68-Position SAS/PCIe Receptacle for High-Speed Backplanes
The TE Connectivity 2359516-2 is a 68-position SAS/PCIe receptacle designed for internal high-speed storage and server backplane interconnects. It terminates via surface mount solder tails, which means the footprint sits entirely on the board surface with no through-hole stubs to create impedance discontinuities at the launch — a common gotcha when swapping an SMT SAS receptacle into a board originally routed for a press-fit variant. The Pick and Place feature means the reeled parts flow through a standard SMT line without a separate hand-placement step.
Tape & Reel Packaging for Automated Assembly
This part ships in Tape & Reel (TR) with a Cut Tape (CT) option for prototyping. The reel format is the expected delivery for a high-volume SMT pick-and-place line; the cut tape lets a prototype run or a small-batch build pull a few pieces without committing to a full reel.