Product category:
PCB Connectors
News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: LaneLink 4x connectors
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 25 July 2005
Cable to board I/O runs at 2.5Gbit/s per
pair
A new 5GHz bidirectional four-lane I/O connector system offers superior mechanical reliability for the server industry, and an extensive range of options including latching and jackscrew versions.
Molex has recently introduced a new 5GHz bidirectional four-lane I/O connector system that offers superior mechanical reliability for the server industry, and an extensive range of options including latching and jackscrew versions The LaneLink is a 100ohm cable to board I/O system optimised for differential signalling at 2.5Gbit/s per pair
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The LaneLink 4x connectors incorporate an industry-compatible mating interface compliant with InfiniBand requirements, as well as with several other standards or MSA groups.
Molex has also added a brand new feature to both 4x options, a landing area to allow the use of standard pick and place nozzles.
The PCB receptacle, with its cast frame featuring unitary latch posts and screw attachment to the PCB, provides outstanding isolation of cable loads from the SMT solder tails, and also reduces the strain between the cable and the socket.
Additional strain relief is offered by the option of top mounting the die cast frame to the chassis.
Furthermore, in order to ease the alignment of the connector to the board, the LaneLink product line includes extended crush PCB alignment posts.
The InfiniBand architecture is an industry standard for server input/output communications that offers one integrated fabric for all types of communication.
It provides the bandwidth needed to connect storage and communications networks and server clusters together, while providing performance, reliability, scalability and flexibility that the server industry will require over the next decade.
The InfiniBand architecture delivers three levels of performance: 1x link technology (5.0Gbit/s); 4x link technology (20.0Gbit/s) and 12x technology (60.0Gbit/s).
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