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SFP and SFP+ Connector System

Supporting 2.5 to 10 Gbps data rates for Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel applications, Molex’s SFP+ and SFP products ensure industry-wide compatibility.

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Product Highlights

Data Rate:Lanes:Industry Standards:
up to 10 Gbps1Ethernet, Fibre Channel

High-Speed I/O Connectors

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High-Speed EMI Cages

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Stacked Products

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High-Speed I/O Cable Assemblies

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Features and Benefits

Connectors
MT design packaged in tape and reel:
Ensures easy pick-and-place to the PCB

Cages – single row
Single port cages available in press-fit, solder-post and PCI (1°) versions; ganged cages available in press-fit version:
Enables use with various board thicknesses and assembly processes

Press-fit tails accommodates belly-to-belly applications for single and ganged cages:
Ensures best use of PCB real estate

Integrated lightpipes for use with SMT Light Emitting Diode's (LED's):
Provides port status and activity feedback to the user

Modules oriented "belly-to-belly" when inserted:
Ease of removal of the module from the port

Unique thumb latch:
Provides intuitive squeeze and pull-latching mechanism

Available in 15 or 30µ" gold plating:
Accommodates cost and performance preferences

Ganged cages have 360° elastomeric gaskets, spring fingers and multiple ground-pin locations:
Provides advanced EMI shielding to the bezel

Cages – stacked
Elastomeric or metal gasket:
Two options for superior EMI protection

Press-fit termination to PCB:
Eliminates soldering, lowering the applied cost and avoiding solder-related issues

Cables
Hot-pluggable transceivers:
Allow insertion and removable of plug without powering down the system

Zinc diecast backshells:
Provide 360° Electro Magnetic Interference (EMI) shielding

Overview

SFP+ interconnects are designed to support applications for 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and 10 Gbps Gigabit Ethernet. SFP+ interconnects use the same space-per-port as standard SFP interconnects. SFP interconnects are designed to support for 1.125 Gbps Fibre Channel and 2.5 Gbps Gigabit Ethernet applications. In addition to cages, connectors and cable assemblies, Molex offers loopback adapters, lightpipe cover assemblies and sealed optical assemblies for both SFP+ and SFP.

The Sealed SFP optical and electrical integrated assemblies are designed to maximize valuable space on the PCB while providing an environmentally rugged interface. Featuring a panel feed-through design, the assemblies incorporate an internally-mounted SFP cage and related electrical circuitry.

Lightpipes are designed to provide a "link" or "no link" status using LEDs mounted on the PCB. The loopback adapter is a high-performance integrated duplex serial data link for loopback communications.

Applications by Industry

High-end servers

Fibre channel and gigabit ethernet
Networking equipment
Routers and switches
Servers
Storage
Telecommunications hardware

This is not a definitive list of applications for this product. It represents some of the more common uses.

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