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06-Mar-1997
VME4ST Backplane technical manual
Doc. VLT-MAN-ESO-17130-0992
5. MECHANICAL INSTALLATION
When installing the backplane it is very important to align the horizontal position of the
backplane to the VME slots to allow the VME4ST amplifier connector to mate with the
VME4ST backplane. Due to the high pin count, it will be very difficult to insert or extract the
power amplifier board unless the alignment is carefully made.
It is recommended to use a plastic insulating strip between the backplane board and the
VME-chassis profile.
Note (Important) :
The VME4ST backplane is made of two printed circuit boards (PCB)
mounted in a sandwich structure. It is absolutely necessary to insert a 5 mm spacer between
the two PCB’s for all four mounting screws. See fig. 5 below !
If this is not done, the two-board assembly could be damaged beyond repair !
SPACERS
HERE TOO
Fig. 5. Mounting spacers