Free Height Stacking Connectors: Flexible Stacking Solutions for Mezzanine Connections
Free height connectors are two-piece, open pin field connectors designed for use in parallel stacking board-to-board applications. The free height connector grouping consists of vertical board-mount receptacles and plug assemblies. TE Connectivity (TE) offers these connectors in various combinations of plug and receptacle height, providing design flexibility with the ability to vary the spacing between parallel boards.
TE offers a stacking connector portfolio that includes free height, fine stack and fine mate connectors. These products provide various flexible stacking solutions for mezzanine (vertical, parallel stacking board-to-board) connections. This portfolio includes many centerline, stack height and application options.
Our Free Height Stacking Connector Series include the following product options:
- 0.5 mm Free Height COM Connectors
- 0.6 mm Free Height Connectors
- 0.8 mm Free Height Connectors
- 1.0 mm Free Height (IEEE 1386) Connectors
0.5MM FREE HEIGHT CONNECTORS
Overview
Our 0.5mm Free Height Connectors connect computer-on-module (COM) and COM Express modules to carrier boards. They enable various spacing options between parallel PCBs from 4mm to 8mm and 220, 240 and 440 pin configurations. The new generation of of 0.5mm free height COM connectors can support up to 16 GT/s data transmission with compatibility with PCIe Gen 4 applications.
Product Features
- Position sizes: 220P dual in-line; 440P using two 220P connected by a bridge
- Stack heights: 5mm and 8mm
- Speed: 8Gbps (PCIe Gen3) & 16Gbps (PCIe Gen4)
- Mounting Type: Surface Mouting
- Intel qualified for COM Express
- Tape & Reel / Tray packaging
- Qualified by PICMG COM Express standard
- Smooth upgrade from 8G to 16G with full backwards compatibility
- Widely adopted by different industries with 1100+ POS customers globally
Applications
Anywhere high-density stacking is desired
- Home security devices
- Consumer electronics
- Data storage devices
- Telecommunications
- Automotive dashboard controls
- Customized PC boards
- Industrial computing devices
New Product: 16G 0.5mm Free Height COM Connectors
Designed to connect PCBs in a parallel stacking, mezzanine configuration with up to double the speed (16 GT/s) of most previous generation 0.5mm FH connectors. Our connectors feature a new contact design that provides best-in-class signal integrity performance and enables a 30% reduction in mating and unmating force to facilitate easier operation. With the same PCB footprint as all COM Express standard connectors, there is typically no need to change PCB layouts when making upgrades to your application. These connectors are compatible to PCIe Gen 4 applications, support 5mm and 8mm stacking heights, and include 220 and 440 position options.
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0.8MM FREE HEIGHT CONNECTORS
Overview
Our 0.8mm free height connectors are vertical board mount plugs and receptacles that are available in stacking heights ranging from 5mm to 20mm in 1mm increments. They can address OCP Mezzanine Card 2.0 with data speed up to 32 Gbps.
Product Features
- Stack height: 5~20mm step in 1mm
- Pin count: 40~200 positions
- Speed: 10Gbps
- Current Rating: 0.8A/Pin
- Temperature Rating: -40 °C to 125 °C
- Consume a minimum amount of PCB space
- Strong signal integrity support
- Broad stacking portfolio
- Reputation for excellent quality and customer support
Applications
- Parallel board stacking applications in high-end computer, telecommunications, industrial, and military/aero industries
- Test cards and card extenders
- Communications equipment
- Electronic equipment requiring miniature connector packaging
New Product: 32G 0.8mm Free Height Connectors
Our next generation 0.8mm free height connectors achieve unrivaled speeds of 32 Gbps+. These high-speed, mid-density mezzanine solutions deliver an excellent price-to-performance ratio and are 56 Gbps PAM-4 and PCIe Gen 5 capable for future system upgrades. They can offer significant system cost savings in adopting 32 Gbps technologies for high-volume server and storage applications and can also be used in industrial, instrumentation and medical equipment.
