High Speed Parallel Backplane System Interfaced for Plug-in Cards

The backplane consists of a PCB and three (3) 6x8 backplane connectors in parallel. It is used as a backbone to connect several plug-in cards together to make up a complete backplane system. This connector and the associated pin field is one of the most important features in designing a gigabit backplane channel. The signal generated by a transmitter located on one of the line cards travels through two connectors before it reaches the receiver located at another line card. Signal integrity issues such as reflection, loss, and crosstalk introduced by the connector can significantly degrade system reliability and performance.

This high speed parallel backplane provides electrical path for connection purposes that may be connected in a computer system for interfacing plug in cards. The STRADA Whisper product family is well suited for use in high-speed application such as servers, switches,router, storage, base stations, wireless infrastructure and optical transport. These products promote signal integrity that significantly minimize system degradation.