Colibri – COM Express/ CoreExpress SMT Connector

Colibri 0.5mm COM Express

Colibri® is a shielded, two-row SMT connector system with a 0.5-mm pitch and up to 220/440 pins. It meets all of the specifications for PICMG COM Express®, SFF-SIG CoreExpress®, and nano-ETXexpress. Colibri® products are compatible with all popular connector systems on the market and have been thoroughly tested to 16 Gbit/s

Description

Description

ept’s Colibri® connector is a 2-row x 0.5mm, shielded, two piece, robust and flexible SMT stacking interconnect system designed for parallel board to board stacking applications and is now available in 10 Gbps and 16 Gbps versions.

Both the plugs and receptacles of the Colibri range are available for pin counts of 40, 80, 120, 160, 200, and 220. They are designed to meet requirements according to specifications not only of PICMG COM Express®, but also of SFF-SIG Core Express® X86, PCIx Gen 3, 10G Ethernet (10G Base-KR), USB 3.1 Gen2, PCI Express 4.0 and nanoETXexpress. The plug connector has a ground shield for use on carrier boards and the receptacle connector for use on COM modules has ground pins. Completely new is a 440-pin version, in which two 220-pin Colibri ® connectors are held together by a mounting frame. The mounting frame guarantees an exact positioning of the two components to COM Express specifications, arranged according to PICMG® COM.0 and will be removed after soldering. Tape-and-reel packaging, is perfect for fully automated assembly. In response to customer demand, these high-speed connectors are now also available as a Heavy Au version for deployment in challenging environments. A contact coating of 0.76 µm gold ensures reliable contacting and excellent signal integrity even under challenging conditions such as shocks, vibration, and other environmental stresses. Thanks to the thicker gold layer, the operating temperature range is extended to -40°C to +125°C.

The contact design, which is optimized for high data transfer rates, means that the Heavy Au version of the Colibri connector achieves data rates up to 16 Gbps and beyond, all the while maintaining great signal integrity. In order to guarantee outstanding signal quality at these high data transfer rates, ept optimized the contact design for the entire Colibri connector series.

The 3.0 release of the successful COM Express computer-on-module standard includes a new pinout type. This enables a faster data transfer rate of up to 10 Gbps, thereby expanding the applicability of COM Express in terms of server applications. Of course, the PCB connectors required to connect the baseboard and the COM module need to meet these increased requirements.

Unlike the type 6 pinout, the new type 7 pinout does not include any audio or video interfaces. As such, it does not represent a substitute for type 6; instead, it expands the range of COM Express applications in terms of server applications. The audio and video interfaces on the previous pinout type have been replaced with four 10 GB Ethernet KR lanes and 32 PCI Express lanes to increase the data transfer rate. These new features are relevant for use in video on demand in the telecom segment, for example, as well as medical or security technology applications.

Colibri® products are compatible with other popular connector systems on the market like Tyco and FoxConn. This has been proven by signal integrity tests carried out by the Fraunhofer Institute. The testers compared Colibri® connectors to other COM Express connectors and also tested the two connector types in combination, achieving excellent results in each scenario.

A 16 Gbit/s independent test report is available on request.

 

Key Features

Key Features

Surface Mount Technology (SMT) connector designed to meet requirements of PICMG COM Express, SFF-SIG CoreExpress and nanoETXexpress. 10 or 16 Gbit/s data transfer rate. Designed to be directly soldered onto printed circuit boards, Solderability tests on ept Colibri Com express connectors are available on request.

ept Colibri connectors are intermateable with available connectors in the market from TE  (Free Height range) and Foxconn BTB 0.5mm pitch. This is evidenced by signal integrity testing at the Fraunhofer Institute where Colibri ® connectors achieved excellent results both in comparison and in combination with other COM Express connectors. Click here for independent intermateability report.

ept P/N TE Foxcon
401-55501-51 (440 plug 8mm) 3-5353652-6 QT002206-4141-3H
401-55101-51 (220 plug 8mm) 3-6318491-6 QT002206-4131-3H
401-51501-51 (440 plug 5mm) 3-1827233-6 QT002206-2141-3H
401-51101-51 (220 plug 5mm) 3-1827253-6 QT002206-2131-3H
402-51501-51 (440 socket) 3-18272331-6  
402-51101-51 (220 socket) 3-6318490-6  
  • Robust connector design
  • Up to 220/440 pins
  • Plug connector with ground shield
  • Receptacle connector with ground pins
  • Custom configurations in pin count
  • Multiple stack heights 8mm | 5mm
  • Tested up to 16 Gbps
Specifications

Specifications

Materials

  • Insulator – LCP, UL 94 V-0
  • Contact – Copper alloy
  • Contact plating – Au over Ni

Electrical

  • Operational Current: max. 0.5A
  • Test voltage: 200 VAC
  • Data transfer rate: =/> max 16Gbps
  • Operational Voltage: 50 VAC
  • Contact Resistance: max. 75 mΩ
  • Insulation Resistance: > 100 MΩ

Mechanical

  • 0.5mm grid
  • Engaging force per pin: max. 0.9N
  • Separating force per pin:min. 0.1N
  • Durability: 30 cycles
    Coplanarity: max. 0.1mm
  • Packaging: Tape and Reel
  • Pick and Place assembly

Environmental

  • Operating Temperature: -40c to + 85c
  • Soldering Temperature: 260c per J-STD-020
  • Environment/approvals:RoHS/UL94V-0

Types

  • Colibri 0.5mm SMT Board to Board Connector Plug with ground shield – 8mm board to board
  • Colibri 0.5mm SMT Board to Board Connector Receptacle with ground pins – 8mm board to board
  • Colibri 0.5mm SMT Board to Board Connector Plug with ground shield – 5mm board to board
  • Colibri 0.5mm SMT Board to Board Connector Receptacle with ground pins – 5mm board to board
Applications

Applications

COM Express

A Computer On Module (COM) form factor, is a highly integrated and compact PC that can be used in a design application much like an integrated circuit component. Each COM Express Module integrates core CPU and memory functionality, the common I/O of a PC/AT, USB, audio, graphics (PEG), and Ethernet. All I/O signals are mapped to two high density, low profile connectors on the bottom side of the module.

  • Industrial automation
  • Kiosk and POS systems
  • Medical technology
  • Metrology
  • Consumer electronics and gaming
  • Transportation
  • Facilities engineering

 

Colibri can be seen on boards manufactured by Kontron and congatec AG; leading German suppliers of industrial computer modules using the standard form factors COM Express.

CoreExpress

CoreExpress, an advanced Computer On Module (COM) specification, was developed to accommodate modern processors like the Intel® Atom™. However, it is not bound to Intel processors. Its tiny size and low power requirements make it the ideal base for small, battery-powered, and wearable embedded PC devices.

  • High density board designs
  • Nano ETXexpress
  • Board-to-Board
  • Mezzanine Add-on Cards
  • Gaming Machines
  • Ticket Machines
  • Medical
  • VITA59