Samtec Q Strip™ High-Speed Mezzanine Connectors
Quick Overview
Featuring an integral ground plane, Samtec Q Strip® high speed ground plane connectors are designed for high-speed board-to-board applications where signal integrity is essential.
Details
Samtec Q Strip™ High-Speed Mezzanine Connectors are designed for high-speed board-to-board applications where signal integrity is essential. Q Strip connectors have surface-mount signal contacts and a surface-mount ground plane between the two rows of signals for improved electrical performance. Mated sets of Samtec Q Strip connectors are available in 8 different stack heights from 5mm (0.197") to 30mm (1.180"). Options include guideposts for blind mate scenarios and alignment pins and locking clips for proper connector placement before reflow. The innovative design of Q Strip combines extreme density and extreme performance, which is critical as system sizes decrease and speeds increase.
Samtec's High-Speed Board-to-Board Solutionator®, Board-to-board high speed mezzanine connectors, strips, and systems to 28+ Gbps performance featuring integral ground planes, rugged signal integrity optimized Edge Rate® contacts, slim body and low profile stack heights. The Q Strip® connectors have surface mount signal contacts as well as a surface mount ground plane between the two rows of signals for improved electrical performance. Mated sets of the Q Strip® connectors are available in 8 different stack heights from 5 mm (.197") to 30 mm (1.180"). Options include guide posts for blind mate scenarios as well as alignment pins and locking clips for proper connector placement before reflow.
Samtec offers the largest variety of high-speed board-to-board interconnects in the industry with full engineering support, online tools and an unmatched service attitude. High-speed mezzanine solutions include Q Strip® ground plane connectors for reliable performance in space-saving designs, as well as Edge Rate® connector strips optimized for signal integrity performance to 56 Gbps PAM4 in a wide variety of stack heights.
Features
- Up to 14GHz/28Gbps
- Integral ground/power plane
- Connector to connector retention options
- Vertical, perpendicular, and coplanar applications
- Up to 180 I/Os contacts
- 5mm to 30mm stack heights
Samtec Q Strip mezzanine connectors are designed for high speed board-to-board applications where signal integrity is essential. These interconnects are available on three different pin pitches (0.5 mm, 0.635 mm, 0.8 mm).
Q Strip connectors have surface-mount signal contacts as well as an integral surface mount ground/power plane between the two rows of signals for improved electrical performance. This ground/power plane is rated at 8.9 A at 80C. Mated sets of the Q Strip connectors are available in eight stack heights from 5 mm (0.197”) to 30 mm (1.180”). Options include guideposts for blind mate scenarios as well as alignment pins and locking clips for proper connector placement before reflow.
Versions are also available specifically for differential pair applications (Q Pairs®). The “–DP” option is available with up to 20 differential pairs per bank for a total of up to 100 pairs (5 banks) per interconnect.
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