| Data Rate: | Rows: | Differential Parts per Inch: |
|---|---|---|
| 12.5 Gbps | 7, 11, 15 | 69 |
Product Highlights
Features and Benefits
Capable of supporting data rates of 12.5 Gbps:
Enhanced NXT daughtercard enables scalable data rates up to 12.5 Gbps with backward compatibility to standard GbX I-Trac headers (standard GbX I-Trac connectors reach 6.0 Gbps)
Differential-pair density up to 69 pairs per linear inch using open-pin-field design:
High-density, high-bandwidth connection with pin-by-assignment flexibility
Quad PCB routing capability:
Reduces PCB layers required to route high-speed signals, reducing PCB cost
Bifurcated contact beams in daughtercard interface:
Greater reliability with two points of contact to the header pin
Broadside-coupled, skew-equalized, differential pair system:
Superior impedance control, low cross talk and improved insertion loss performance
Allows standard and orthogonal connections using the same parts:
Design flexibility
Connector and PCB cost savings
Integrated guidance:
Superior mating performance
Overview
The GbX I-Trac Backplane Connector System features a broadside-coupled, skew-equalized design scalable to data rates up to 12.5+ Gbps. With its unique open pin-field design, the GbX I-Trac System gives customers the flexibility to assign high-speed differential pairs, low-speed signals, power and ground contacts anywhere within the pin-field.
The versatile design allows the headers to be rotated 90° on opposite sides of the midplane creating an orthogonal architecture, eliminating the need for PCB traces by using shared vias through the midplane. The same header and daughtercard part numbers are used for both standard and orthogonal configurations. Offers printed-circuit-board designers the flexibility to quad route the signal traces (2 pairs per layer) reducing the PCB layer count. Integrated guidance options and stand alone guidance options ensure superior mating performance and design flexibility. Power modules capable of supporting over 250 amps of current per linear inch. Available in backplane signal header modules, daughtercard signal modules and right angle male signal modules (coplanar). 7-, 11- and 15-row versions with press fit module sizes ranging from 56 to 300 circuits.
GbX I-Trac is currently used in server, storage, telecommunications, data-networking, industrial, military and medical applications throughout the world supporting standards such as:
- IEEE 802.3ap (10GBASE-KR, 10G Ethernet)
- Ethernet: 3.125, 6.25, 10Gbps
- PCI Gen1: 2.5Gbps
- PCI Gen2: 5 Gbps
- Infiniband: 2.5 to 10 Gbps
- SAS/SATA: 3 to 6 Gbps
- Fibre Channel: 4.25 to 8.5 Gbps
- Sonet: 2.5 to 10 Gbps
- Hypertransport: 3.2 to 5.2 Gbps
The GbX I-Trac backplane system is offered in the following options:
- The 7-row product is available in 4, 6 or 10 column (56, 84 or 140 circuits) with backplane, daughtercard, coplanar and power module options
- The 11-row product is available in 5, 6, 8 or 10 column (110, 132, 176 or 220 circuits) with backplane, daughtercard, coplanar and power module options
- The 15-row product is available in 8, 9 or 10 column (240, 270 or 300 circuits) with backplane, daughtercard and power module options
Applications by Industry
Electro-surgical equipment
Imaging equipment
Data networking equipment servers
Routers
Storage
Switches
Telecommunication networks
Test and measurement equipment
This is not a definitive list of applications for this product. It represents some of the more common uses.