Hercules

A Qnnect Company Signal Integrity Performance Test Report Excerpt from Report #886 To determine the signal integrity performance of the Meritec Hercules Connector System comprised of a 1 meter, 28 AWG plug cable assembly and two flange mount board receptacles. 1 meter, 28 AWG, Size 23 Meritec Hercules Plug Cable Assembly (Meritec P/N: 985023SNSNWG1.0) Size 23, flange mount, Meritec Hercules Board Receptacle with 0.100" press-fit tails (Meritec P/N: 985223FNPHWA) A 1 meter, 28 AWG, Size 23 Meritec Hercules Plug Cable Assembly was mated with the Size 23 Meritec Hercules Flange Mount Board Receptacles with 0.100" press-fit tails. The board receptacles were mounted to the Meritec Hercules SI test boards. Measurements of the setup were taken and recorded, and they include the cable assembly, board connectors and test board vias. Insertion loss through the 1 meter cable and two pairs of mated cable and board connectors was less than –9 dB up to 10 GHz (see Figure 1). At 5 GHz, which represents the Niquist frequency (1st harmonic) for a 10 Gb/s signal, the setup has roughly –4.5 dB insertion loss. The 1 meter, unterminated, bulk cable has roughly –3.1 dB loss at this frequency. This means that the two pairs of connectors have a total of –1.4 dB of loss at 5 GHz, or –0.7 dB of loss for a single mated cable plug and board receptacle. Also, the cable assembly is well within the InfiniBand 10 Gb/s (QDR) insertion loss specification. The cable assembly and board receptacle setup also exhibits very good return loss of less then –10 dB up to 7 GHz (see Figure 2). The return loss present is also within the InfiniBand 10 Gb/s (QDR) return loss specification. Crosstalk measurements were also performed on one victim pair surrounded by seven aggressor pairs (see Figure 3). This setup represents the worse possible condition. The first measurements performed were with the aggressors coming from the near-end while the second measurements were performed with the aggressors coming from the far-end. The power sum of all the aggressors was then calculated for each of the near-end and the far-end aggressors. These measurements differ depending on which pairs are designated as transmit pairs and which ones are designated as receive pairs. Crosstalk coming from the seven near-end aggressors was around less than –30 dB up to 5 GHz (see Figure 4). Crosstalk coming from seven far-end aggressors was around –30 dB up to 5 GHz as well (see Figure 4). An eye diagram at 10 Gb/s data rate running through the mated cable assembly and board receptacles setup was also simulated. The eye is wide open, and it has 560 mV height, 89.8 ps width and exhibits a total jitter of 10.2 ps. Differential impedance through the connector system is between 96 and 104 ohms at 100ps incoming pulse risetime (20–80%) and well within the InfiniBand specification limits of 100 ± 10 ohms. Tektronix DSA8200 Digital Serial Analyzer with 80E04 TDR modules Meritec Size 23 Hercules SI test boards (P/N: 602177 Rev.B) Purpose Samples Tested Conclusions Equipment 888-MERITEC (637-4832) Hercules Ruggedized COTS High -Densit y Interconnect System 19 www.meritec.com