We are faced with choices all day long – some easy and some hard. It can be overwhelming when the options are numerous and any research on the internet is bottomless. Books, talks and conferences offer a variety of tools and approaches promising to make the decision making process easier, but I’m pretty sure that’s just one more decision we have to make.
Samtec offers the largest variety of high-speed board-to-board and backplane interconnects in the industry. With so many options, unfortunately, we also are adding to that pile of choices but our newly released High-Speed Board-to-Board & Backplane Interconnect Solutions Guide is designed to keep things simple.
This Guide is broken down into 5 connector categories, so you can jump in where it’s most applicable to your needs. From there you can discover high-performance ratings up to 112 Gbps PAM4, and design flexibility details such as pin count, stack height, contact system, hardware and so much more.
Full engineering support and free product samples as well as online tools and resources are available to help streamline the design process. By offering unmatched Sudden Service®, our goal is to help you navigate that pile of choices in order to find the right solution for your application, quickly. We hope then you’ll be asking, “what pile?”
High-Speed Board-to-Board & Backplane Solutions
High-Density Arrays
- Extreme performance to 112 Gbps PAM4
- PCIe® 6.0/CXL® 3.1 capable (NovaRay®, AcceleRate® HP, AcceleRate® HD, AcceleRate® mP)
- Open-pin-field designs for maximum grounding and routing flexibility (SEARAY™, SEARAY™ 0.80 mm Pitch)
- Slim body (AcceleRate® HD) and low profile designs (AcceleRate® HP, AcceleRate® mP, LP Array™, SUPERNOVA™)
- Power/signal combination (AcceleRate® mP)
- Analog Over Array™ capable – analog and digital signals, plus power through the same interconnect
- Roadmap: Si-Fly™ MZ, the industry’s highest density board-to-board and on-package mezzanine system with up to 192 differential pairs
Dual Row Strips
- Performance to 56 Gbps PAM4
- Edge Rate® signal integrity optimized contacts for reduced broadside coupling and crosstalk (Edge Rate®, Q Rate®)
- Integral ground/power plane for improved electrical performance (Q Strip®, Q Rate®, Q2™)
- Slim body and low profile designs
- Stack heights from 5 mm to 25 mm
- Severe Environment Testing and Extended Life Product™ qualified connectors
Backplane Systems
- Extreme performance to 112 Gbps PAM4
- PCIe® 6.0/CXL® 3.1 capable (ExaMAX®)
- Ultra-high density with up to 128 differential pairs in a single connector (NovaRay® Micro Rugged Backplane)
- Small form factor with modular design flexibility (XCede® HD)
- Traditional, coplanar and direct-mate orthogonal
- High-speed cable assemblies available
Edge Card Systems
- Performance to 64 Gbps PAM4
- PCI Express® 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0 solutions; mating cable assemblies available
- Generate® sockets with Edge Rate® signal integrity optimized contacts (0.60 mm, 0.80 mm, 1.00 mm pitch)
- Micro edge card sockets in a variety of pitches, orientations and tail types
Ultra Micro Interconnects
- Performance to 56 Gbps PAM4
- Self-mating connectors for reduced inventory costs (Razor Beam™)
- Ultra low profile stack heights down to 2 mm (Micro Blade & Beam)
- Slim body designs for space savings
- SureWare™ board stacking standoffs to assist with alignment
High-Speed Tools
Online tools are available to help you quickly design and/or simulate the right high-speed solution for your application.
- High-Speed Board-to-Board Solutionator® – Use a wide variety of search parameters and filters to build a mated set, then immediately download models, prints or an entire specs kit.
- Picture Search – Browse through a highlight reel of Samtec’s most popular products to find the ideal solution for your application.
- Channelyzer™ – Full channel simulation and analysis based on your inputs, including channel overview and strategies for improved performance.
High-Speed Support
- Reserve™ – look for the Reserve™ logo throughout the Samtec.com website to quickly and easily identify availability of over 200,000 connectors and cables – guaranteed to ship in 1-day.
- Signal Integrity Center of Excellence – Samtec is the industry leader in Signal Integrity offering unparalleled support for all aspects of high-performance system design, to help you attain full system optimization, from Silicon-to-Silicon™.
- Evaluation & Development Kits – Provides system designers and engineers easy-to-use platforms for testing many of Samtec’s most popular products, helping to simplify the design process and reduce time to market.
If you have questions about High-Speed Board-to-Board or Backplane products, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].
Visit our Literature webpage for additional Guides like this: High-Speed Cable, Rugged/Power and many more.
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