TE Connectivity | 2007132-1

Tyco Electronics continues to be engaged in new pluggable interface standards to support the rapidly changing market needs for higher bandwidth, and remains and industry leader with the technical expertise required to deliver superior designs for signal integrity and EMI at higher data rates.

Applications for this product include any high density, high speed I/O application in Storage, Networking, Supercomputing, Telecom, switches, routers, servers, hubs, storage, controllers and Network Interface Cards (NICs).

The SFP+ Series extends the use of the Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) interconnect up to 10 Gb/s. This system meets the performance requirements of SFF (Small Form-Factor) specification SFF-8431 and supports 8G Fiber Channel and 10G Ethernet applications. The SFP+ product family includes cages, connectors, and copper cable assemblies.

The ganged (single-row) SFP+ cages are offered in two designs that address EMI containment: with EMI springs and with elastomeric gaskets. Single port cages are offered with EMI springs only. The cages come in single port, 1x2, 1x4, and 1x6 port configurations. Lightpipes are also an option for all SFP+ cage styles.

The 20 position SMT connectors for single-row applications include an enhanced contact design for lower loss at the higher data rates. The connector maintains compliance with the original SFP MSA, making it a drop-in replacement.

As with Tyco Electronics' SFP product family, copper cables are supported for SFP+ to provide a cost-effective solution for short reach applications. An EMI "skirt" is applied to the backshells, in compliance with SFF specification SFF-8432. Active and passive equalization are offered, with a simple pull-to-release latch mechanism.

Optical LC connectors and cable assemblies are also available to plug into an optical transceiver.