Edge connector, Harting, AdvancedMC

Plug improves reliability of card edge connections

News Release from: HARTING Limited - Industrial Communications & Power
07/02/2008

The HARTING AdvancedMC plug has been developed to further enhance the contact reliability of the connection of AdvancedMC modules and MicroTCA backplanes. The new connector replaces the card edge and associated gold contact pads of the AdvancedMC module, which can suffer from variable surface quality and unstable tolerances and are expensive to produce. The AdvancedMC Plug, on the other hand, is manufactured using a tightly specified process and offers the highest degree of contact reliability and protection against wear and corrosion.

The design of the new connector means that the insertion force of the module is reduced significantly, while the PCB thickness is no longer limited to the specified value of 1.6 mm ± 10%. Depending on the PCB design, the signal integrity behaviour is superior to that obtained with the card edge gold pads.

The AdvancedMC Plug is mounted on the module via the pin-in-hole reflow soldering technique, and is pick-and-place compatible. It is designed according to the AMC.0 specification and can be used in both MicroTCA and AdvancedTCA applications. It can be used for MicroTCA™ carrier hub (MCH) applications, in conjunction with the MCH plug.