Samtec presented several product demonstrations at IMS 2024, including 90 GHz test and measurement systems, new orange Nitrowave™ phase- and amplitude-stable coaxial cable, and mmWave RF connector systems up to 110 GHz. We also showcased a leading-edge 5G mm wave FR2 phased array antenna module (PAAM) demonstration platform. The demo incorporates a Fujikura PAAM; a fully integrated module consisting of an antenna array, beamforming ICs, a frequency conversion IC, and filters. The array … [Read more...]
New Coax Cable Achieves Excellent Performance While Subject to Dynamic Flexing
Many factors come into play when selecting coax cable for mm wave applications. Four important attributes include ruggedness, flexibility, frequency range, and signal quality. This live product demonstration from IMS 2024 shows how Samtec's new Nitrowave™ coax cable excels at all four attributes. Nitrowave is Samtec's new, phase- and amplitude-stable coaxial cable. You can easily recognize Nitrowave cable because of its distinctive Samtec orange jacket. Nitrowave cable offers … [Read more...]
Real-Time mm Wave Data Link Demonstration
One of Samtec's many live product demonstrations at IMS 2024 showcased our variety of mm wave solutions. It included our compression mount board connectors in both vertical and edge launch designs, new Nitrowave™ coaxial cable technology, Analog over Array™ connector solutions, glass core technology, and flexible waveguide technology. There's a lot going on, and in this video, Samtec's J.R. Bonnefoy walks us through the demo, the equipment, and the performance. A waveform … [Read more...]
What Is A JTAG Connector?
Before we answer the question, "What is a JTAG connector?" let me first give you a brief overview of JTAG. What is JTAG? Joint Test Action Group, or JTAG, is the common name for IEEE Standard 1149.1. This standard defines a particular method for testing board-level interconnects, which is also called Boundary Scan. In short, JTAG was created to test for common problems, but lately, it has become a way of configuring devices. The JTAG hardware interprets information from five different … [Read more...]
Six Tips To Help You Select The Right Connector
I’ve worked with many engineers trying to select the right connector set for their board-to-board application. I felt bad for them because they had many options to choose from, and it can be a confusing, frustrating endeavor. It’s made it all the more complicated because no two applications are identical. This blog aims to give you a few design tips from a connector company veteran (that would be me). These practical, commonsensical suggestions (hopefully) will help you select the right … [Read more...]
Keysight and Samtec Demonstrate New 112 Gbps PAM4 Connectivity
Samtec and Keysight teamed up at DesignCon 2024 to showcase a multi-domain template testing Samtec’s high-performance NovaRay connector system. This live signal integrity product demonstration incorporates two different types of test instrumentation. First, we see a Keysight four-port, 53 GHz VNA (Keysight P5028B) testing a Samtec NovaRay mezzanine connector system (NVAM, NVAF products) at 112 Gbps PAM4. We also see a Time Domain Reflectometer (Keysight DCA-Z, N1000A) with a six-picosecond … [Read more...]
Gold Plating On Connectors: How Much Do I Need?
Designers frequently ask how much gold plating they should specify on the connector pins. As I write this blog, (and yes, I’m old-fashioned and am actually typing it; I’m not using AI), the price of gold has increased about 28% in the last six months. So, the original question – how much gold should I use on my connectors – is extremely relevant. Gold Plating Is A Major Cost Driver The major costs in a connector set are: And on most connectors – well, most Samtec connectors … [Read more...]
Cutting Edge Copper and Optical Interconnects at OFC 2024
OFC, the Optical Fiber Communications Conference, is all about optical networking and communications. Samtec was front and center showcasing 224 Gbps PAM4 solutions, next-generation transceivers for optical and copper, CXL-over-optics, and PCIe 6.0 solutions, just to name a few. If you weren't at the show, here's a quick tour of the product and technology demonstrations at our booth. Future Proof Optical Interconnects Samtec’s new Halo™ system is a future-proof, next-generation … [Read more...]
Good News and Good News About Board Stacking Connector Solutions
“The good news is, Samtec has more ways to stack two or more PC boards than anybody else in the connector industry,” I told a Designer when asked about our two-piece, pin-and-socket board stacking connector sets. Usually, the "bad news" follows the "good news." But the second sentence was, “The good news is, Samtec has the industry's best online tool to select the best board stacking connector set for your application. Not just one product series, but the complete part numbers to the … [Read more...]
Good Optics: High-Performance, High-Density Active Optical Connector Systems
Samtec showcased several high-performance, high-density active optical connector systems at DesignCon 2024. These were in addition to a booth full of Samtec Flyover® copper cable solutions rated at 224 and 112 Gbps PAM4 data rates, as well as RF test and measurement systems. New CXL Over Fiber CXL is based on the PCI Express specification physical and electrical interface. CXL enables cache coherency between the CPU and attached devices, such as accelerators, GPUs, or memory … [Read more...]
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