New AdvancedTCA® backplane versions from Rittal/Kaparel with triple performance.

Rittal and its Canadian subsidiary Kaparel have extended their already comprehensive range of backplanes with the introduction of several backplane versions using Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA). This broad program of innovation ranges from backplanes with four slots for development projects or for horizontal chassis applications in connection with full-mesh structures, through to systems with 16-Slots to comply with the ETSI guidelines (European Telecommunication Standards Institute) and the demands of 600 mm rack-mounted systems.

In a recent test conducted by Xilinx, the ATCA full-mesh backplane from Rittal/Kaparel with just 18 layers - compared to the usual 32 layers - returned a performance of 5 Gbit/s. The PICMG 3.x standard specifies a minimum of 3.125 Gbit/s. When upgraded with Xilinx Virtex-II Pro X FPGAs, the backplanes achieved even 10 Gbit/s, which represents a performance three times higher than the PICMG specifications. The resulting challenges with regard to cooling are solved by Rittal/Kaparel with correspondingly designed shelf technologies in 12U and 13U heights with integrated heat management.

Kaparel develops, manufactures, and markets electronic packaging solutions and high-speed backplanes to the global converging communications market.

Kaparel’s catalog of Off-the-Shelf products and a library of over 500 high-speed custom designs includes a complete line of high slot count, hot swap and high availability backplanes and high quality electronic packaging products for CompactPCI® , VME and AdvancedTCA®. Founded in 1996, Kaparel is based in Waterloo, Ontario - Canada’s Technology Triangle and is part of Rittal International, the world’s largest electronic enclosure manufacturer with offices in over 55 countries.