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New AdvancedTCA backplane offers significant performance boost at reduced cost
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27/10/2009 |
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Passive Components |
| Company:
Elma Bustronic Corp. |
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<p style="text-align: left">The Bustronic ATCA backplane with links offers up to triple the performance of traditional versions of the architecture at a reduced cost. This is achieved using the Z-plane Links which carry the high speed signals with long traces via a small PCB board that plugs directly into the rear of the backplane. The basic clock signals and shorter trace lines are left on the backplane. This orthogonal link approach allows the backplane to have only 6-8 layers, compared to a traditional ATCA backplane may have 18-24 layers or higher. Characterization studies confirm that the signal integrity of the backplane with the Z-plane Links can produce solid results at higher data rates than conventional backplanes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left">Elma Bustronic Corporation, an industry leading designer and manufacturer of high performance backplanes, and Z-plane Inc, a high-speed electronic packaging and interconnection technology company, will be exhibiting samples of the high-speed ATCA backplane with Z-plane Links at the ATCA Summit in Santa Clara CA Oct 27-29.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">The Bustronic ATCA backplane with links offers up to triple the performance of traditional versions of the architecture at a reduced cost. This is achieved using the Z-plane Links which carry the high speed signals with long traces via a small PCB board that plugs directly into the rear of the backplane. The basic clock signals and shorter trace lines are left on the backplane. This orthogonal link approach allows the backplane to have only 6-8 layers, compared to a traditional ATCA backplane may have 18-24 layers or higher. Characterization studies confirm that the signal integrity of the backplane with the Z-plane Links can produce solid results at higher data rates than conventional backplanes.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">The ATCA community is moving to 40 Gigabit/second speeds per channel across the backplane. The version with the Z-plane Links may help ATCA backplanes achieve these very high performance levels, while keeping costs low. The Z-plane Links feature an adapter with guide pins used to firmly secure the rear plane PCB in place and provide strain relief. This adapter has a short, impedance-matched connection between the rear “Z dimension” PCB (or Link) and the backplane connector. They also have staggered arrays, so they can be stacked adjacent to one another, and they come in press-fit pin or compliant pin termination depending on the backplane thickness.</p>
<p style="text-align: left">Contact Bustronic at sales@bustronic.com or visit www.z-planeinc.com for more information.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left">Company Contact: Justin Moll, Elma Bustronic Corporation<br />
Phone: 510.490.7388   <br />
Fax: 510.490.1853    <br />
E-mail: <a href="mailto:justin.moll@Bustronic.com">justin.moll@Bustronic.com</a><br />
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