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SFF Committee
SFF-8083 Specification
for
0.8mm Card Edge Connector for 8/10 Gbs Applications
Rev 2.5 January 19 2010
Secretariat: SFF Committee
Abstract: This specification defines the physical interface and general performance
requirements of the mating interface for an improved 0.8mm card edge connector for
use in applications up to approximately 10 Gbit/s using the upper row of contacts.
One such use is as the receptacle connector for the SFF-8432 Improved Pluggable
Formfactor when used with SFF-8431 Enhanced 8.5 and 10 Gigabit SFF Pluggable Module
aka SFP+.
This specification provides a common reference for systems manufacturers, system
integrators, and suppliers. This is an internal working specification of the SFF
Committee, an industry ad hoc group.
This specification is made available for public review, and written comments are
solicited from readers. Comments received by the members will be considered for
inclusion in future revisions of this document.
The description of a connector in this specification does not assure that the
specific component is actually available from connector suppliers. If such a
connector is supplied it must comply with this specification to achieve
interoperability between suppliers.
Support: This specification is supported by the identified member companies of the
SFF Committee.
Points of Contact:
Jay Neer I. Dal Allan
Molex Chairman SFF Committee
2222 Wellington Court 14426 Black Walnut Court
Lisle, Il 60532 Saratoga, CA 95070
561-447-2907x3889 408-867-6630
jay.neer_at_molex_dot_com
endlcom_at_acm_dot_org
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EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT BY MANUFACTURERS
The following member companies of the SFF Committee voted in favor of this industry
specification.
Cinch
EMC
Emulex
ETRI
FCI
Finisar
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi GST
JDS Uniphase
Luxtera
Panduit
Sun Microsystems
Toshiba
Tyco
Vitesse Semiconductor
The following SFF member companies voted no on the technical content of this
industry specification.
AMCC
Amphenol
Molex
The following member companies of the SFF Committee voted to abstain on this
industry specification.
Arista Networks
Avago
Cortina Systems
Dell Computer
Foxconn
Fujitsu CPA
ICT Solutions
LSI
Meritec
NetApp
OpNext
Sandisk
Sandisk/RAD
Seagate
Toshiba America
Volex
The user's attention is called to the possibility that implementation to this
Specification may require use of an invention covered by patent rights. By
distribution of this Specification, no position is taken with respect to the
validity of this claim or of any patent rights in connection therewith. Members of
the SFF Committee, which advise that a patent exists, are required to provide a
statement of willingness to grant a license under these rights on reasonable and
non-discriminatory terms and conditions to applicants desiring to obtain such a
license.
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Foreword:
The development work on this specification was done by the SFF Committee, an
industry group. The membership of the committee since its formation in August 1990
has included a mix of companies which are leaders across the industry.
When 2 1/2” diameter disk drives were introduced, there was no commonality on
external dimensions e.g. physical size, mounting locations, connector type,
connector location, between vendors.
The first use of these disk drives was in specific applications such as laptop
portable computers and system integrators worked individually with vendors to
develop the packaging. The result was wide diversity, and incompatibility.
The problems faced by integrators, device suppliers, and component suppliers led to
the formation of the SFF Committee as an industry ad hoc group to address the
marketing and engineering considerations of the emerging new technology.
During the development of the form factor definitions, other activities were
suggested because participants in the SFF Committee faced more problems than the
physical form factors of disk drives. In November 1992, the charter was expanded to
address any issues of general interest and concern to the storage industry. The SFF
Committee became a forum for resolving industry issues that are either not addressed
by the standards process or need an immediate solution.
Those companies which have agreed to support a specification are identified in the
first pages of each SFF Specification. Industry consensus is not an essential
requirement to publish an SFF Specification because it is recognized that in an
emerging product area, there is room for more than one approach. By making the
documentation on competing proposals available, an integrator can examine the
alternatives available and select the product that is felt to be most suitable.
SFF Committee meetings are held during T10 weeks (see www.t10.org), and Specific
Subject Working Groups are held at the convenience of the participants. Material
presented at SFF Committee meetings becomes public domain, and there are no
restrictions on the open mailing of material presented at committee meetings.
Most of the specifications developed by the SFF Committee have either been
incorporated into standards or adopted as standards by EIA (Electronic Industries
Association), ANSI (American National Standards Institute) and IEC (International
Electrotechnical Commission).
If you are interested in participating or wish to follow the activities of the SFF
Committee, the signup for membership and/or documentation can be found at:
www.sffcommittee.com/ie/join.html
The complete list of SFF Specifications which have been completed or are currently
being worked on by the SFF Committee can be found at:
ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8000.TXT
If you wish to know more about the SFF Committee, the principles which guide the
activities can be found at ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8032.TXT
Suggestions for improvement of this specification will be welcome. They should be
sent to the SFF Committee, 14426 Black Walnut Ct, Saratoga, CA 95070.
