Communications Switching and Routers

A surface mount resistor is a tiny rectangular ceramic body with silver conductive edges on either end. They provide the same functionality as the more traditional axially leaded resistors but has a lower power dissipation capacity and oftentimes a lower stray inductance and capacity.

TE's pluggable I/O connector and cages support Fibre Channel, InfiniBand and Ethernet standards in QSFP+, SFP+ and other interfaces for data rates up to 100G.

A through-hole resistor is a fixed resistor that has long, pliable leads that can be stuck into a breadboard or hand- or wave-soldered into a printed circuit board. A through-hole resistor is used to reduce the flow of electrical current within a circuit. It’s commonly composed of carbon film, metal film, metal oxide film, thick film, or wirewound.

TE’s cable assemblies transmit power, video, audio, RF, high-speed data or can even provide lightning protection.

A trimmer resistor is a type of variable resistor or adjustable potentiometer that can adjust, tune, and calibrate circuits. It is meant to never be seen or adjusted by the device’s user.

Engineered to offer a higher density cabling solution, the RJ point five connector system features port spacing on a 7mm centerline to occupy half the space of a RJ45 Ethernet link.

A potentiometer is a manually adjustable variable resistor that allows you to change and regulate the current flowing through a resistor.

Tactile switches provide tactile feedback to the user when the switch or button makes contact with the control panel underneath, which is usually a printed circuit board.

A DIP switch is a manual electronic package that is composed of a series of tiny switches. It has a rectangular casing and two parallel rows of connecting terminals. A SIP switch is a computer chip package that has a single row of connection pins.

Land grid array (LGA) sockets provide compressive electrical interconnect between the processor and the printed circuit boards (PCBs). As computing power increases, so does the chips' pin counts. A robust bolster plate provides a reliable interconnection to the microprocessor package and limits PCB bowing during compression to ensure a reliable connection.