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News Release from: FCI | Subject: MicroTCA connectors
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 December 2005
10Gbit/s datastream runs on MicroTCA
connector
FCI has demonstrated a 10Gbit/s datastream on a MicroTCA backplane using MicroTCA connectors - the first such successful demonstration in a laboratory without the use of active equalisation.
FCI, in support of the MicroTCA initiative, has recently demonstrated a 10Gbit/s datastream on a MicroTCA backplane using surface-mount MicroTCA connectors - the first such successful demonstration in a laboratory environment without the use of active equalisation The 30cm backplane link featured standard FR4 material and did not have any back-drilling
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Sep 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The SMT footprint used in the demonstration was a result of a collaboration between FCI and Tyco Electronics to define a footprint optimised for performance, cost and availability.
The demonstration, which was repeated at the Euro DesignCon exhibition in Munich, proves that MicroTCA connectors can be surface-mountable, allowing for higher speed transmissions that will benefit many telecom applications such as wireless base-stations and outdoor cabinets.
As it continues to optimise the demonstrator link, with plans to demonstrate a 12.5Gbit/s datastream on 50cm FR4 in the near future, FCI anticipates the commercial availability of the MicroTCA connector by early 2006.
MicroTCA is a modular open system needed for constrained applications where ATCA is not a good fit due to size, cost and equipment practices.
It is a draft system architecture specification that gained status as a subcommittee under the PICMG organisation in October 2004.
ATCA, AMC and MicroTCA provide an end-to-end framework that meets the requirements of a full spectrum of high-availability telecomms applications, from core routers and IP-gateways, radio base-stations and switching centres to converged customer premises equipment.
The MicroTCA connector is designed to be compliant with Telcordia GR-1217-CORE uncontrolled environment (UE) specifications and will support data rates of up to 12.5Gbit/s while exhibiting very low crosstalk performance.
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