RE: [SI-LIST] : Flexible and Passive PCI Backplane?

Mackillop, William J. ([email protected])
Thu, 1 Jul 1999 14:06:09 -0400

Paul,
Off the top of my head I can think of quite a few folks that could
accomplish this in a horizontal passive backplane/midplane that has cards
plugging into both front and back. Do you control the mechanical part of
the design? ( for insertion and extraction ) Would component side down be a
problem for cards plugged in on opposite side? Could you control the air
flow?
The usual suspects (listed in no particular order):
Carlos Gavazzi
Hybricon
Schroff
Elma
Sanmina
Hadco
Viasystems
Amp
Teradyne
Bill
William J MacKillop
Viasystems
ph. 804.226.5367
Fax 804.226.5511
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Levin [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 11:34 AM
To: Signal Integrity Reflector
Subject: [SI-LIST] : Flexible and Passive PCI Backplane?

Dear Si-List,

I'm trying to fit three or four PCI cards, one being a single-board
computer, to a passive PCI backplane that must fit into a 1 RU
(1.75" high) chassis. One suggestion is to use a flex circuit for
the
backplane and then fold it horseshoe style in order to have the
cards 'butterfly' one or two on each side.

Does anybody know of a source for such a backplane? Does
anyone have any other suggestion for getting that many PCI
cards into a 1 RU package?

Thank you in advance,

Paul Levin
Xyratex

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