Booth #521

Etters, PA USA Phone: 717-938-7200 Fax: 717-938-7527 www.fciconnect.com

With operations in 30 countries and sales of 1.28 billion euros in 2005, FCI is a leading manufacturer of connectors. Our 13,500 employees are committed to providing customers with high-quality, innovative products for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. For more information visit www.fciconnect.com.

The HCI^TM connector system anticipates increasing system power demands that are driving the need for greater power density. A single power contact accommodates over 90 amps based on 30°C temperature-rise with zero airflow. The high current-carrying capacity and a robust, molded-in guidance system are ideal for high-wattage, blind-mate power supplies. Available HCI^TM configurations support standard coplanar and backplane interfaces. Integrated HCI^TM power connector solutions, enabling power and signal contacts in a single molded housing, also offer incredible flexibility to address requirements for custom configurations. The connectors feature cost-effective stamped contacts, vented insulators to optimize airflow through the connector to carry heat away from the contact surfaces, and the lowest product height among comparable high-current connectors.

Compact AirMax VS® power modules from FCI provide increased current-carrying capacity for both backplane and co-planar applications. Each contact in a 1x2 connector module is designed to carry a maximum of 40 Amps, or a total of 80 Amps per module. Individual contacts in the 2x2 or 2x3 modules are designed to carry a maximum of 20 Amps. Standard-profile 1x2 and 2x2 right-angle modules stand 14.7mm above the top surface of the carrier PCB. New lower-profile 2x2 and 2x3 modules match the 11.5mm above-board height of AirMax VS® 3-pair signal connectors, which enable the power modules to be employed on 16.7mm card slot pitch or as a means to increase air flow in a chassis having wider slot spacing.

MicroTCA^TM vertical card-edge connectors provide 170 contacts on 0.75mm pitch and enable AMC^TM cards to be plugged directly to a backplane. Both press-fit and surface-mount (SMT) termination options are available. Metal retention clips on the SMT connectors provide additional mechanical strength after soldering. FCI connectors are in full compliance with the MicroTCA^TM standard. The press-fit version accommodates speeds up to 10 Gb/s, and the SMT version supports speeds of 10 Gb/s and beyond. The MicroTCA^TM standard, developed within PICMG®, creates a physically small but very powerful system in 4U height and 300mm depth. The reduced size and cost are suitable for wide range of applications such as core routers, IP-gateways, base stations, switching centers, and customer premises equipment.