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News Release from: Molex UK | Subject: Copper Flex assembly with PCBeam interposer
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 04 February 2008
Alliance creates high-speed board-flex
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Copper Flex assembly with HS and S PC Beam interposer enables unparalleled design flexibility and true position accuracy.
Molex has collaborated with Neoconix to deliver a flexible, copper-based high-density and speed (HD and S) interposer The low-profile contact interface integrates Molex Copper Flex with Neoconix's HD and S PC Beam interposer for flex-to-PCBA applications
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jan 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ideal for telecommunication, server, mass storage, medical imaging, automatic test equipment and military command and control centre markets, Molex's Copper Flex assembly with HS and S PC Beam interposer enables unparalleled design flexibility and true position accuracy.
"Molex and Neoconix have come together to develop a highly-reliable interface that allows differential signal speeds greater than 10Gbit/s and single-ended speeds of 4GHz and higher", says Gary Manchester, Director of Marketing, Molex Integrated Products Division.
"With less than 3% crosstalk in a pin-matrix configuration, the copper flex assembly with PCBeam interposer will provide consistent, high-speed data transmission with minimal interference".
Molex's Copper Flex assembly with PCBeam interposer includes: densities of 1.00mm or less in a variety of pin-matrix configurations; board-to-flex pin counts of 500 I/Os or greater; a single-piece compression and tool-less hardware interfaces; as well as an impedance-matched system that offers 100ohm differential and 50ohm single-ended options.
PCBeam interposers feature all-metal spring beams that are permanently embedded onto an FR-4 substrate in a high-density configuration.
Photolithography and etch are used to define the contact elements, enabling unparalleled design flexibility and true-position accuracy.
Typical configurations provide 0.152mm of true electrical compliance (TEC) per side at 1.00mm pitch to ensure high reliability.
An innovative dual-beam option is also available to provide contact redundancy in high-reliability applications.
Copper Flex assemblies with PCBeam interposer are available in flexible cable lengths of 4 to 28in for complete design flexibility, and are offered in a variety of thicknesses and custom array of sizes and footprints.
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