IT Datacom
With our industry-leading high-speed, power and fiber optic technologies, together with superior simulation and testing capability and cost-effectiveness, Amphenol is a market leader in interconnect development for the information technology (IT) and datacom market. Whether industry standard or application-specific designs are required, we can provide customers with products that enable performance at the leading edge of next-generation, high-speed, power and fiber optic technologies. Our primary end applications include cloud computing and data centers, gaming systems, internet appliances, networking equipment, servers, storage systems, transmission and web service providers.
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BergStak® 0.50mm Self-Alignment Board-to-Board Connector
FINE PITCH SOLUTION WITH SELF-ALIGNMENT FEATURE
FCI Basics BergStak® 0.50mm self-alignment connectors come with a stack height of 3mm and 50 positions extendable across 20 to 60 positions in increments of 10. It has a unique self-alignment feature that supports blind mating.
BergStak® 0.80mm Pitch
FLEXIBLE SOLUTION FOR HIGH-DENSITY APPLICATIONS
FCI Basics BergStak® 0.8mm is a flexible solution designed for high speed and high density, parallel board-to-board connector system with 16 PCB stack heights in 9 sizes up to 200 positions.
BergStak® 0.80mm Shielded Board-to-Board Connector
FCI Basics BergStak® 0.80mm connector family is known for its fast data transmission, high signal quality, and time-proven reliability under extended periods of application. Bergstak® shielded connector with 0.80mm pitch supports high-speed data applications up to 10Gb/s.
BergStak® FX10 0.50mm Board-to-Board Connector
FCI Basics BergStak® product range is expanded to include a 0.50 mm BergStak® FX10 board-to-board connector known for its fast data transmission and high signal quality. This connector is offered in 144 positions and is available in 4.30mm and 6.00mm stack height options.
BergStak® FX10 supports speed performance up to 15Gb/s+ and is available in vertical SMT configuration.
BergStak® Secure Connector
HIGH SECURITY/HIGH DENSITY/HIGH-SPEED BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTOR
The BergStak® Secure connector contains One-time-use and Multi-times-use solutions. Both solutions have unique shield designs to protect signal transmission. The 3-row contact design with 1.0mm pitch improves board surface utilization by 20%. The family can support high-speed data transmission up to 32Gb/s.
BergStik® 2.54mm
BergStik® FCI Basics 2.54mm unshrouded headers are available in SMT, THT, press-fit, stacking, and PIP versions. Designed in single and double row, they are available in straight or right angle options, from 2 to 72 positions.
Featuring a "breakaway" design, each connector can be cut or broken into lengths to suit the application profile with a maximum current rating of 3A per contact.
Blind Mate MCIO
Amphenol's Blind Mate MCIO is designed for high speed and high density. It can support PCIe Gen5, and is scalable to PCIe Gen6. We designed Blind Mate MCIO with a guide pin to prevent damages during plug in and plug out. Blind mate MCIO has a robust mechanical design, and the connector can be fixed by a screw-on panel.
Board-to-Board 100Ω (0.80mm pitch)
Amphenol high-speed BTB connectors provide high contact force reliability ensuring strong connectivity, forced insertions, and removals. A broad range of stacking heights & pin counts is offered to provide maximum design flexibility. With superior signal integrity (SI) performance, this 0.80mm pitch connector design is suitable for high-performance applications & meets SAS 3.0, 12GT/s.
Board-to-Board 85Ω (0.60mm pitch)
Amphenol high-speed BTB connectors provide high contact force reliability ensuring strong connectivity, forced insertions, and removals. A broad range of stacking heights & pin counts is offered to provide maximum design flexibility. With superior signal integrity (SI) performance, this 0.60mm pitch connector design is suitable for high-performance applications & meets PCIe Gen 3, 8GT/s.
Board-to-Board 85Ω (0.80mm pitch)
Amphenol high-speed BTB connectors provide high contact force reliability ensuring strong connectivity, forced insertions, and removals. A broad range of stacking heights & pin counts is offered to provide maximum design flexibility. With superior signal integrity (SI) performance, this 0.80mm pitch connector design is suitable for high-performance applications & meets PCIe Gen 3, 8GT/s.
