DURABLE HIGH SPEED CONTACTS

Amphenol Quadrax contacts are designed to meet ASTM E595 outgassing standards for aerospace applications such as ethernet, AFDX (Avionics Full Duplex Switched Ethernet) and Cockpit (display) & In-Flight Entertainment.

These high speed/frequency Amphenol Quadrax contacts feature a rugged outer wall for increased durability, gold plated finish, and crimp termination to protect four strategically spaced inner contacts that form two 100-150 Ohm matched impedance differential pairs.

When these Amphenol Quadrax contacts are matched with a MIL-DTL-38999 Series III or ARINC style connector, they form a high speed connector suitable for use in harsh and demanding environments. Amphenol Quadrax contacts can handle up to 1.25 GHz of bandwidth and data transfer rates in excess of 2.5 Gbps and provide an excellent alternative for Ethernet 100 Base-T-100 Ohm, Gigabit Ethernet 1000 Base-T-100 Ohm, Fibre Channel-150 Ohm, and IEEE1394B FireWire-110 Ohm.

PEI-Genesis offers these Quadrax contacts manufactured by Amphenol which are available in size 8 crimp termination style or with PC tails.

Features & Benefits

• Four strategically spaced inner contacts form two 100 or 150 Ohm matched impedance differential pairs
  Outer contact has rugged wall section for durability
• Available in size 8 crimp termination style
• Also available in size 8 with PC tails
• Requires modification of MIL-DTL-38999 connector to accommodate keyed contacts

Features

Amphenol Quadrax Contacts offer several advantages for high data transfer rates, low power consumption and excellent EMI compatibility:

• Four strategically spaced inner contacts form two 100 or 150 Ohm matched impedance differential pairs
• Outer contact has rugged wall section for durability
• Available in size 8 with PC tails
• Requires modification of MIL-DTL-38999 connector to accommodate keyed contacts

Amphenol Quadrax Contacts for Printed Circuit Board Attachment – Available for MIL-DTL-38999 Series III Circular connectors with straight PC tail termination and with compliant pin termination. These provide the ideal solution for bringing high speed data transmission to the board.

Amphenol Quadrax Contacts for Rectangular Board Level Connectors – Incorporate the same size 8 Quadrax PCB contacts as used in circular 38999 connectors.

• 0.025 ±0.002 PTH Quadrax contact
• 0.040 ± 0.003 PTH shell grounding
• Accomodates backplane 0.125 inch min. thickness
• Consult Amphenol Aerospace for availability of additional connector configurations

Materials & Finishes

Quadrax Contacts are gold  Finish of mating contacts parts: supplied with 0.000050 min. gold over nickel on mating

Plated, crimp termination  parts. Consult Amphenol for availability of other finishes.

Electrical Data

Quadrax Size 8 Contact Performance:

• Bandwidth: Up to 3 Gigahertz
• Data Rate: Exceeding 3 Gbits/sec.
• Voltage Rating: 500 Vrms max. @ sea level
• Dielectric Withstanding Voltage: 1000 VAC rms between all inner contacts @ sea level, 500 VAC rms between inner and outer contacts @ sea level

Mechanical

Typical Quadrax Socket Contact has socket outer contact with a socket inner contact
Typical Quadrax Pin Contact has pin outer contact with a pin inner contact