BACKPLANE CONNECTORS
AIRMAX VS
®
BACKPLANE/MIDPLANE
CONNECTORS
OVERVIEW
The AIRMAX
®
Product Family is FCI’s core offering, a
leading backplane solution for telecom, networking, server,
and storage applications. The Shieldless Open Pin Field
Design with no pre-assigned ground pins provides the
ultimate flexibility in board layout. The AIRMAX
®
product
family addresses a broad range of system architectures,
including backplane, midplane, coplanar, midplane
orthogonal, cabled backplane, and mezzanine
applications.
The new
AIRMAX VS2™
provides a best cost alternative
within the AIRMAX
®
Family up to 12.5Gb/s while the
AIRMAX VSe
®
provides a performance optimized connector
solution up to 25Gb/s.
FEATURES & BENEFITS
• Provides options for the protected receptacle to be on the
backplane/midplane or on the daughter card at the
designer’s discretion
• Available range of differential pairs/column, column
pitches and column counts offers design flexibility
• Designs optimized for either 100Ω or 85Ω impedance to
match channel impedance and reduce loss
• Halogen-free signal modules aid efforts to minimize the
use of environmentally sensitive materials
• Available power and guide modules complement signal
connector offering
TARGET MARKETS/APPLICATIONS
• Communications
•
Switches
•
Routers
•
Optical transport
•
Wireless infrastructure
• Data
•
Servers
•
Storage systems
•
Super computers
AIRMAX VS
®
BACKPLANE/MIDPLANE CONNECTORS
TECHNICAL INFORMATION
MATERIALS
• Contacts: Copper alloy
• Contact finish:
• Performance-based plating over nickel at
separable interface
• Tin over nickel on press-fit tails on standard lead-free
products. Tin-lead option available upon request
• Housings: High-temperature thermoplastic, UL94V-0
MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE
• Durability: 200 cycles
• Mating force: 0.45 N max./contact
• Unmating force: 0.15 N min./contact
• Compliant pin insertion force:
• Vertical headers, right-angle headers or right-angle
receptacles: 40 N max.
• Vertical receptacles: 25 N max.
ELECTRICAL PERFORMANCE
• Contact resistance:
≤35mΩ
initial,
≤10mΩ
increase
after environmental test
• Current rating (≤30°C rise above ambient in still air):
0.5A/contact with all contacts powered
SPECIFICATIONS
• Product specification: GS-12-239
• Application specification: GS-20-035
APPROVALS AND CERTIFICATIONS
• Telcordia GR-1217-CORE Central Office
100
Ω
Connectors
• Differential impedance: 100 ± 8Ω @ 50 ps (10-90%)
rise time
• Differential insertion loss: <1dB through 6.25Gb/s
< 1.5 dB through 12.5Gb/s
• Near-end crosstalk (multi-active): < -38 dB through
6.25Gb/s; < -28 dB through 12.5Gb/s
• Far-end crosstalk (multi-active): < -41 dB through
6.25Gb/s; < -28 dB through 12.5Gb/s
PACKAGING
• Tubes
• Trays (vertical receptacle only)
80
Ω
Connectors
• Differential impedance: 85 ±5Ω @ 50 ps (10-90%) rise time
• Differential insertion loss: <1.5 dB through 8Gb/s
• Near-end crosstalk (multi-active): <-30 dB through 8Gb/s
• Far-end crosstalk (multi-active): <-30 dB through 8Gb/s
For more information,
please contact: Communications@fci.com
or visit us at
www.fci.com
Disclaimer
Please note that the above information is subject to change without notice.