Board-to-Board Connectors (0.50mm pitch)
0.50MM PITCH, 85Ω BOARD-TO-BOARD SOLUTION
Amphenol high-speed board-to-board connectors provide high contact force reliability ensuring strong connectivity, forced insertions, and removals. A broad range of stacking heights and pin counts are offered to provide maximum design flexibility. Amphenol 0.50mm pitch connector design is suitable for high-performance applications.
Board-to-Board Connectors - B401/B402 Series (0.80mm pitch)
HIGH DENSITY VERTICAL BOARD-TO-BOARD CONNECTORS
Amphenol's B401/B402 series is 0.80mm pitch board-to-board connectors designed for high-density applications. They support stack heights up to 10mm and 100 positions. These connectors feature surface mount terminations and are available in a comprehensive range to satisfy different customer requirements.
Board-to-Board RF Connectors
Amphenol RF offers a variety of board-to-board solutions engineered to maximize radial and axial float, eliminating the need for cables between the boards and simplifying designs to eliminate assembly errors.
C2E Fiber Distribution Panel
The C2E chassis provides a solution that is dense, modular, and tray-based. It is offered as either a dedicated Base-8 solution using the HX8 Base-8 modules for LC to MPO breakout or the Amphenol Network Solutions HX and HX2 modules alternative trays.
C2X Fiber Distribution Panel
The C2X chassis' supports multiple patch, patch/splice, and pre-terminated fiber configurations available in either bulkhead or cassette solutions. C2X tray-based option accepts C2 AOMs (Advanced Optical Modules) for patch, patch/splice, as well as splitters, MPO breakouts, and WDMs. C2X is available in 1, 2, 3, or 4RU and supports vast fiber counts.
Ceramic Injection Molding
Amphenol's CIM process uses ceramic zirconium to provide a scratch and wear-resistant surface to components such as mobile phone camera decoration and side keys. The CIM material provides additional durability and strength to your products. We have applied our Metal Injection Molding (MIM) experience of large volume runs to CIM to create a hi-tech material process.
CFP 100G Transceivers
Amphenol 100G CFP/CFP2/CFP4 series optical transceivers support from 10km to 40km reach, adopt LC interface, compatible with IEEE802.3ba, MSA, and other standards. It has the characteristics of low power consumption, dual rate, and high speed. It is widely applied in large data centers, telecom, and other environments.
CFP2
Amphenol's CFP2 series offers a 104 position, 0.6mm pitch connector designed to be compatible with 100Gb/s Form Factor Pluggable (CFP) Multi-Source Agreement for Ethernet and other applications. Rated for 25Gb/s per channel with resonance dampening for improved signal integrity, CFP2 has up to 60% lower power consumption versus CFP.
CFP4
Amphenol's CFP4 series offers a 56 position, 0.6mm pitch connector, and is used in multi-hundred Gb/s systems. Rated for 25Gb/s per channel with resonance dampening for improved signal integrity, CFP4 has up to 60% lower power consumption versus CFP. The CFP4 series includes a plug connector on the mating interface to improve accuracy and aid in delivering high-speed performance.
CFP8
Amphenol's CFP8 interconnect system has 124 contacts per port, with a 0.5mm contact pitch and 16 high-speed channels. It is rated for 28Gb/s per channel with resonance dampening for improved signal integrity. It is comprised of insert molding assemblies for top side contacts and Press-Fit cage assemblies.
Chameleon®
With performance speeds up to 25 Gbps+, Chameleon meets the demand for faster, smaller, and more compact connector solutions. With stack heights from 6mm to 10mm in 1mm increments, pin counts from 40 to 500+, and pair counts from 16 to 160, Chameleon provides you with a ready platform to easily change and adapt to your design requirement.
cLGA®
The Amphenol ICC cLGA® land grid array socket system was designed to bring conventional connector material construction to high-performance, low-cost chip-to-board applications. cLGA® sockets are used in applications ranging from handheld computer products to supercomputer systems. The cLGA® socket is fully qualified under Telcordia GR-1217-CORE specifications.
Coaxial Fixed Attenuators
Amphenol RF attenuators are designed to offer flat attenuation over the designated frequency range and feature a microwave grade resistor that consistently reduces power. Hex flats on the body allow this attenuator to be easily torqued to the mating connector.
Coaxial Inserts
Size 8 coaxial inserts for DIN and D-Sub applications. Available for common flexible coaxial cables.
Coaxial PCB Multiport Connectors
SV Microwave’s high-performance RF/coaxial SMPM & SMPS multiport PCB connectors are ideal for high frequency printed circuit board applications where precision is key. These connectors enable extremely high frequencies (DC up to 100 GHz) while maintaining the smallest form factor.
