VPX Plus Backplane Cabling System

• Short (3U) and Long (6U) housings – can be used independently on front and rear of backplane
• Housing kits designed for both 1.0″ and 0.8″ center-center spacing
• Deployment rails provide additional support
• Rail is positioned between latch & polyamide overmold
• Wafers have PCBs designed for minimum skew
• Wafers are over-molded for mechanical integrity
• Compatible with VITA 46 / OpenVPX mechanicals

Wafers

• PCBs designed for minimum skew

• Color coded for identification

• Over-molded for mechanical  integrity

Housing & Hardware

• Made of Nickel plated zinc alloy

• Polarized for wafers

• Designed for 0.8” center-center spacing

• Threaded for stainless steel deployment rails

• Rails are mounted to housing with captive screws

• Provides additional support; rail is positioned between latch & polyamide overmold

• Ensures wafer retention in high high-vibration environment

12” Wafer – Wafer Cable Specs

• Cable: 30 gauge Stranded Coax

• Insertion Loss: <2.5dB up to 5GHz

• Return Loss: <10dB up to 5GHz

• Connector Impedance: 100 +/-  10% at 100ps rise time (20 - 80%)

• Within Pair Skew: <3ps ft

• Time Domain Crosstalk: <4% at  40ps rise time (-20 to +80%) from multiple aggressors

• Integrated snap locks to align stacked wafers

• 4 Types of Cable Assemblies

Ultra Thin Pipe − 1 wafer to 1 wafer w/ 2 DP connected

Thin Pipe − 2 wafers to 2 wafers w/ 4 DP connected

Fat Pipe − 4 wafers to 4 wafers w/ 8 DP connected

Double Fat Pipe − 8 wafers to 8 wafers w/ 16 DP connected

Fat Pipe – CX4 Cable Assembly Specs

• Cable: 30 gauge Stranded Coax

• Insertion Loss: <5.0dB up to 5GHz

• Return Loss: <10dB up to 5GHz

• Connector Impedance: 100 +/- 10% at 100ps rise time (20 - 80%)

• Within Pair Skew: <3ps ft

• Time Domain Crosstalk: <4% at 40ps rise time (-20 to +80%) from multiple aggressors