AIRMAX VS
®
BACKPLANE/MIDPLANE CONNECTORS
AIRMAX VS
®
SIGNAL MODULES WITH VERTICAL RECEPTACLE
Minimum
Card Slot
Spacing
(mm)
25
25
20
20
17
Column
Pitch
(mm)
Differential Pairs
per
column
5
5
4
4
3
Linear Density
per inch
63.5
42.3
50.8
33.9
38.1
per cm
25.0
16.7
20.0
13.3
15.0
Contacts
per
column
15
15
12
12
9
Linear Density
per inch
190.5
127.0
152.4
101.6
114.3
per cm
75
50
60
40
45
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
Product
Family
Card Slot
2.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
2.0
AIRMAX VS
®
SIGNAL MODULES WITH VERTICAL RECEPTACLE
Differential
Impedance
(ohms)
Minimum
Card Slot
Spacing
(mm)
Differential Pairs
Total
Per
Column
Total
Contacts
Number
Of
Columns
Column
Pitch
(mm)
Header
Type
Module
Width
Along
Card
Edge
(mm)
22.0
32.0
14.0
20.0
22.0
30.0
32.0
16.0
18.0
24.0
26.0
20.0
22.0
30.0
32.0
16.0
18.0
12.0
14.0
20.0
22.0
16.0
18.0
12.0
14.0
Signal Module Part Numbers
Backplane/
Midplane
Vertical Receptacle
Daughter Card
Right-Angle Header
85
85
85
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
25
25
17
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
25
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
20
17
17
17
17
17
17
50
50
18
50
50
50
50
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
40
32
32
24
32
30
30
24
24
18
18
5
5
3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
3
3
150
150
150
150
150
150
150
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
120
96
96
72
96
90
90
72
72
54
54
10
10
6
10
10
10
10
8
8
8
8
10
10
10
10
8
8
6
8
10
10
8
8
6
8
2.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
4-wall
4-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
10099767-101LF
10099768-101LF
10096461-101LF
10016537-101LF
10016537-101LF
10035146-101LF
10035146-101LF
10040993-101LF
10040993-101LF
10064493-101LF
10064493-101LF
10028264-101LF
10028264-101LF
10035465-101LF
10035465-101LF
10052842-101LF
10052842-101LF
10052829-101LF
10052829-101LF
10034251-101LF
10034251-101LF
10045271-101LF
10045271-101LF
10043546-101LF
10043546-101LF
10097311-101LF
10087771-101LF
10097256-101LF
10016527-101LF
10025613-101LF
10037323-101LF
10037324-101LF
10041746-101LF
10041460-101LF
10064488-101LF
10064489-101LF
10029391-101LF
10028436-101LF
10035514-101LF
10035515-101LF
10052837-101LF
10052838-101LF
10052824-101LF
10052825-101LF
10034264-101LF
10034249-101LF
10045266-101LF
10045267-101LF
10040862-101LF
10039851-101LF
For more information,
please contact: Communications@fci.com
or visit us at
www.fci.com
Disclaimer
Please note that the above information is subject to change without notice.
12.5 mm (Card to Backplane)
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS & SIGNAL DENSITY
AIRMAX VS® BACKPLANE/MIDPLANE CONNECTORS
AIRMAX VS
®
& ZIPLINE
®
SIGNAL MODULES
WITH VERTICAL HEADERS
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS & SIGNAL DENSITY
12.5 mm (Card to Backplane)
Daughter Card
Right-Angle
Header
Minimum
Card Slot
Spacing
(mm)
Column
pitch
(mm)
Differential Pairs
per
column
Linear Density
per
inch
84.6
63.5
42.3
50.8
33.9
38.1
per
cm
33.3
25.0
16.7
20.0
13.3
15.0
Contacts
per
column
Linear Density
per
inch
254.0
190.5
127.0
152.4
101.6
114.3
per
cm
100
75
50
60
40
45
Product
Family
Card Slot
ZipLine
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
AirMax VS
27
27
27
23
23
19
1.8
2.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
2.0
6
5
5
4
4
3
18
15
15
12
12
9
AIRMAX VS
®
SIGNAL MODULES WITH VERTICAL HEADER
Differential
Impedance
(ohms)
Minimum
Card Slot
Spacing
(mm)
Differential Pairs
Total
Per
Column
Total
Contacts
Number
Of
Columns
Column
pitch
(mm)
Header
Type
Module
Width
Along
Card
Edge
(mm)
20.0
30.0
20.0
30.0
16.0
20.0
22.0
30.0
32.0
16.0
24.0
20.0
22.0
12.0
Signal Module Part Numbers
Backplane/Midplane
Vertical Receptacle
85
85
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
100
27
27
27
27
27
23
23
23
23
23
23
19
19
19
50
50
50
50
40
40
40
40
40
32
32
30
30
18
5
5
5
5
5
4
4
4
4
4
4
3
3
3
150
150
150
150
120
120
120
120
120
96
96
90
90
54
10
10
10
10
8
10
10
10
10
8
8
10
10
6
2.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
3.0
3.0
2.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
2.0
2-wall
2-wall
2-wall
2-wall
2-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
2-wall
2-wall
4-wall
2-wall
10095500-1050011LF
10073377-1050011LF
10056098-1050011LF
10056427-1050011LF
10055140-1050011LF
10056100-1050011LF
10056100-1080011LF
10056430-1050011LF
10056430-1080011LF
10055307-1050011LF
10056429-1050011LF
10056103-1050011LF
10056103-1080011LF
10056101-1050011LF
10095504-101LF
10095505-101LF
10034475-101LF
10057041-101LF
10045548-101LF
10035754-101LF
10035754-101LF
10045722-101LF
10045722-101LF
10060905-101LF
10076645-101LF
10056335-101LF
10056335-101LF
10053656-101LF
BPLAIRMBMP0713EA4
For more information,
please contact: Communications@fci.com
or visit us at
www.fci.com
Disclaimer
Please note that the above information is subject to change without notice.