With a one-piece, direct card-to-board design, Samtec's Edge Card Sockets with are intended for high-speed micro board-to-board and micro backplane applications. Incorporating the company's Edge Rate contacts, the 0.8 mm (0.0315") pitch High Speed Edge Card sockets (HSEC8 Series) are available in vertical, edge mount and right angle designs for perpendicular (90?) and coplanar applications with up to 60 contacts per row.
The exceptional electrical performance of the Edge Rate contacts, which are optimized for signal integrity and reduced crosstalk, allows the sockets to achieve performance ratings to 8 GHz (SE) and 10.5 GHz (DP) at -3dB insertion loss. The sockets accept standard 0.062" (1,60 mm) PCB cards, and also mate with Samtec's High Speed 100Ω Twinax Edge Card Cable Assembly (EEDP Series) and High Speed Flex Data Links (HSF8 Series). Rugged board locks and cable latches, as well as application specific guide rails, are available as options. Pricing begins at $ 0.05 per line, in production quantities.
Samtec offers a variety of high speed and high density board level, cable and I/O interfaces that may be used for add-on boards, creative packaging solutions or increasing I/O density. For more information, contact: Samtec, Inc., P.O. Box 1147, New Albany, IN 47151-1147; Phone: 1-800-SAMTEC-9 or 812-944-6733; Fax: 812-948-5047; or visit http://www.samtec.com, or e-mail the company at info@samtec.com.
