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Fiber Optic Patch Cord & Trunk Cable Assemblies
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Standard Terminations |
Hybrid Terminations |
Point-to-Point |
Point-to-Multipoint |
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Patch Cords |
Custom Trunk & Breakout Cables |
Elite Electronics offers its
customers the highest quality fabricated fiber optic cable assemblies for use in
data communications, telecommunications and/or CATV applications. Elite's
applications engineers have worked closely with our strategic manufacturing
partners to ensure that each fiber optic cable assembly has been designed and
fabricated with component parts that meet or exceed accepted industry
performance standards (e.g., ANSI/TIA/EIA, ISO/IEC, Telcordia, NTT, et cetera).
Our demanding performance standards for fabricated fiber optic cable assemblies
require that each assembly be serialized for testing and tracking purposes.
Then each termination is 100% visually inspected before the fiber optic cable
assembly is fully tested for 'insertion and return losses.' Each fabricated
assembly's test readings are then rerecorded for traceability to its factory
acceptance measurements. Prior to shipment, each shipping lot is inspected on a
random basis using accepted industry criterion for product performance. To
further ensure product quality, each shipment contains identified correlation
samples complete with the data for each sample.
When ordering patch cord or
custom trunk cable assemblies customers can specify either OFNR (Optical
Fiber, Nonconductive, Riser) rated cable for use in riser applications that must
meet or exceed the requirements of ANSI/UL 1666-1997: Standard Test for Flame
Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cable Installed Vertically in
Shafts and NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) NEC 2005 Art 770.51(B) FPN; or, OFNP (Optical Fiber,
Nonconductive, Plenum) rated cable for use in heating and air conditioning
plenum applications that must meet or exceed the requirements of ANSI/UL
1666-1997 and NFPA Standard 90A:
Standard for the Installation of Air Conditioning & Ventilating Systems.
All Elite Electronics
fabricated fiber optic patch cord and custom trunk cable assemblies are
optically and electrically inspected and tested using accepted industry test
procedures as recommended by the most current version of ANSI/TIA/EIA-455B:
Standard Test Procedure for Standard Fiber Optic Fibers, Cables, Transducers,
Sensors, Connecting & Terminating Devices, and Other Components.
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Typical
Singlemode Fiber Optic Patch Cord Performance Requirements |
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Insertion |
Return
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Fiber
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Apex
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Repeatability |
Vibration |
Operating |
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Connector |
Polish |
Loss
(dB) |
Loss
(dB) |
Height
(nm) |
Offset
(um) |
Maximum |
Maximum |
Temp |
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Style |
Type |
Max |
Typ |
Max |
Typ |
Max |
Min |
Maximum |
Delta
(dB) |
Delta
(dB) |
Range |
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FC |
UPC |
0.35 |
0.20 |
55.0 |
58.0 |
-50 |
0 |
50 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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APC |
0.40 |
0.25 |
65.0 |
70.0 |
-50 |
0 |
100 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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LC |
UPC |
0.35 |
0.20 |
55.0 |
58.0 |
-50 |
0 |
50 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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APC |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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SC |
UPC |
0.35 |
0.20 |
55.0 |
58.0 |
-50 |
0 |
50 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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APC |
0.40 |
0.25 |
65.0 |
70.0 |
-50 |
0 |
100 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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ST |
UPC |
0.35 |
0.20 |
55.0 |
58.0 |
-50 |
0 |
50 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-20 to
+80C |
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APC |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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typical
Multimode Fiber Optic Patch Cord Performance Requirements |
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Insertion |
Return |
Repeatability |
Vibration |
Operating |
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Connector |
Polish |
Loss
(dB) |
Loss
(dB) |
Maximum |
Maximum |
Temperature |
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Style |
Type |
Max |
Typ |
Typical |
Delta
(dB) |
Delta
(dB) |
Range |
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FC |
- |
0.50 |
0.30 |
25.0 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
-20 to
+75C |
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LC |
- |
