Amphenol FCI PCI Express® (PCIe) Gen 6 Card Edge Connectors

Amphenol FCI PCI Express® (PCIe) Gen 6 Card Edge Connectors exceed industry-standard PCIe 6.0 performance requirements and are footprint-interchangeable with PCIe 5/4/3/2/1. These 1mm-pitch vertical connectors are optimized for backward compatibility and support all generations of PCIe signaling. The lineup offers side- and locked-latch variants, a metal-caged version, as well as the option to remove ridges to meet specific application requirements. Amphenol FCI PCIe Gen 6 Card Edge Connectors are high-performing and provide high-speed data transmission rates of up to 64GT/s. These connectors are ideal for desktop/industrial PCs, servers, embedded systems, routers, and automotive infotainment systems.

Features

  • Exceed industry-standard PCIe 6.0 performance requirements
  • Backward compatibility and footprint interchangeable with Gen 1/2/3/4/5 specifications, providing ease of upgrading to Gen 6
  • Higher speed performance without altering footprint
  • Option to remove ridges
  • Side- or locked-latch options to secure position of mating card
  • Open side-wall feature for adopting longer mating card
  • Metal-caged version to make connector housing much more robust when adopting heavier XPU cards
  • High-speed data transmission rates up to 64GT/s
  • X1, X4, X8, and X16 available in variety of positions to support different signal bandwidth requirements
  • Low-halogen construction material
  • RoHS compliant

Applications

  • Automotive
  • Desktop PCs
  • Servers and server risers
  • Workstations
  • Industrial and notebook PCs
  • Solar panel inverters
  • Embedded systems
  • Respirators

Specifications

  • 30mΩ maximum contact resistance initially with 10mΩ maximum change after environmental exposures
  • 1.1A minimum current rating per pin
  • 50-cycle minimum durability rating
  • 1.15N maximum PCB insertion force per contact pair
  • 0.15N minimum PCB removal force per contact pair

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Published: 2024-07-03 | Updated: 2026-05-27