INTERCONNECT SOLUTIONS

Full Range of Connectors Suits PICMG Communications Standards

Tyco Electronics supports AdvancedTCA (ATCA), AdvancedMC (AMC) and MicroTCA (µTCA) PICMG standards with a full complement of products to meet the wide array of applications and markets where these standard configurations will be used. These products include both the fully compliant interconnects that are specified in the PICMG standards, as well as additional connectors that product designers need to customise their solutions for their specific markets.



For the ATCA standard, Tyco Electronics supplies the Zone 1 Z1 Power connector and the Zone 2 Z-PACK HM-Zd high-speed connector. It also offers many different options for Zone 3 power and high speed signal connectors to midplanes, Rear Transition Modules (RTMs), or cable assemblies. The company also provides the guide/keying modules required for front board, backplane, midplane, and RTM card alignment and keying.

For AMC, Tyco provides both the right angle and vertical card-edge connectors that are required for ATCA and µTCA applications.

The µTCA standard uses Tyco Electronics’ MINIPAK HD two-piece connector for power and the Vertical AMC card-edge connector for high speed connections to the backplane.

AdvancedTCA (Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture) is an open industry standard, developed by PICMG 3.0, to create a new blade (board) and chassis (shelf) form factor for the communications sector. Tailored to meet the needs of next-generation applications and the rapidly changing network infrastructure market, this architecture places high priority on cost effectiveness. The architecture is optimised around connectivity requirements of signalling and media gateways, while also providing headroom for higher performance computing elements at the high (99.999%) availability rates expected of telecommunications equipment.

The AMC (Advanced Mezzanine Card) standard, also developed by PICMG, defines the base-level requirements for a wide range of high-speed mezzanine cards, optimised for, but not limited to, AdvancedTCA and MicroTCA carrier blades.

µTCA is complementary to ATCA, but is optimised for smaller scale and more price-sensitive applications. The basic premise of µTCA is to support mezzanine boards, conform to the AMC standard, and connect directly to the backplane.

Products

• Range of connectors for next-generation industry standard communications architectures
• ATCA
  • Zone 1 Z1 Power connector
  • Zone 2 Z-PACK HM-Zd high-speed connector
  • Multiple options for Zone 3 power and signal connectors
  • Guide/keying modules for front board, backplane, midplane and RTM card
• AMC
  • Right angle and vertical card-edge connectors ATCA and µTCA applications
• µTCA
  • MINIPAK HD two-piece power connector
  • Vertical AMC card-edge signal connector

Applications

• Communications infrastructure
• Media gateways
• High-performance, high-availability computing elements

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