Combo-D
Positronic Combo-D connectors are a combination of signal and power and are part of the D-sub family. Combo-D connectors are used in military, communications, space, industrial, and medical applications. These connectors are available in various performance levels for the best cost/performance ratio.
ComboLock® Wire-to-Board Connector System
The ComboLock® Wire-to-Board connector's compact design for the limited space application needs carries power and signal requirements. The connector system has hybrid 1.00mm pitch signal and 3.00mm pitch power configuration with an active latching feature. The connector has a nominal current carrying capacity of 10A/pin max for power and 1.5A/pin max for signal. Power wire sizes from 26 to 18AWG
ComboStak® and PowerStak® Board-to-Board Connectors
ComboStak® and PowerStak® are compact, hybrid (signal and power), and power board-to-board connectors. ComboStak® combines existing, BergStak® 0.8mm pitch signal pins with 2.00mm pitch power blades. PowerStak® is the power-only version. Both ComboStak® and PowerStak® provide high signal and current density with a wide range of stack heights.
Compression Connectors
COMPRESSION-TYPE SURFACE MOUNT CONNECTORS FOR HDD (HARD DISK DRIVE)
Compression connectors are customizable single-piece solutions that facilitate read & write functions in traditional low-cost bulk-storage HDDs and helium HDDs.
Conan® 1.00mm Connector
Amphenol ICC's Conan® 1.00mm is a mezzanine connector designed for industrial applications and harsh environments. Conan® 1.00mm provides a mechanically secure, high-density electrical interface between parallel printed circuit boards. Its unique design with an audible 'click' sound enhances the security and ease of use. It has good mating performance, rugged design, and is under 70 positions.
Conan® Lite 1.00mm Connector
Conan® Lite 1.00mm connectors come with a robust metal down feature that helps in establishing a reliable connection with the PCB in both parallel and perpendicular board-to-board applications. These connectors also feature an audible "click" sound ensuring mating in place. Conan® Lite vertical headers, receptacles, and right-angle headers are offered in 9-69 positions.
Cool Edge 0.80mm Hybrid Power & Signal Connectors
Cool Edge Hybrid Power and Signal connectors provide a one-piece high speed and high power card-edge package. These versatile solutions address multiple standards like PCIe, SAS, SATA, and offer multiple BTB configurations such as mezzanine, coplanar, and midplane/backplane. Moreover, the connectors are designed as Open Pin Field and are hot-plug capable.
Cool Edge 1.00mm PCIe Connectors
Cool Edge PCIe® connectors bring high-speed PCIe® support into a one-piece card edge package with 16GT/s Gen 4 and 32GT/s Gen 5 capabilities. Slim connector design saves space on the motherboard while facilitating other higher-density applications. These connectors come with a simple housing design with an overall reduced footprint, providing additional benefits over standard PCIe® CEM solutions.
CoolPower® SDM Connectors
CoolPower® Slim Drawer Mini (SDM) Connectors offer a high level of mating configuration flexibility, current density, and a thin profile making it ideal for compact board-to-board power interconnects. The CoolPower® SDM series is available with two or four power lines and boasts up to 318A per linear inch in a footprint of only 5.6mm x 14mm.
CoolPower® Slim Drawer
Amphenol's CoolPower® Slim Drawer Series is configurable to accommodate various combinations of power and signal contacts and a number of mounting and termination options. CoolPower® Slim Drawer can deliver up to 60A per pin and provides an ultra-low end-of-life contact resistance of just 0.4mΩ. Additional features include blind-mating, sequential mating, and true hotplug capabilities.
Cool Stack 0.80mm Hybrid Power & Signal Connectors
Cool Stack Hybrid Power and Signal connectors provide one-piece high speed and high power solutions while addressing multiple networking standards like PCIe, and SAS/SATA. It offers a maximum current rating of 16A per power pin, which aids in supporting applications with medium power requirements.
