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Types of airmax connectors

Amphenol FCI AirMax VS® Hard Metric connector family is comprised of the VS, VS2, and VSe backplane connectors as well as Hard Metric power connectors. The AirMax series ranges in speeds of 12.5Gb/s up to 25Gb/s and are backward compatible with existing AirMax designs allowing designers to easily upgrade to higher speed performance.

Amphenol FCI AirMax VS® Hard Metric connectors offer speeds of 12.5–25Gb/s and are backward compatible with existing AirMax designs.

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Amphenol FCI AirMax VS® Connectors

• Notebooks
• Tablets
• Wearables
• Gaming
• LCD and PDP TVs

Applications

• F14D Series
• 30V voltage rating
• 0.2A current rating
• 40mΩ contact resistance
• 500MΩ insulation resistance
• 0.8N/plate retention force
• 0.8N/terminal retention force
• -55°C to +85°C operating temperature range
• F13S Series
• 50V voltage rating
• 0.3A current rating
• 80mΩ contact resistance
• 500MΩ insulation resistance
• 0.5N/plate retention force
• 0.5N/terminal retention force

Specifications

Amphenol FCI AirMax VS® Connectors

• AirMax VSe® connectors provide further signal integrity and performance improvements while maintaining the flexibility of an open-pin field design. VSe connectors mate with both VS and VS2 connectors but use smaller vias and other SI improvements to achieve 25Gb/s performance.
• AirMax VS2® connectors offer higher performance compared to the AirMax VS series up to 20Gb/s. AirMax VS2 connectors are drop-in replacements for VS connectors and are recommended for newer designs.
• AirMax VS® connectors are based on a unique connector design that eliminates the need for interleaving shields by using air as a highly efficient dielectric between conductors. They are ideal for use in servers, storage devices, industrial, medical, and test and measurement.
• AirMax® High Power connectors provide options for the protected receptacle to be on the backplane/midplane or on the daughter card.