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Semicon, the world’s largest semiconductor conference and exhibition, is September 23-25 in Taiwan. Like most shows of its size and caliber, Semicon boasts a long and illustrious list of exhibitors (500+), and countless forums, symposiums, and workshops.
Of course Semicon is taking place in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Semi, the event organizer and industry association representative, “with the COVID-19 outbreak in Taiwan well-contained, SEMICON Taiwan 2020 will take place on schedule under the social distancing and other protective guidelines of the Taiwan government’s Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC).”
Samtec’s new and cutting-edge products that support the semiconductor industry will be demonstrated and on display. It’s a safe bet that most of you reading this blog will not be attending Semicon, so here’s a quick overview of what you would see if you were there:
56 Gbps PAM4 Product Demonstrator
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This is a fully-packaged system that populates signal paths using real-world signal integrity design practices. It demonstrates up to 56 Gbps PAM4 signaling, utilizing Samtec Flyover® cable assemblies.
For this active product demonstration, Samtec partnered with Credo. Credo’s mixed signal 56 Gbps PAM4 Bald Eagle 2 silicon generates 16 bi-directional channels of QPRBS-31 signal data.
Every signal passes through two or more Samtec connectors before returning to the SERDES. We measured bit error rates, insertion loss, eye height and diagrams, all in real-time.
Precision RF Products
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Samtec is unique in that we are vertically integrated from product design and fabrication, to full tech support, including launch optimization, simulation, and testing. Our microwave/mmWave and Signal Integrity engineers understand each signal path connection to help ensure your system is fully optimized.
Our product offering of 18 to 110 GHz high-frequency solutions includes full cable assemblies, cable connectors, and board-level interconnects:
- 1.00 mm to 110 GHz
- 1.85 mm to 65 GHz
- SMPM to 65 GHz
- 2.40 mm to 50 GHz
- 2.92 mm to 40 GHz
- SMP to 40 GHz
- 3.50 mm to 34 GHz
- SSMA to 34 GHz
- SMA / N Type / TNCA to 18 GHz
Samtec’s Bulls Eye® supports test and measurement applications to 70 GHz. The high-density design enables smaller evaluation boards and shorter trace lengths for optimized performance. Bulls Eye is one of many products on display at Semicon.
High Speed Cable Assemblies
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You can mix-and-match countless connector end-options with Samtec ultra-low skew twinax and micro coax cable. This provides extensive customizing capabilities.
Samtec Flyover Technology breaks the constraints of traditional signaling substrate and hardware offerings, resulting in a cost-effective, high-performance and heat efficient answer to the challenges of 56 Gbps bandwidths and beyond.
With the combination of the High-Speed Cable Plant, High-Speed Cable Group, and the Cable Management Group; Samtec is well-positioned to lead the market in speed and innovation. Click here to learn more about these capabilities.
High Speed Board-to-Board Connectors
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Our newest high-speed board-to-board connectors are available for preview at Semicon and include:
NovaRay® combines extreme density and performance for 112 Gbps PAM4 per channel in 40% less space than traditional arrays. The fully shielded differential pair design and two reliable points of contact contribute to the industry leading 4.0 Tbps aggregate data rate.
AcceleRate® HD is a .635 mm high-density, multi-row mezzanine strip with up to 240 I/Os and a small footprint.
AcceleRate High-Performance Arrays are 0.635 mm pitch arrays with 112 Gbps PAM4 extreme performance and a flexible open-pin-field design.
Optics
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The FireFly™ Micro Flyover System™ is the first interconnect system that gives a designer the flexibility of using micro footprint high-performance optical and low-cost copper interconnects interchangeably with the same connector system.
FireFly optical products provide performance to 28 Gbps, x4 and x12 designs, a variety of end 2 options, a variety of heat sinks, extended temperature designs for military and industrial applications, and PCIe-over-fiber optical cable systems. The full line of FireFly products, and all other products mentioned above, will be on display at Semicon.
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