Crossbow™
Crossbow allows designers to take advantage of all the benefits associated with orthogonal mid-plane architectures as the differential pairs on each side of the mid-plane share vias creating a straight pass-through connection. This shared via approach combined with the Crossbow footprint, eliminates most electrical problems associated with the typical backplane via stub.
cStack™
The Amphenol ICC cStack™ high-speed solder-less interconnect solution provides limitless flexibility for board-to-board mezzanine applications and board-to-board stackable and coplanar applications when terminated to a flex circuit.
cStack™ Flex Cables
Amphenol's cStack™ flexible circuit assemblies are designed for applications where flexibility, space, weight, and performance are critical. They are available in standard and custom flex circuit and connector designs. cStack™ Flex is a compression-based interconnect utilizing Amphenol's cStack™ interposer terminated to a multi-layer impedance-controlled flexible circuit in a compact footprint.
Current Sensors
Piher Sensing Systems designs and manufacturers current sensors based on Hall-effect and TMR technology for accurate measurement of currents in automotive battery management and motor control applications.
Piher’s 3-phase precision current sensors improve motor or solenoid control applications and grid monitoring.
Custom Battery Connectors
Amphenol offers customized battery or charger connectors and terminals meeting general industry standards. These connectors are available in various pin configurations and connector sizes to suit a wide range of applications including cordless power tools, battery charging connections for E-bikes, lawnmowers, and robotic vacuum cleaners.
Custom Flex Cables
Amphenol's Flex Cable Assemblies provide value-added solutions to challenging interconnect problems where a flexible solution is desirable. Amphenol flex cables can be engineered to use any mezzanine connector in the Amphenol portfolio to meet unique signal integrity, mechanical, power, and environmental requirements.
CXP
CXP connector comes in a one-piece Press-Fit assembly that provides one-step placement to the board to accommodate single, ganged, or stacked connector configurations in high-density requirements. CXP system has twelve channels for up to 20 Gbps, resulting in 240 Gbps of total bandwidth. This allows our CXP to go beyond the 100 Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ba & the InfiniBand CXP12x QDR standards.
CXP2 Active Optical Cable
HIGH DENSITY, EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY
Amphenol's 300G CXP2 to CXP2 Active Optical Cable is a natural choice for optical cabling in data center/high-performance computing hardware applications, providing a cost-effective plug-and-play cabling solution. The CXP2 form factor delivers the highest hardware faceplate port density among existing SFF industry standards.
CXP Passive Copper Cable Assemblies 120G/168G/300G
Amphenol's CXP passive copper cable assemblies are designed to meet the high bandwidth capacity demands being requested by data centers and high-performance computing applications. The CXP copper cables are a high-density cabling interconnect system capable of delivering aggregate data bandwidths of 120Gb/s and 168 Gb/s.
DDR2 SO-DIMM Memory Module Sockets
DDR2 SO-DIMM sockets are designed to accept modules that conform to JEDEC MO-224. The sockets come with a small form factor which allows fitting into smaller chassis, aiding the development of smaller & lighter notebooks. It comes in two voltage options with different key-ID to prevent incorrect mating. It operates at a higher speed & bandwidth lowers power consumption.
DDR3 Memory Module Sockets
DDR3 vertical DIMM sockets are designed to accept 240 position DDR3 memory modules that conform to JEDEC M0-269. Low-resistance contacts support the use of RDIMM (registered DIMM), which helps to further reduce power consumption in data center hardware.
DDR4 Memory Module Sockets
Vertical DDR4 DIMM sockets from Amphenol provide 288 contacts on 0.85mm pitch and are designed to accept DDR4 memory modules that conform to JEDEC MO-309. The DDR4 series complies with the new interface standard JEDEC POD12. It allows a module seating plane of 2.40mm and supports module variants in UDIMM, RDIMM, and LRDIMM.
DDR4 SO-DIMM Memory Module Sockets
HIGH-SPEED HIGH-DENSITY SO-DIMM SOCKETS
DDR4 SO-DIMM connectors deliver high-speed and bandwidth. Being half the size of regular DIMMs, they lower power consumption and promote better thermal management. Different key positions aid alignment and prevent mismating. 260 position SO-DIMM connectors are available in 4.00mm, 5.20mm, 8.00mm, 9.20mm height, in standard or reverse options.
DDR4 Ultra Low Profile Memory Module Sockets
DDR4 Ultra Low Profile (ULP) vertical DIMM sockets provide 288 contacts on 0.85mm pitch. It facilitates convenient memory expansion in servers, workstations, desktop PCs, and embedded applications in communications and industrial equipment. With an ultra-low module seating height of 1.1mm and connector height of 13.1mm, it reduces the overall profile of the connector.