By Gina Roos, editor-in-chief
Amphenol Ardent Concepts has expanded its TR Multicoax connector family with the introduction of a 16-channel, right-angle form factor. The new connector is designed to alleviate height concerns with its vertical launch connectors in applications that are Z-height−limited. This includes taking signals from underneath the board or under a heat sink and getting cables out from under a thermal shroud, said the company.
The new form factor uses the standard 16-channel footprint as Ardent’s straight-mount TR Multicoax. This gives designers greater flexibility to switch launch form factors without any layout change.
The TR Multicoax offers a dense PCB footprint, which saves board real estate and enables the coaxial cables to get extremely close to the devices, minimizing lossy trace lengths. In addition, the interface is compression-mounted, which eliminates solder-down components that can’t be recovered.
Available in a variety of channel counts and form factors, the TR Multicoax series connectors can support speeds of 70 GHz+, with a roadmap to 110 GHz in the near future.
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