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The New FCI High Power Card Edge Connectors (HPCE) Are In Stock At Mouser

Mansfield, Texas, USA — April 11, 2011 - Mouser Electronics, Inc., regarded as a top global engineering design resource for semiconductors and electronic components, today announced it is stocking new product from FCI.
    FCI´s High Power Card Edge (HPCE™) Connector is the next generation power card edge connector that satisfies the demands of applications requiring high linear current density and low power loss. The HPCE connector offers a low profile height (2.8 mm for straddle mount; 7.50 mm for right angle) and is based on FCI’s cost effective and highly reliable stamped-and-formed power contact technology. Rated to 9A per power contact beam (with multiple power contacts fully energized) without exceeding a 30ºC temperature rise in still air. The FCI HPCE connector is available with a single molded housing that integrates power and signal contacts for power distribution and control. The HPCE connector is modularly tooled enabling it to be to be highly configurable for custom power designs in terms of the number and placement of power and signal contacts. Ideal for pluggable AC and DC power supplies or board-to-board connections for power distribution in applications such as next generation 1U/2U servers, storage enclosures, telecommunications equipment, and datacom/networking equipment. To learn more, visit http://www.mouser.com/fcihpce.
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About Mouser
    Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 1.8 million products online from more than 400 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 300,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com.

About FCI
    FCI is a leading connector manufacturer in the world. They are a leading designer, manufacturer, and supplier of innovative and high-quality electrical and electronic interconnect systems for a wide range of consumer and industrial applications. FCI´s interconnects include connectors for audio/video, cardedge, backplane, D-Sub, headers, I/O, IC, component, rectangular, power, SMT, FFC/FPC, telecom, Ethernet, terminals, USB, and Firewire connectors, tools for crimping, striping, cutting, and drilling, as well as cable ties and cable heat shrink tubing and sleeves.
For more information, visit http://www.fciconnect.com.

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