I-PEX has released CABLINE^®-CA IIP PLUS, which is compatible with both twinax and micro-coaxial cables, adding to its existing CABLINE^® series of connectors.
CABLINE^®-CA IIP PLUS is optimized for high-speed 64 Gbps/lane PAM4 internal connections, featuring full 360° EMC shielding for noise immunity.

 

Background

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In recent years, high-speed transmission has rapidly advanced in the enterprise market, particularly for AI servers, leading to a growing need to improve the signal integrity (SI) performance of components used in these systems. This product has been developed to meet the long-distance transmission requirements of SmartNICs and DPUs for card connections that are compatible with PCIe Gen 6.0.

Product Overview: This product features a small size and low profile (H=1.14mm) with a 0.4 mm pitch, horizontal mating direction, and 60 pins.

 

Product Features

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• Supports high-speed transmission 64 Gbps/lane PAM4 using paddle card technology.

• AWG#34 Twinax cable is used for long-distance transmission.
  Also supports AWG#36 & #38 micro-coaxial cable for routing flexibility

• Low profile with a mated height of 1.14mm, ideal for space-constrained applications, fully-shielded with ZenShield^® technology

 

CABLINE^®-CA IIP PLUS is supplied as a harness assembly.
We can also provide a combination harness with a standard PCIe^® CopperLink™ internal cable connector (SNIA SFF-TA-1016).

*PCI-SIG^®, PCIe^®, and CopperLink™ are registered trademarks of PCI-SIG^®.

 

Mass Production Schedule

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Sample: Available
Mass production: February 2025

CABLINE^®-CA IIP PLUS product page
https://www.i-pex.com/product/cabline-ca_IIp_plus

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