Fiber Optic Patch Cable Connector Types

The fiber optic connector types chart offers details on fiber patch cable types.

Fiber optic patch cable connector types.

Hybrid fiber optic patch cables. One end can be sc and the other end can be lc st fc etc. For example we name lc fiber patch cable since this cable is to use lc fiber optic connector. Fiber patch cord often called fiber patch cable fiber jumper or fiber patch lead is a length of fiber cable that terminated with fiber optic connectors lc sc mtrj st and etc at each end.

There are many fiber patch cord types such as om1 om2 om3 om4 multimode fiber and os2 single mode fiber types. There are many connector types for fibre patch leads like lc sc fc st lsh mu and mtrj. Connector of this fibre patch lead type is square like an lc connector but is about twice the size. Sc fibre patch lead.

Same connector type fiber patch cable. This fiber optic patch cable has the same type of connector on both ends such as st sc lc fc etc. Pc upc and apc connectors. The connectors allow fiber optic patch cord to be rapidly connected to an optical switch or other telecommunications computer device.

The fiber optic patch cord types are classfied by the fiber optic connector types. Fiber optic patch cables provide transfer speeds in high bandwidth applications using a light signal to transmit with no outside electrical interference. Lc fibre patch lead. You will find pc upc apc type fiber patch cord they re different as a result of polish of fiber connectors.

The color code provides a convenient method to identify these three types of connectors. Pc s color code is black the color code for the apc fiber connector is green and the upc s connector is blue. This fiber optic patch cable has different connectors on each end.