Amphenol Communications Solutions Amphenol Corporation

AirMax® VS®, VS2®, VSe® Connectors

Amphenol Communications Solutions' AirMax product family offers a leading backplane solution for telecom, networking, server, and storage applications

Image of Amphenol FCI AirMax VS®, VS2™, VSe® ConnectorsAmphenol Communications Solutions' AirMax VS connectors use edge-coupling and air dielectric between adjacent conductors to deliver insertion loss and crosstalk. The shieldless open pin field design with no pre-assigned ground pins provides the ultimate flexibility in board layout. The AirMax VS connectors address a broad range of system architectures, including backplane, midplane, coplanar, and mezzanine applications.

The AirMax VS2 connectors provide a migration path from AirMax VS for speeds up to 20 Gb/s, providing margin of safety for typical 802.3ap system performance with the flexibility of an open pin field design. The connector utilizes Amphenol technology for a shieldless design with no metallic plates and closely coupled differential pair designed to yield low loss and low crosstalk. AirMax VS2 connectors are mating-compatible to both AirMax VS and AirMax VSe connectors and require no changes to connector PCB footprints.

Amphenol’s next-generation AirMax VSe connectors provide a migration path for up to 25 Gb/s per differential pair with the flexibility of an open pin field design. The connectors have a shieldless design with no metallic plates and closely edge-coupled differential pairs with innovative design improvements to yield low loss and low crosstalk. Right angle receptacles and right angle headers will support backplane, midplane, or coplanar applications.

AirMax VS Features

  • Innovative shieldless design and air dielectric between adjacent conductors
  • Open pin field design
  • Connector available in modules with 3, 4, or 5 pairs per column and 6, 8, or 10 columns per module
  • Simplifies design, supply chain management, inventory, and scheduling
  • Allows designers to choose the right combination for any specific system using common components, reducing cost and lead times
  • Assurance of supply, short lead times, and competitive pricing all reduce risk to the OEM and contract manufacturers
  • Reduces connector cost, weight, and PCB routing complexity
  • Standard configuration and part numbers accelerate design and reduce risk
  • 2 mm pitch between columns enables two different pairs to route between columns, reducing board layer count, complexity, and system cost
  • AirMax VS Datasheet
  • AirMax VS Product Specifications
AirMax VS2 Features AirMax VSe Features
  • Provides a migration path to 20 Gb/s per differential pair
  • Shieldless design with closely coupled pairs
  • Backward mateable to existing VS and VS2 designs
  • 3, 4, and 5 pair backplane and coplanar versions are available
  • Available with 0.5 mm or 0.4 mm compliant pins
  • Improved SI with the 0.4 mm tails, same as VSe
  • Can mix-and-match with other metric power and guidance components to create the precise system configuration that is needed
  • AirMax VS2 Datasheet
  • AirMax VS2 Product Specifications
  • Provides a migration path for up to 25 Gb/s per differential pair
  • Shieldless design with closely coupled pairs
  • Backward mateable to existing AirMax VS and AirMax VS2 designs
  • 3, 4, and 5 pair backplane and coplanar versions are available
  • Hard metric design practice
  • AirMax VSe Datasheet
  • AirMax VSe Product Specifications
Applications
  • Switches
  • Routers
  • Optical transport
  • Wireless infrastructure
  • Servers
  • External storage systems
  • Supercomputers

AirMax VS

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPriceView Details
CONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 150POS PCB10016537-101LFCONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 150POS PCB1064 - Immediate$173.70View Details
CONN HDR HI SPEED 150POS EDGE MT10025613-101LFCONN HDR HI SPEED 150POS EDGE MT734 - Immediate$210.16View Details
CONN RCPT BLADE PWR 4POS PCB10028916-4555P00LFCONN RCPT BLADE PWR 4POS PCB1248 - Immediate$115.41View Details
CONN HEADER BLADE PWR 4P EDGE MT10028917-001LFCONN HEADER BLADE PWR 4P EDGE MT725 - Immediate$95.57View Details
CONN HDR HI SPEED 90POS EDGE MT10034249-101LFCONN HDR HI SPEED 90POS EDGE MT130 - Immediate$164.48View Details

Airmax VS2

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPrice
CONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT10122643-101LFCONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT0 - Immediate
103 - Marketplace		$113.35View Details
CONN RCPT 72POS EDGE MNT10124756-101LFCONN RCPT 72POS EDGE MNT987 - Immediate$112.04View Details
CONN HDR HI SPEED 54POS EDGE MT10123543-102LFCONN HDR HI SPEED 54POS EDGE MT196 - Immediate$125.13View Details
CONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT10123420-101LFCONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT152 - Immediate$50.71View Details
CONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54POS PCB10124469-102LFCONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54POS PCB930 - Immediate$51.04View Details

Airmax VSe

ImageManufacturer Part NumberDescriptionAvailable QuantityPrice
CONN HEADER HIGH SPEED 54POS PCB10116601-101LFCONN HEADER HIGH SPEED 54POS PCB184 - Immediate$52.19View Details
CONN RCPT HI SPEED 150P EDGE MT10115913-101LFCONN RCPT HI SPEED 150P EDGE MT181 - Immediate$284.17View Details
AIRMAX VSE, BACKPLANE CONNECTORS10155266-101LFAIRMAX VSE, BACKPLANE CONNECTORS187 - Immediate$43.55View Details
AIRMAX VSE, BACKPLANE CONNECTORS10155256-101LFAIRMAX VSE, BACKPLANE CONNECTORS223 - Immediate$68.90View Details
CONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT10115910-101LFCONN RCPT HIGH SPEED 54P EDGE MT183 - Immediate$149.16View Details
Updated: 2017-09-01
Published: 2014-06-26

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