Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems

Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems feature a broad portfolio of panel, mid-board, and backplane cable systems to extend signal reach and density via ultra-low twinax cables. Flyover cable assemblies break traditional signaling substrate and hardware constraints, allowing cost-effective, high-performance solutions to 56Gbps+ challenges. The Samtec Flyover family includes QSFP, NovaRay®, AcceleRate®, Si-Fly™, FireFly™, and ExaMAX® cable systems.

Features

  • Innovative design breaks traditional signaling substrate constraints
  • Efficient solution to challenges of 56Gbps and more
  • Flyover architecture provides end-option flexibility
    • Panel, mid-board, and backplane assemblies
    • Increased PCB reach for application-specific solutions at next-gen speeds
  • Offers Eye Speed® Twinax cable technology
  • Ideal for 28Gbps to 112Gbps applications
  • Tight coupling between signal conductors
  • <3.5ps/meter ultra-low skew
  • 40% smaller cross-sectional area (Thinax™)
  • Eye Speed AIR™ significantly improved signal integrity with even lower intra-pair skew
  • Provides cost-effective, high–performance solutions
    • Simplified board layout
    • Fewer PCB layers
    • Less expensive PCB materials
    • Eliminates expensive re-timers

Flyover Cable Technology

Infographic - Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems

The Samtec Flyover design enables flexibility, which allows users to create high-speed, application-specific solutions. Users can configure the Flyover cable construction from panel, mid-board, and backplane assemblies to various “End 2” options. 

Eye Speed Twinax Cables

Infographic - Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems

Samtec’s Eye Speed Twinax cables are utilized in Flyover cable assemblies. The Eye Speed cables are co-extruded, which eliminates performance limitations and inconsistencies of individually extruded cables. The ultra-low skew Twinax cables improve signal integrity, bandwidth, and reach for high-performance system architectures. The Thinax Twinax cables feature a 40% smaller cross-sectional area, allowing for a smaller pitch within a row.

Insertion Loss Comparison

Performance Graph - Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems

Samtec Flyover® Cable Assembly Systems