0.50 |
0.35 |
25.0 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
-20 to
+80C |
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SC |
- |
0.50 |
0.35 |
25.0 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
-20 to
+80C |
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ST |
- |
0.50 |
0.35 |
25.0 |
0.15 |
0.15 |
-20 to
+80C |
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Fiber Optic Patch Cord Electrical & Optical |
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Performance Standards & Testing Specifications |
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Performance Standard |
Standard Description |
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Telcordia GR-326 |
Telcordia GR-326: Generic
Requirements for Singlemode Optical Connectors & Jumper Assemblies |
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ANSI/TIA/EIA-455B |
ANSI/TIA/EIA-455B: Standard
Test Procedure for Standard Fiber Optic Fibers, Cables, Transducers,
Sensors, Connecting & Terminating Devices, and Other Components |
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ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.1 |
ANSI/TIA/EIA-568B.1: Part 1 -
General Requirements; Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling
Standard |
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ANSI/TIA/EIA‑568B.3 |
ANSI/TIA/EIA‑568B.3: Optical
Fiber Cabling Components Standard |
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ANSI/UL 1666-1997 |
ANSI/UL 1666-1997: Standard
Test for Flame Propagation Height of Electrical and Optical-Fiber Cable
Installed Vertically in Shafts |
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NFPA Standard 90A |
NFPA (National Fire Protection Association) Standard 90A:
Standard for the Installation of Air Conditioning & Ventilating Systems |
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Performance Measurement |
Measurement Procedure |
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Insertion Loss |
FOTP-34 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-34A:
Interconnection Device Insertion Loss Test |
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Return Loss |
FOTP-107 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-107:
Determination of Component Reflectance or Link/System Return Loss Using
a Test Set |
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Attenuation |
FOTP-171 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-171:
Attenuation by Substitution Measurement for Short-Length Multimode
Graded-Index & Single-Mode Optical Fiber Cable Assemblies |
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Attenuation, Spectral |
FOTP-50 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-50A:
Light Launch Conditions for Long-Length Graded-Index Optical Fiber
Spectral Attenuation Measurements |
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Aperture, Numerical |
FOTP-177 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-177A:
Numerical Aperture Measurement of Graded-Index Optical Fibers |
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Core Diameter |
FOTP-58 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-58A:
Core Diameter Measurement of Graded-Index Optical Fibers |
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Cable Length |
FOTP-60 - ANSI/TIA/EIA‑455‑60A:
Measurement of Fiber or Cable Length Using an OTDR |
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Output, Far Field |
FOTP-47 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-47B:
Output Far Field Radiation Pattern Measurement of Optical Waveguide
Fibers |
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Output, Near Field |
FOTP-43 - ANSI/TIA/EIA-455-43A:
Output Near Field Radiation Pattern Measurement of Optical Waveguide
Fibers |
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Fiber Optic Patch Cord Mechanical & Environmental |
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Testing Requirements & Specifications |
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Maximum |
Measurement |
Measurement Procedure & Performance |
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Performance Measurement |
Acceptable |
Unit |
Requirement |
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Durability |
0.07 |
~dB |
FOTP-21: 100 Mate/Unmate
Cycles |
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Humidity Cycling |
0.13 |
~dB |
FOTP-5: Type 1A: 240-Hours
+60ºC at 95% RH |
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Temperature Cycling |
0.21 |
~dB |
FOTP-3: 2,500-Cycles: 10ºC to
60ºC; Maximum Ramp; Zero Dwell Time |
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Cable Retention |
0.16 |
~dB |
FOTP-6: 8-Cycles: At 1m & 3m;
133 N Ramp; 5-Second Hold Time |
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Coupling Strength/Axial Pull |
0.04 |
~dB |
FOTP-185: 20-pounds; 30-Second
Hold Time |
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Impact |
0.05 |
~dB |
FOTP-2A: 8-Cycles
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Flex |
0.05 |
~dB |
FOTP-1: 300-Cycles: 1-Pound;
+ 45º |
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Twist |
0.10< | |
