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Z-PACK HM-Zd PCB Mount Connectors Overview


Z-PACK HM-Zd connectors
Z-PACK HM-Zd
Z-PACK HM-Zd connectors are one of the hottest high-speed, differential, board to backplane electrical connectors to hit the telecommunications and computer industries. It's an extension of the already established IEC 61076-4-101, Hard Metric connector family, however HM-Zd provides a differential solution for applications up to 12.5 gigabits/second.

Our XAUI HM-Zd Interoperability Platform is a common platform for interoperability testing supported by members of the 10 GEA XAUI Interoperability Group and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium. HM-Zd has also been chosen as the backplane interconnect for the PICMG 3.x (ATCA) industry standard, driven toward dramatically improving and simplifying the routing of electronic interconnects.

    Key Features
  • Operation at speeds as high as 12 Gb/s has been shown
  • Standard Module size of 25mm
  • Contact pitch 1.5mm within pair; 3.0mm pair to pair within column
  • Column to Column pitch 2.5mm
  • Designed specifically for high speed differential applications
  • Available in three versions:
    2 signal contact pairs per column (20 pairs per 25mm)
    3 signal contact pairs per column (30 pairs per 25mm)
    4 signal contact pairs per column (40 pairs per 25mm)
  • Vertical press fit pin headers and right angle press fit receptacles
    2 pair and 3 pair (compatible with 5 row HM)
    4 pair (compatible with 8 row HM)
  • Card Pitch is less than 0.8 inch for 2 and 3 pair headers and less than 1.0 inch for 4 pair headers
  • Optimized footprint for improved electrical performance and ease of trace routing
  • Unobstructed routing channels on both daughtercard and backplane
  • Pin header and receptacle have the exact same footprint to simplify your PC board layout
  • Designed to meet Telcordia requirements
    Applications
  • The Z-PACK HM-Zd connector system is suitable for use in high speed, backplane applications:
    • Switches
    • Servers/Blade Servers
    • Routers
    • Storage

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