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Contents
1 Scope......................................................................... 5
1.1 Description of Clauses................................................... 5
2 References.................................................................... 6
2.1 Industry Documents....................................................... 6
2.2 SFF Specifications....................................................... 6
2.3 Sources.................................................................. 6
2.4 Conventions.............................................................. 6
3 General Description........................................................... 7
4 Definitions and Abbreviations................................................. 8
4.1 Definitions.............................................................. 8
4.2 Abbreviations............................................................ 9
5 Electrical Specifications.................................................... 10
5.1 Electrical Requirements................................................. 10
5.2 High Frequency Performance Requirements................................. 10
6 Mechanical Specifications.................................................... 12
6.1 Connector Configurations................................................ 12
6.2 Mechanical Requirements................................................. 13
6.3 Contact Sequencing...................................................... 13
6.4 Contact Numbering....................................................... 15
7 Connector Dimensions......................................................... 15
7.1 Paddle Card............................................................. 16
7.2 Board Side Connector.................................................... 18
7.3 Board Side Connector Footprint.......................................... 20
Figures:
Figure 5-1 De-Embedding Reference Plane ......................................... 11
Figure 6-1 General view of right-angled body receptacle ......................... 12
Figure 6-2 Contact sequencing ................................................... 14
Figure 7-1 Paddle Card .......................................................... 16
Figure 7-2 Board Side Connector ................................................. 18
Figure 7-3 Board Side Connector Footprint ....................................... 20
Tables:
Table 5-1 Electrical Specifications and Test Conditions ......................... 10
Table 5-2 Connector HIGH-Frequency PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS ..................... 11
Table 6-1 Mechanical Requirements ............................................... 13
Table 6-2 Contact Numbering ..................................................... 15
Table 7-1 Paddle Card ........................................................... 16
Table 7-2 Board Side Connector .................................................. 19
Table 7-3 Board Side Connector Footprint ........................................ 20
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1 Scope
This specification defines the terminology and physical requirements for the mating
interface and physical characteristics of the improved 0.8 mm card edge connector.
The dimensions specified apply to a family of connectors with 20, 30, 50 or 70
contacts. It also defines electrical attributes that distinguish it from the SFF-
8084 0.8 mm card edge connector that defines a lower speed connector interface.
Fibre Channel, 10G Ethernet, InfiniBand, other standards, and specifications such as
SFP+, define requirements on the characteristic impedance and ability to transmit
multi-gigabit signals to and from optical pluggable modules, and in some cases via
cable assemblies. When this connector is used in such an application, it is subject
to the requirements of those documents.
1.1 Description of Clauses
Clause 1 contains the scope and purpose
Clause 2 contains referenced and related standards and SFF specifications
Clause 3 contains the general description
Clause 4 contains the definitions, abbreviations and conventions
Clause 5 defines the electrical conditions
Clause 6 defines the mechanical conditions
Clause 7 defines the connector dimensions
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2 References
The following interface standards and specifications are relevant to this
Specification.
2.1 Industry Documents
The following standards and specifications are relevant to this Specification.
ANSI/ASME Y14.5M Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T)
EIA 364-06 Contact Resistance Test Procedure For Electrical Connectors
EIA 364-09 Durability Test Procedure For Electrical Connectors And Contacts
EIA 364-13 Mating And Unmating Forces Test Procedures For Electrical
Connectors
EIA 364-21 Insulation Resistance Test Procedure For Electrical Connectors
Sockets And Coaxial Contacts
INCITS 352:2002 FC-PI (Fibre Channel Physical Interface)
INCITS 404:200x FC-PI-2 (Fibre Channel Physical Interface - 2
T11/1625D FC-PI-3 (Fibre Channel Physical Interface - 3
T11/ FC-PI-4 (Fibre Channel Physical Interface - 4
IEEE 802.3 10 Gigabit Ethernet clause 5210GBASE-LRM clause 68
InfiniBand Architecture Specification Volume 2
T10/1601D SAS 1-1 (Serial Attached SCSI - 1.1)
INF-8074i SFP (Small Formfactor Pluggable) Transceiver
SFF-8075 PCI Card Version of SFP Cage
SFF-8084 0.8mm Card Edge Connector
SFF-8410 High Speed Serial Testing for Copper Links
SFF-8431 Enhanced 10 Gigabit Small Formfactor Pluggable Module (SFP+)
SFF-8432 Improved Pluggable Formfactor (IPF)
SFF-8433 IPF (Improved Pluggable Formfactor) Cage
SFF-8434 SFP+ Gerber Files
2.2 SFF Specifications
There are several projects active within the SFF Committee. The complete list of
specifications which have been completed or are still being worked on are listed in
the specification at ftp://ftp.seagate.com/sff/SFF-8000.TXT
2.3 Sources
Those who join the SFF Committee as an Observer or Member receive electronic copies
of the minutes and SFF specifications (http://www.sffcommittee.com/ie/join.html).
