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Connectors in today’s medical applications must function at
higher speeds, provide higher density, smaller footprint and
lower profiles and comply to ever stricter industry standards.
FCI provides a range of solutions for imaging, data storage
devices, communication systems, image archiving and online
manipulation of images in the medical industry.
Scalability is an important feature that can make medical systems
upgradeable to keep pace with market trends. For example,
FCI’s AirMax VS® high-speed backplane connectors offer design
versatility because signal connectors can be scaled by varying
the number of columns of contacts, the number of contacts per
column and the column spacing.
AirMax VS connectors also allow for mixed pin assignments
(differential or single-ended signals or power) to provide additional
flexibility to system designers. Data rates can scale from 2.5Gbit/s
to beyond 12Gbit/s without requiring re-design of a basic platform.
Medical equipment continually requires better performance, but
the designer’s task is eased if the architecture remains intact as the
specification evolves.
Improvements in flex cable connector technology enable advances
in the performance of mobile monitoring, field operable CT and
portable ultrasound systems. Examples are FCI’s MEG-Array®
flex foil or BergStak®/Conan® on flex foil for less demanding
applications.
For scanning applications, the MEG-Array high-density mezzanine
system is suitable for both hospital systems and portable scans.
It provides the features needed for MRI, CT and other imaging
applications to achieve real time, higher resolution imaging.
Used to connect the photo diode within the scanner, MEG-Array’s
higher density allows a greater number of slices, resulting in more
accurate imaging. Additionally, MEG-Array delivers outstanding
mechanical and electrical performance, achieving data rates of up
to 10Gbit/s.
New industry standards such as USB, PCI, RJ45, DVI, MicroTCA and
PCI Express™ are also being incorporated into medical designs.
PCI Express, in particular, is finding growing acceptance in medical
equipment. FCI has extended its vertical PCI Express card-edge
connector family with surface mount technology to accommodate
the needs of this market.
Traditionally, ultrasound systems have used standards based
architectures like CompactPCI bus or VMEbus, but with backplane
performance hitting the limitations of standard architectures,
there is a clear need for connector technologies that offer higher
performance and higher reliability at a reasonable cost. Card-edge
technology is a logical choice for these backplane connections.
The use of surface mount PCIe Express card-edge connectors is
not limited to backplane connections, but is also being used by
ultrasound manufacturers to improve manufacturing yields for
board to board connections.
Features
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Broad range of medical-standard interconnections
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AirMax VS scalable high-speed backplane connector
- Flexible column count, contacts per column and spacing
- Mixed pin assignments, differential or single-ended
- Scales from 2.5Gbit/s to >12Gbit/s without architectural
redesign
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MEG-Array on flex foil; BergStak/Conan on flex foil
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MEG-Array high density mezzanine system
- Connects photo diode
- Data rates to 10Gbit/s
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Surface mount PCI Express card-edge connectors
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Technology also suitable for board to board applications
Applications
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Mobile monitoring
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Field operable CT
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Portable ultrasound
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Imaging and scanning
- MRI, CT and PET
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Data storage devices
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Communication systems
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Image archiving
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Online image manipulation
Wide variety of solutions for imaging, communication, data collection and storage
Connectors Key to Medical System Performance
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