Amphenol CS PCIe M.2 Gen. 3 and Gen. 4 card edge connectors

Amphenol's PCIe^® M.2 Gen. 3 and Gen. 4 connectors provide 67 contacts on 0.50mm pitch. It occupies less board space, offers more connector height options and supports higher data rates compared to PCIe^® mini card connector. It is designed for PCIe^® 3.0, USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0 applications, making it suitable for tablets, laptops and low profile storage and server applications. PCIe^® M.2 connectors also support higher data rate transmission with both single and double-sided modules.

• Various connector height and keying options
• Accepts angled insertion of add-in module cards
• Some PNs support both angled and straight insertion
• Provide both right angle and vertical orientation M.2 connectors
• Sketching Gen. 5 M.2 design which meets 32Gb/s rate

Features and benefits

• Card edge connector with 67 contacts on a 0.5mm pitch
• Fully compliant with PCI-SIG PCIe® M.2 specification
• Compliant with PCIe® 3.0, USB 3.0 and SATA 3.0
• Serves multiple high speed peripheral applications
• 75 positions with 8 connector key options
• Design flexibility
• Available in various connector height
• Options to reduce overall height
• Supports both single and double-sided modules
• Enables higher data rates
• Upgradable to Gen. 4 (16Gb/s)
• Supports higher speeds with backward compatibility to Gen. 3
• Provides both right-angle and vertical orientations
• Allows for application flexibility
• Vertical M.2 supports 5,000 mating cycles
• Higher durability
• Offers dual port M.2 and supports straight insertion with 2m height M.2
• Saves mother board space in X axis and Z axis respectively

Applications

• Data
  • Server
  • Solid State Drive (SSD)
• Consumers
  • Laptop
  • Ultra-book
  • Tablets
  • Desktop