The STRADA Whisper backplane family was designed with your need for high-performing, high-bandwidth systems in mind. Its revolutionary design transfers data up to 112 Gbps—allowing you to achieve efficient future system upgrades without costly backplane or midplane redesigns.
STRADA Whisper connectors are differentiated by folded signal pins surrounded by strong, protective C-shaped shields, which make the product family one of the most robust offerings in the market. Additionally, the connector footprint keeps crosstalk down and the overall connector design uses latest eye-of-needle (EON) technology. The STRADA Whisper product family operates with extremely low noise, low insertion loss and little to no skew—all of which provide design flexibility and high design margin.
TE’s STRADA Whisper Absolute backplane connectors provide a cost-effective solution for 112G PAM 4 architectures, with an improved design footprint that allows for improved performance without sacrificing customer routing capabilities. With excellent cross talk and insertion loss performance, and a backwards compatible interface reducing overall engineering needs when upgrading from 56G to 112G operations – TE is your partner for 112G upgrades.
TE Connectivity's (TE) STRADA Whisper Absolute backplane connectors enable 112G network architectures. The new design minimizes skew with noise isolation and 360 degree grounding capabilities. These products are manufactured with a fully automated assembly process, helping reduce operating cycle times, operating cost and enhance machine productivity. The backward-compatible interface enables a reduction in mechanical design churn when the focus is to only upgrade internal components
STRADA Whisper Absolute enables blind mate connections that enable easier servicability and expansion. Breakout cabling allows for more complex network switching, accelerator pooling, and storage array topologies. In addition to the many design features mentioned, the compatibility with other standard interfaces fosters dynamic ecosystem development.
Click to watch the 112G STRADA Whisper Absolute orthogonal link demonstrate live 112 Gbps PAM4 electrical signaling running over a +30dB channel with crosstalk aggressors. This channel utilized an integrated 112G PAM-4 SerDes chip driving and receiving traffic through the STRADA Whisper Absolute connector which is a next-gen backplane style connector with backplane, orthogonal and cabled options. This demonstration highlighted the connector’s ability to run 112Gbps traffic through a realistic orthogonal channel with integrated active devices.
STRADA Whisper R high-speed backplane connectors help provide a critical upgrade path from 56G to 112G, making future data center upgrades easier. A newly-optimized footprint helps ensure low cross talk noise, enables the migration path to 112G, and makes these connectors more cost-effective.
View technical product details and signal integrity information for the new STRADA Whisper R backplane connectors.
Signal contacts are arranged horizontally in highspeed differential pairs for zero skew. This makes your board design simpler, while increasing signal integrity performance and saving board space. Each differential pair is surrounded by six ground connection points.
The connector allows for 1.5mm worth of mating separation (between both the ground and signal) through TE’s C-shaped, 360-grounding design, which includes an extra “orphan” shield at the bottom of the horizontal stack of contacts for complete shielding. The 360-ground shield provides high signal integrity margin, (electrical margin) granting you more chip and PCB flexibility. C-shaped shields protrude outwards to protect signal pins from damage.
Tabs on the sides of C-shield assure that ground contacts have at least a 2.5mm wipe, which helps maintain electrical performance with 1.5mm of un-mate condition.
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