Backplane family offers scalability up to 40 Gbps

The STRADA Whisper backplane family was designed with your end customer’s need for high-performing, high-bandwidth systems in mind. Its revolutionary design transfers data at speeds of 25 Gbps and offers unparalleled scalability up to 40 Gbps—allowing you to achieve efficient future system upgrades without costly backplane or midplane redesigns.

Performance matters
The STRADA Whisper product family operates with extremely low noise, low insertion loss and little to no skew—all of which provide system architects with design flexibility and high design margin. Specific versions are available for
100-Ohm and 85-Ohm applications so you don’t have to compromise on impedance discontinuities. Mechanically, the STRADA Whisper connector family mirrors most high-speed backplane connectors in the market for easy implementation. It differentiates itself through 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.

Your design partner for 25-GBPS architectures
To ensure smooth transitions from 10-Gbps to 25-Gbps systems using the STRADA Whisper connector, TE can assign a team of experts—comprised of our best signal integrity and mechanical engineers—to help you develop a solution that fits right into your architecture. Whether it’s traditional backplane, orthogonal midplane, or a cabled-backplane system, TE can tailor the STRADA Whisper product portfolio to best fit and enable your system architecture.

Applications
? Servers & Storage
? Switches
? Routers
? Optical Transport
? Wireless infrastructure

Electrical
? Power Sum FEXT is lower than -50 dB for system implementation at 12.5 GHz
? Insertion loss is less than 1dB and linear up to 20 GHz
? Individual shielded pairs offer excellent signal integrity / EMI performance
? Little to no skew through high-speed differential pairs
? Common mode impedance controlled throughout the connector,
including footprint and mating interface
? Superior 25-Gbps electrical performance maintained even in a 1.5mm
unmated condition
? No reliance on noise cancellation which can be critical in high-speed
applications, unlike some competitive products
? 85-Ohm and 100-Ohm versions available

For more information: www.te.com/products/stradawhisper

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