Copies of ANSI standards may be purchased from the InterNational Committee for
Information Technology Standards (http://tinyurl.com/c4psg).
EIA documents are available at http://global.ihs.com
802.3 Ethernet is available from http://standards.ieee.org/getieee802/802.3.html
The InfiniBand Architecture Specification Volume 2 is available from
http://www.infinibandta.org/specs
2.4 Conventions
The ISO convention of numbering is used i.e., the thousands and higher multiples are
separated by a space and a period is used as the decimal point. This is equivalent
to the English/American convention of a comma and a period.
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English French ISO
0.6 0,6 0.6
1,000 1 000 1 000
1,323,462.9 1 323 462,9 1 323 462.9
3 General Description
The improved 0.8 mm connection system is based on industry-proven card edge style
contacts, which mate with a single wipe, and are very difficult to damage.
0.8 mm Card Edge connectors find their most important application where signals have
rise times typically in the range of 35 ps and where positive retention is needed
but ease of insertion and removal is also desired. This covers virtually all of the
external inter-enclosure applications for gigabit serial applications that use
balanced copper media for transmission.
Design goals were minimization of crosstalk and minimum transmission line impedance
discontinuity across the connector interface at signaling rates up to 11.1 GBd on
the upper row of contacts. The lower row of contacts is rated at signaling rates up
to 2.5 Gigabits/second.
The shield (cage) contact (not shown or part of this specification) is required to
make contact before any of the signal contacts upon insertion and to break contact
only after all contacts are separated upon removal. This ensures that any ground
potential differences between enclosures are first exposed to the shield and thereby
minimizes the risk of damaging the sensitive input and output stages of the
transceivers when the signal contacts are mated.
A cage or latching device (not shown or part of this specification) is required to
guide the mating interface (typically a paddle cad) into the connector, provide
sufficient wipe on the contact interface, provide a hard stop which prevents the
transceiver side from bottoming in the connector, and keeps the paddle card contacts
on the connector contacts during use.
This connector is primarily used as a pluggable module connector but can also be
used with direct attach cable assemblies.
This specification includes the minimum lengths, widths and positional tolerances of
the contacts.
The connector is of a straightforward construction that does not rely on advanced
materials or processes, and is physically robust.
Connectors compliant to SFF-8083 are also compliant to SFF-8084, but the reverse is
not necessarily true.
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4 Definitions and Abbreviations
4.1 Definitions
For the purpose of this specification, the following definitions apply:
Advanced grounding contacts: Connector contacts that make first and break last and
are capable of carrying power ground return currents and performing electrostatic
discharge. Other terms sometimes used to describe these features are: grounding
pins, ESD contacts, grounding contacts, static drain, and pre-grounding contacts.
Alignment guides: Connector features that preposition insulators prior to
electrical contact. Other terms sometimes used to describe these features are:
guide pins, guide posts, blind mating features, mating features, alignment features,
paddle card chamfers and mating guides.
Centerline or CL: A real or imaginary line that is equidistant from the surface or
sides of something
Contact mating sequence: Order of electrical contact during mating/unmating
process. Other terms sometimes used to describe this feature are: contact
sequencing, contact positioning, make first/break last, EMLB (early make late break)
staggered contacts, and long pin / short pin.
Frontshell: That metallic part of a connector body that directly contacts the
backshell or other shielding material that provides mechanical and shielding
continuity between the connector and the cable. Other terms sometimes used to
describe this part of a cable assembly are: housing, nosepiece, cowling, and metal
shroud.
Maximum component height: Distance from board surface to farthest overall
module/connector feature.
Mating side: The side of the connector that joins and separates from the mating
side of a connector of opposite gender. Other terms commonly used in the industry
are mating interface, separable interface and mating face.
Offset: An alignment shift from the centerline of the connector. Connector contacts
may be offset from the CL
Optional: This term describes features that are not required by this specification.
However, if any feature defined by this specification is implemented, it shall be
done in the same way as defined by the specification. Describing a feature as
optional in the text is done to assist the reader. If there is a conflict between
text and tables on a feature described as optional, the table shall be accepted as
being correct.
Right Angle: A connector design for use with printed circuit board assembly
technology where the mating direction is parallel to the plane of the printed
circuit board.
Surface mount: A connector design and a printed circuit board design style where
the connector termination points do not penetrate the printed circuit board and are
subsequently soldered to the surface of the printed circuit board.
Termination side: The side of the connector opposite the mating side that is used
for permanently attaching conductors to the connector. Due to pin numbering
differences between mating side genders the termination side shall always be
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