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News Release from: Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns | Subject: Connectors for ATCA and MicroTCA systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 07 June 2006
Connectors cover next-generation
telecomms
Tyco Electronics offers a complete solution in ATCA and MicroTCA systems.
Tyco Electronics offers a complete solution in ATCA and MicroTCA systems As the next generation of networking communications is born, the Telecommunications Industry is demanding a more cost-effective standard that will be compatible with future technologies
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 9 Sep 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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By designing and manufacturing each of the essential standard components necessary in the telecomms networking industries, Tyco Electronics offers a diverse range of products to meet all the market needs of the ATCA and MicroTCA standards.
ATCA is an open industry standard developed by PICMG 3.0 to create a new blade (board) and chassis (shelf) form factor, to meet the needs of the rapidly changing communications network infrastructure and the next generation in communication applications.
Complimentary to the ATCA standard, the MicroTCA standard is optimised for smaller scale, but for more price sensitive applications.
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The MicroTCA standard supports mezzanine boards and conforms to the Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) standard by connecting to the backplane without an additional carrier board.
As the MicroTCA standard reaches development completion, time will allow it to become the new standard in the telecomms networking industry.
Tyco Electronics provides a complete solution to the networking needs of the telecommunications industry.
As a recognised leader in the design and assembly of state-of-the-art backplane systems, Tyco Electronics' engineering group specifically designs backplane systems to meet customer's individual networking needs.
With the largest printed circuit board manufacturing capability in North America, Tyco Electronics can supply advanced line cards and back-panels for customised and standard ATCA and MicroTCA systems.
Tyco Electronics also promotes innovative and compact power distribution and management modules that have been designed to conserve valuable circuit board real estate and reduce overall board cost.
A variety of product managers handle the sale and distribution of ATCA and MicroTCA board to board, backplane, fibre optic and power connectors; as well as a diverse product line of Zone 1, 2, and 3 connectors and front and rear input/output connectors.
Tyco Electronics' product is also available to meet the industry's needs for standard and customised thermal management.
Tyco Electronics products work together to provide the component requisite for networking telecomms equipment systems in markets including basestations, radio network control, serving gateway support node (SGSN) and gateway GPRS support node (GGSN), home location register (HLR), IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) servers, media and application servers, media gateways and soft switches, DSLAMs, multiservice switches, media servers, blade servers, VOIP session controllers and more.
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