Discover Incredible Power Delivered In A Space Saving Form Factor

ByBrianne Collier Products

As one of the great superheroes learned – “with great power comes great responsibility.” Even without “spidey-sense” and the ability to scale tall buildings with webbing, there is still power to be wielded with Samtec’s new mPOWER™ connectors…with incredible power comes incredible space savings and design flexibility.

Incredible Power & Space Savings

This micro 2.00 mm pitch system (UMPT/UMPS) not only saves board space, but also carries extremely high amperage per square inch. Compared to traditional power connectors that carry 21 Amps per blade in a large form factor, mPOWER™ passes 21 Amps per blade in about half the size, freeing up the board for other components or minimizing package size.

Design Flexibility

mPOWER™ can be used as a standalone high-power solution, or alongside one of Samtec’s high-speed connector systems for a unique two-piece power and signal/ground solution. Compatible Samtec high-speed systems include: AcceleRate® HD, Edge Rate®, SEARAY™, SEARAY™ 0.80 mm, LP Array™, Q Strip®, Q2™, Tiger Eye™ and more.

Shows mPOWER as a power-only solution, and as a power/signal combination with Edge Rate high-speed connectors.

With stack heights from 5 mm to 12 mm (up to 20 mm in development), mPOWER™ can be easily added to new or existing architectures.

Further design flexibility is available with a choice of 2, 3, 4 and 5 power blades (up to 10 blades in development). Matte Tin or 10 µ” Gold plating are standard with optional 30 µ” Gold plating to meet specific regulations.

Additionally, the power blades have 2 stage mating and can be selectively loaded to achieve any specific creepage and clearance requirements. Optional weld tabs provide increased stability on the board.

Roadmap

A variety of other options are in development for mPOWER™ connectors including a right-angle version with 2 to 10 position counts, and a socket cable assembly to mate with both the vertical and right-angle terminal. The cable assembly will include latching for more rugged applications.

Also in development is a 30 A system for even greater power in a small footprint.

For more information, please visit Samtec’s mPOWER™ Ultra Micro Power Connectors webpage, and download the mPOWER™ eBrochure or Micro Rugged Guide.

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Brianne is a technical project manager within Samtec’s marketing department. When she is not writing blogs, she develops content for technical literature and the website, and seeks to convince others that gluten-free, paleo deliciousness is actually possible.