 4 pair 2 mm 10 column - I/O 10041268 Right angle header 4 pair 2 mm 8 column - I/O 10061399 3 mm 6 column -...