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FEATURES AND SPECIFICATIONS 0.50mm (.020") Pitch LaneLink™ 10GBASE-CX4 Cable Assemblies 74526 10GBASE-CX4 LaneLink Cable Assemblies Connect Servers or Switches Over Short Distances Molex’s superior design and engineering, along with state-of-the-art manufacturing, combine to provide a solution for all 10GBASE-CX4 applications. The 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10 GbE) Alliance was organized to facilitate and accelerate the introduction of 10GbE into the networking market. The main factor driving 10GbE is the increase in internet and intranet traffic. Factors contributing to this growth include increases in the number of network connections, increases in the connection speed of each end-station, and an increase in web- hosting and application-hosting traffic. LaneLink CX4 cable assemblies are designed and engineered to meet the architecture set forth by IEEE 802.3. The 802.3ak design uses four transmitters and four receivers operating differentially over a bundle of thin twin-axial cables to transmit 2.5 Gbps each, as opposed to transmitting 10 Gbps over a single copper link. This requires four differential pairs in each direction, totaling eight twin-axial channels per assembly. This I/O system has been adapted by several other standards or MSA groups in addition to CX4, noted below in the ‘Regional Markets, Applications and Typical Customers’ section. Features and Benefits For more information on CX4, visit the website at: www.ieee802.org/3/10GBCX4/. I Squeeze-to-release latch provides user with easy-to- use positive latch and unlatch system from the PCB connector I Molex offers a total 4X system solution providing industry standard interfaces with LaneLink 4X connectors (91525 Series), XENPAK modules (74734 Series), XPAK modules (74732 Series) and X2 copper transceivers (74735 Series) I Designed to allow customers to use pre-emphasis on the board level silicon (customer needs to modify their board for the signal to achieve optimum length) to provide cable length in excess of 15 meters I High performance production test rack provides 100% eye-pattern testing SPECIFICATIONS Reference Information Mates With: 91525-XXXX (latch) Designed In: Millimeters Electrical Voltage: 30V AC per contact Current: 0.5A per contact Contact Resistance: 80Ω Dielectric Withstanding Voltage: 300V/minimum DC Insulation Resistance: 10,000MΩ minimum between adjacent contacts Mechanical Mating Force: 55.5N Unmating Force: 49.0N Durability: 250 cycles Physical Housing: Zinc die cast Contact: Gold flash over Nickel plating Plating: Contact Area – Nickel Solder Tail Area – Nickel allover Underplating – Gold flash over Paladium Nickel Operating Temperature: -20 to + 85°C APPLICATIONS I Gigabit Ethernet Applications: - Enterprise, core and edge networking - Switches, servers and routers I Industry Standard Organizations: - 4X and 12X InfiniBand* - 10 Gigabit Ethernet - 10 Gigabit Fibre Channel - 4X SATA2 - 4X Serial Attach SCSI (SAS) Complementary Products I 4X and 12X Connectors (9125, 91629, 91635, 91659, 92903) I XENPAK Modules (74734) I XPAK Modules (74732) I X2 Copper Transceivers (74735) 0.50mm (.020") Pitch LaneLink™ 10GBASE-CX4 Cable Assemblies 74526 ORDERING INFORMATION Order No. 74526-1001 74526-1002 74526-1003 74526-1004 74526-1005 74526-1008 74526-1006 74526-1010 74526-1009 74526-1007 *InfiniBand is a registered trademark of the InfiniBand Trade Association Wire Size 28 28 28 28 28 28 26 26 26 24 Cable Length 0.5m (1.64 ft.) 1.0m (3.28 ft.) 2.0m (6.56 ft.) 3.0m (9.84 ft.) 5.0m (16.40 ft.) 9.0m (29.53 ft.) 10.0m (32.81 ft.) 12.0m (39.37 ft.) 14.0m (45.93 ft.) 15.0m (49.21 ft.) Americas Headquarters Lisle, Illinois 60532 U.S.A. 1-800-78MOLEX amerinfo@molex.com Far East North Headquarters Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan 81-462-65-2324 feninfo@molex.com Far East South Headquarters Jurong, Singapore 65-6-268-6868 fesinfo@molex.com European Headquarters Munich, Germany 49-89-413092-0 eurinfo@molex.com Corporate Headquarters 2222 Wellington Ct. Lisle, IL 60532 U.S.A. 630-969-4550 Fax:630-969-1352 Visit our Web site at http://www.molex.com/product/io/lanelink.html Order No. USA-279 Printed in USA/JI/2004.12 ©2004, Molex