AIRMAX VS® BACKPLANE/MIDPLANE CONNECTORS
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE
• Contacts: Copper alloy
• Durability: 200 cycles
• Contact finish:
• Mating force: 0.45 N max./contact
• Unmating force: 0.15 N min./contact
• Performance-based plating over nickel at
separable interface
• Compliant pin insertion force:
• Vertical headers, right-angle headers or right-angle
receptacles: 40 N max.
• Tin over nickel on press-fit tails on standard lead-free
products. Tin-lead option available upon request
• Housings: High-temperature thermoplastic, UL94V-0
• Vertical receptacles: 25 N max.
ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE
SPECIFICATIONS
• Contact resistance: ≤35mΩ initial, ≤10mΩ increase
after environmental test
• Product specification: GS-12-239
• Application specification: GS-20-035
• Current rating (≤30°C rise above ambient in still air):
0.5A/contact with all contacts powered
APPROVALS AND CERTIFICATIONS
100Ω Connectors
• Telcordia GR-1217-CORE Central Office
• Differential impedance: 100 8Ω @ 50 ps (10-90%)
rise time
PACKAGING
• Tubes
• Differential insertion loss: <1dB through 6.25Gb/s
< 1.5 dB through 12.5Gb/s
• Trays (vertical receptacle only)
• Near-end crosstalk (multi-active): < -38 dB through
6.25Gb/s; < -28 dB through 12.5Gb/s
• Far-end crosstalk (multi-active): < -41 dB through
6.25Gb/s; < -28 dB through 12.5Gb/s
80Ω Connectors
• Differential impedance: 85 5Ω @ 50 ps (10-90%) rise time
• Differential insertion loss: <1.5 dB through 8Gb/s
• Near-end crosstalk (multi-active): <-30 dB through 8Gb/s
• Far-end crosstalk (multi-active): <-30 dB through 8Gb/s
Disclaimer
Please note that the above information is subject to change without notice.
For more information,
please contact: Communications@fci.com
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