Packaging, Materials & Interconnects: High-Density MT Cable Assemblies Boost Front-Panel Real Estate

Nov. 15, 2004

Novel high-density MT cable assemblies create multiple space-saving options on the front panel by making configurations up to 72 fibers possible while reducing installation times and lowering applied costs. They use the 72-fiber MT ferrule with both MTP connectors and the company's high-density panel-mount array connectors. They're well suited for parallel optic transceiver interconnections, optoelectronic modules, pc cards, patch panels, optical backplanes, switches and routers, and data-communication centers. Optical insertion loss is 1.0 dB across all 72 channels. Pricing starts at $600. Lead time is four to six weeks.

Molex Inc.www.molex.com; (630) 512-8771

About the Author

Roger Allan

Roger Allan is an electronics journalism veteran, and served as Electronic Design's Executive Editor for 15 of those years. He has covered just about every technology beat from semiconductors, components, packaging and power devices, to communications, test and measurement, automotive electronics, robotics, medical electronics, military electronics, robotics, and industrial electronics. His specialties include MEMS and nanoelectronics technologies. He is a contributor to the McGraw Hill Annual Encyclopedia of Science and Technology. He is also a Life Senior Member of the IEEE and holds a BSEE from New York University's School of Engineering and Science. Roger has worked for major electronics magazines besides Electronic Design, including the IEEE Spectrum, Electronics, EDN, Electronic Products, and the British New Scientist. He also has working experience in the electronics industry as a design engineer in filters, power supplies and control systems.

After his retirement from Electronic Design Magazine, He has been extensively contributing articles for Penton’s Electronic Design, Power Electronics Technology, Energy Efficiency and Technology (EE&T) and Microwaves RF Magazine, covering all of the aforementioned electronics segments as well as energy efficiency, harvesting and related technologies. He has also contributed articles to other electronics technology magazines worldwide.

He is a “jack of all trades and a master in leading-edge technologies” like MEMS, nanolectronics, autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, military electronics, biometrics, implantable medical devices, and energy harvesting and related technologies.