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Backplane Digital Roadmap

Connectors

Backplane Connectors

Positioned at the heart of high-speed communications infrastructure, backplanes and midplanes need to accommodate constantly increasing network bandwidth demands and the enormous data processing capacity of today’s powerful servers and data centers. Molex collaborates with our customers to create innovative, scalable solutions that seamlessly support rapidly evolving speeds and feeds—while minimizing insertion loss and maintaining optimal signal integrity.

Products


Inception Backplane Connectors and Cable System

This hermaphroditic backplane system supports 224Gbps data rates by providing a compact, reliable design featuring low-loss twinax cables. Traditional, coplanar, orthogonal direct, cable and mezzanine configurations with different pitch densities help optimize signal integrity and simplify integration for AI-driven speed and bandwidth upgrades. 

Inception backplane connectors and twinax cable assemblies.

Impulse Backplane Connectors

Delivering signal speeds up to 112Gbps, the Impulse Backplane Connector System provides a flexible, scalable and modular solution with cable, conventional and orthogonal board-to-board connectivity options. The high-density design of 101 pairs per square inch helps improve airflow and enhances signal integrity for 90 Ohm applications.

Impulse Connector System

Impel/Impel Plus Backplane Connectors

Signal Speed: 40 Gbps; 56 Gbps
Pair Sizes: 2 - 6
Impedance: 90 Ohms

Impel and Impel Plus Backplane Connectors

Impact Backplane Connectors

Signal Speed: 25 Gbps
Pair Sizes: 2 - 6
Impedance: 85 Ohms; 100 Ohms

Impact Connector Family

GbX I-Trac Backplane Connectors

Achieve superior impedance control and 12.5 Gbps data rates in high-bandwidth applications with GbX I-Trac Backplane Connector System — offered in traditional and orthogonal configurations for design flexibility
GbX I-Trac Backplane Connectors

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