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Backplane
Simulation, Part I
Simulation is increasingly becoming a critical factor in high-performance
backplane design. New fabric backplanes are being used at
speeds of up to 3.125 Gbps per port or higher, for a fabric
channel bandwidth of 10 Gbps. Backplane designers will increasingly
use simulation as part of their design for both standard products
and custom designs.
The three
main drivers for advanced simulation are:
1. Semiconductor
advances will not let us rest. Many experts now believe that
single path copper interconnect speeds on backplanes will
explode from 3.0 Gbps today to more than 10 Gbps within the
next two years. New tools will be required to guide these
designs and help make crucial decisions regarding materials,
connectors and trace layout.
2. Customers
who are designing these high performance systems understand
the critical role that the backplane occupies in their systems.
As a backplane vendor we must be able to provide information
that will demonstrate our expertise... (-More-)
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The
VXS interoperability workshop for VITA 41 was held recently.
Various vendors had backplanes and dummy cards for testing
the mechanical interconnection. (Bustronic had the only
functional backplane at the workshop.)
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The
ATCA Interoperability Workshop was also held recently.
The group measured the skew, insertion loss, etc, and
created eye-diagrams of the longest path of the interconnect
path at 3.125 Gbps.
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New
Products
VXS Backplanes
 Bustronic
has unleashed the 12-slot Dual Star VXS backplane. It features a unique
high-grade PCB material for remarkable signal integrity and performance.
Other slot
sizes and configurations will
be developed throughout the year.
5-slot VME64x
Backplane in 6U Height
 Continuously
expanding our 6U VME64x "Classic" backplane line, Bustronic
has announced a 5-slot version. Other 6U sizes include 8, 12, 14,
and 21-slot configurations. The 6U style is for applications that
demand the restricted size and do not have the higher power requirements
that only the 7U can handle. Bustronic's 7U version comes in nearly
all sizes from 2-21 slots.
16-slot CompactPCI
Backplane Upgraded
 Bustronic
has developed a new and improved 16-slot CompactPCI backplanes to
work with bridges developed by European sister-company Elma TreNew,
which reduces the cost. Further, the backplanes now have headers for
incorporating shelf management signals, compliant to PICMG 2.9.
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