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Z-PACK HM-Zd connectors are one of the hottest high-speed, differential, board to backplane electrical connectors to hit the telecommunications and computer industries. It’s an extension of the already established IEC 61076-4-101, Hard Metric connector family, however HM-Zd provides a differential solution for applications up to 12.5 Gb/s.

Tyco Electronics’ XAUI HM-Zd Interoperability Platform is a common platform for interoperability testing supported by members of the 10 GEA XAUI Interoperability Group and the 10 Gigabit Ethernet Consortium. HM-Zd has also been chosen as the backplane interconnect for the PICMG 3.x (ATCA) industry standard, driven toward dramatically improving and simplifying the routing of electronic interconnects.

The AdvancedTCA Guide Modules can be used in a wide variety of applications.For motherboard-to-daughtercard applications, the vertical pin and right angle socket can be used. This popular configuration is further supported by our wide offering of available keying positions. Each of the two keyed guide pins and guide sockets per module can be produced in a variety of different key
positions.

For co-planar applications, the right angle guide pins are used along with the right angle guide sockets. Both vertical and right angle guide pins are available in short or long sizes, to accommodate use with different Tyco Electronics connectors.

Tyco Electronics’ AdvancedTCA Power Connector meets and exceeds the PICMG 3.0, R2.0 (AdvancedTCA) specification for Zone 1 connector requirements. The connector includes four levels of sequential mating to provide proper system functionality during live insertion or extraction of front boards. Integrated lead-in on the injection molded housing provides superior blind mate capability and is fully intermateable withcompeting connectors designed to meet the AdvancedTCA specification for power connectors.