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Possible Mezz-Blade Connectors

  • Samtec ET60T/ET60S (60A power, up to 24 low-speed signals)
  • Samtec ERF8/ERM8 (edge-rate diff pair up to 58Gbps)

Meetings:

2018-05-31

Thinking about a common blade for ATLAS L0MDT and CMS IT-DTC.
Issues with the current ATLAS design:

  • FMC stacking height at 8.5mm is too high

Issues with the current CMS design (Cornell one):

  • Really don't like the interposer concept with metal plates, springs etc
  • Prefer stand-alone mezzanine card operation

Plus, there are two different blade designs for no obvious reason.

First, looking at low stack height connectors, but not Z-ray. (See Samtec guide) Samtec families with low stack heights:

Family Series Stack Height Notes
Sea-Ray LPAM/LPAF 4mm
Edge Rate EDM6/EDF6 5mm
Q Series QTH/QSH 5mm? 28 Gbps+, pairs, power
QTE/QSE 5mm 25A GND plane
Ultra-Micro EDM6/EDF6 5mm
LSS/LSEM/LSHM 5mm
ST4/SSR 4mm

Below is a figure with dimensions excerpted from the ATCA standard.

http://gauss.bu.edu/svn/atlas-phase-2-muon-upgrade/Meetings/2018-05-31_EDF/figs/stack_heights.png Seems as if we can find a 4mm or 5mm solution.
This gives us about 15.7mm above a mezzanine board for components.

Next, thinking about the logic. Is it really that hard to make a common blade? Here are some thoughts:

  • Build a blade to accommodate 3 mezzanine cards
  • Plan for only "low speed" mezz-to-mezz communications
    (SelectIO or < 10Gbps SERDES)
  • Mezzanine cards would have the optics on board along with DC/DC converters and regulators
  • Split the CMS IT-DTC into 3 parts
  • Eliminate the "blade FPGA" from the ATLAS design and designate one mezz card as "master"
    (this could be a different design).

ATLAS requirements

  • Sector logic
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