FCI Offers Cabled Solutions Up To 40 Gb/s Performance With ExaMAX Connector Technology

The ExaMAX cable assemblies leverage the inherent advantages of the ExaMax contact system – balanced differential pairs minimized electrical stub contact interface, while combining it with a highly controlled cable termination process that assures minimal impact to the signal path and the overall signal integrity performance. Crosstalk, skew and impedance mismatch are minimized throughout the wire management, wire termination and wire strain relief areas to assure the high bandwidth capability of the cable assemblies. Initial cable samples exhibit full electrical compliance to the OIF-CEI-25G-LR industry standard specification.



“The ExaMAX cable assemblies are an extension to the ExaMAX family of products. The performance, simplicity and cost effectiveness of the ExaMAX system makes it an ideal cable assembly solution that combines high port density/signal IO throughput within a compact board real estate.” stated Jim David, HSIO portfolio director for FCI. “System hardware designers with applications like internal point to point or rack to rack cabling, backplane pass-through or cabled backplane applications, where signal loss is a major concern, will find the ExaMAX cables to be a viable option.”



Besides the excellent signal integrity performance exhibited by the ExaMAX IO system the cable assemblies have the flexibility to terminate standard twin-axial or ribbonized twin-axial cable constructions like those offered by the 3M corporation and their SL8800 series products. These cables utilize multiple wafer counts as a basis for the cable construction and therefore various differential pair counts can be easily accommodated with superior cable bend radius and cable routing capability.