Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 High-Speed Backplane Connectors support speeds up to 20Gb/s and offer an upgrade path from the AirMax VS series. These connectors have a safety margin of 802.3ap system performance with the flexibility of an open-pin field design. The connectors feature enhanced signal integrity and mechanical performance compared to the AirMax VS connectors. The AirMax VS2 connectors work with AirMax VS and AirMax VSe connectors and are available in vertical and right-angle receptacles and headers.
Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 Backplane Connector System
Features
- Available in 3, 4, and 5 pair backplane and coplanar versions
- Available with 0.5mm or 0.4mm compliant pins
- Backward compatable to existing VS and VS2 designs
- Enables system upgrades for higher performance in the same form factor
- Hard metric design practice
- Maintains the pin assignment flexibility of the AirMax-open pin field design
- Provides a migration path to 20Gb/s per differential pair
- Shieldless design with closely coupled pairs
Applications
- Communications:
- Access
- Optical transmission
- Routers
- Switches
- Wireless base stations
- Data:
- Servers
- Switches
- Storage
- Industrial and Instrumentation:
- Test and measurement
- Medical
Resources
- Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 Backplane Connector System Datasheet & Specifications (PDF)
- Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 Backplane Connector System Catalog (PDF)
- Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 Backplane Connector System Application Specification (PDF)
- Amphenol FCI AirMax VS2 Backplane Connector System Product Specification (PDF)