NX+ Board Mount Receptacles

Meritec’s NX+ brand product family includes PCB surface mount, SFF-8470 and SFF-8473 IO connector receptacles that mate with all SFF-8470 cable assemblies and offer improved crosstalk performed at InfiniBand 5G DDR, 10G QDR, and the developing 20G EDR data rates.

Meritec’s NX+ brand product

Product Details

  • FEATURES & BENEFITS

    • 4X & 12X RapidIO configurations available
    • Meets the SFF-8470 & SFF-8473 Enhanced Shielded Multi-Lane specification
    • Performance enhanced to 20 Gbps per differential pair or lane in combination with Meritec enhanced NX cable assemblies
    • Improved crosstalk and insertion loss
    • Die cast housings for rugged applications
    • Screw & solder post hold down features available
    • Latch attachment (consult factory for thumbscrew option)
    • RoHS Compliant products available
    • SMT configuration
    • Panel mount option
    • Support Ethernet 40G Base CR4, 10GEthernet CX-4, Myrinet, RapidIO, Aurora and other speed IO applications
    • Optional EMI shield available
    • Optional EMI gasket available
  • SPECIFICATIONS

    Electrical

    • Current rating: 1/2 amp per contact
    • Contact resistance: 10 milliohms
    • Dielectric withstanding voltage: 300 VDC
    • Insulation resistnace: 100 Mohms min
    • Impedance: 100+/- 10 ohms differential at 50psec risetime (20-80%)
    • Low crosstalk: <2% at 50ps risetime (20-80%) with 3 NEXT and 4 FEXT aggressors
    • Low insertion loss: <0.3 dB at 2.5GHz and <0.6 dB at 5.0GHz
    • Skew: Compensated with PCB traces

    Mechanical

    • Contact material: Copper alloy
    • Standard contact finish: 30 micro inch Au over 50 micro inch Ni on mating area; and 5 micro inch Au over 50 micro inch Ni on the PCB termination end
    • Die cast shell with Ni plating
    • Durability: 250 cycles

    Environmental

    • Dielectric material: LCP Resin UL 94V-O rated
    • Operating Temperature: -55ºC to 105ºC

Supporting Documents

NX+ Board Mount Receptacles Datasheet

MERITEC-12X PDA

MERITEC-4X PDA

MERITEC-High Bandwidth NX Catalog

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