50-µm fibre optic cable • Fibre optic cable. • The background • As today’s networks expand, the demand for more bandwidth and greater distances increases. Gigabit Ethernet and the emerging 10-Gigabit Ethernet are becoming the applications of c...

...fibre optic cable • Loose-tube vs. tight-buffered fibre optic cable • There are two styles of fibre optic cable construction: loose tube and tight buffered. Both contain some type of strengthening member, such as aramid yarn, stainless s...

Digital optical cable • Digital optical cable • Prodcts using digital output connectors • Many new, high-quality Mini Disc, pro-audio, DAT (Digital Audio Tape), CD, DVD, and laser disc players, as well as digital amplifiers, DSS satellite rece...

...of video on fibre optic cable. • Advantages of fibre optic cable over copper coax cable to transmit video • Superior performance • Fibre cable supports a very high data rate and yields a very low signal loss. So you get sharp, clear video over far g...

Fibre cable and pulling eyes • Fibre cable and pulling eyes • A damaged Fibre Optic Cable during Pulling • Fibre optic cable can be damaged if pulled improperly. Broken or cracked fibre, for example, can result from pulling on the fibre core o...

...vs. duplex fiber patch cable • Simplex vs. duplex fibre patch cable. • Multimode and single-mode patch cables can be simplex or duplex. • Simplex has one fibre, while duplex zipcord has two fibres joined with a thin web. Simplex (also known as sing...

...CatX infrastructure cable and can offer extensions to distances of up to 300m. • VGA based Multimedia distribution products are similar in many ways to KVM extenders. They extend the output from a computer to a VGA monitor or projector located a...

...Shielded vs. unshielded cables • Shielded vs. unshielded cables • The environment determines whether cable should be shielded or unshielded. Quiet office environments, busy retail establishments, and individual workshops all require different levels...

...wire pairs within a cable. Alien Crosstalk, in 10-GbE systems, is the measurement of the signal coupling between wire pairs in different, adjacent cables. • Factors that affect Alien Crosstalk • The amount of ANEXT depends on a number of factors...

...Fibre • Multimode fibre cable has a large-diameter core and therefore has multiple modes of propagation—that is, several wavelengths of light are used in the fibre core. It’s primarily used for lighter- capacity or shorter-distance applications. • M...