Product category: PCB Connectors
News Release from: Teradyne | Subject: Backplane connectors
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 February 2003
Backplane technology for multigigabit
transmission
Copper backplane and connector technology is growing to meet multigigabit transmission needs, says Gautam Patel, Signal Integrity Engineer at Teradyne.
In today's interconnect marketplace, speed to market has become as important as system speed Until recently, connector companies could stay on the leading edge by producing the technology needed to enable equipment vendors to meet their hunger for bandwidth
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 6 Apr 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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