Amphenol CS SAS/PCIe® 4.0 (U.2&U.3) connectors

SAS/PCIe^® 4.0 (U.2&U.3) connectors come with 16GT/s (PCIe^® lanes) or 24Gb/s (SAS lanes) speeds to meet the demands of next-generation servers. The 68-position, SAS/PCIe^® receptacle and header enables implementation of high speed Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) Hard Disk Drive (HDD) interface as well as Peripheral Component Express (PCIe^®)-based devices. The molded guide post allows device plug and receptacle to self-align during mating process. With halogen-free high temperature thermoplastic, these connectors are made to withstand diverse conditions. It also offers a durability of 500 mating cycles.

• Compatible with SFF8639 specification
• Capable of meeting 24Gb/s SSDs and HDDs or PCle^® based devices at 16GT/s
• Footprint backward compatible to 12G, 6G and 3G SAS connectors

Features and benefits

• Receptacles are inter-mateable with unshielded dual port SFF8680 (SAS 3.0 or SAS 4.0) connectors
• Offers flexibility in component selection
• SAS/PCIe connectors enable SFF8630, SFF8680 and SFF8432 interfaces
• Implementation of high speed SSDs (Solid State Drives) and HDDs (Hard Disk Drives) allows compatibility between unshielded dual and multiport interfaces
• Backward compatible with 12Gb/s, 6Gb/s SAS, SATA and 3Gb/s SFF8482 connectors
• Same interface can be used for cost-effective storage HDDs as well as higher performance server SSDs
• Supports up to 4 port 16Gb/s PCIe based devices
• Improves performance and faster file transfers
• Supports both SAS and SATA drives
• Addresses the needs of both mission critical and bulk storage applications
• Staggered contact lengths
• Provides sequential contact mating for hot plugging
• Stamped clips act as connector retainers for robust PCB attachment
• Provide additional mechanical strength after soldering
• Molded guideposts help mating halves to self-align by providing angled lead-ins
• Compensates for connector misalignment

Applications

• Communications
  • Processor and storage blades
  • Mezzanine cards
• Data
  • HDD
  • HDD carrier
  • External storage system
  • Interposer card
  • Server
  • Storage server
  • Processor and storage blade