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News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: 70-pin edge card connector
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 28 February 2002
Edge card connector supports 10Gbit
Ethernet
Molex has released its 70-pin PCB-mounted edge card connector for the emerging 10Gbit family of z-axis pluggable transceivers.
Molex has released its 70-pin PCB-mounted edge card connector for the emerging 10Gbit family of z-axis pluggable transceivers The new connector will support the proposed IEEE 10-Gigabit Ethernet Standard (IEEE 802.3ae 10GbE)
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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"This connector will enable engineers to tap into the speed of the leading edge 10-Gigabit XAUI protocol", said Debbie Kiley, Product Manager, Datacomm Division, at Molex.
The 70-pin electrical connector is the latest size in Molex's pluggable transceiver connector family.
The new 10Gbit transceivers, based on the MSAs, must be z-axis pluggable to the host PCB using this style SMT edge card connector.
The connector will offer alignment posts for stable placement on the PCB and standoffs for easy PCB post-solder cleaning.
The SMT design will provide the option for connector placement on either side of the PCB.
This connector will support all of the transceiver variants noted in the MSAs (850nm serial, 1310nm serial, 1310 WWDM and 1550 serial transceiver applications).
The current revised standard calls for an SC duplex fibre-optic connector for the optical cable interface.
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