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Ensured Performance
Optimized Physical Contact (OPC) enhances your link parameters
Why do you require a controlled ferrule end face? Enhanced services such as Gigabit, 10
Gigabit and soon 40/100 Gigabit Ethernet require a high quality cabling system. Therefore,
IEC 608749 specifies the dimensional details of fiber optic connectors in order to ensure
interoperability and performance within an ISO 11801 specified application. These dimensional
requirements are directly related to the endface characteristics of a polished ferrule, namely
its radius, dome offset and fiber position.
If these ferrule characteristics are optimal, an Optimized Physical Contact (OPC)
between the two connectors is guaranteed. This will enhance data transmission parameters
like optical performance, Attenuation, Return Loss and data link stability.
Also, the optical interoperability between connectors of different suppliers can be ensured
by controlled endfaces. As a result of OPC a stable physical contact between the endfaces
is achieved. This provides a very low Insertion Loss as well as a high Return Loss in order to
run high speed applications like 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet. All products in this catalog that
feature the Ensured Performance logo provide OPC at all time. AMP NETCONNECT
guarantees a controlled endface for all OM3, OM4 and OS2 assemblies and field installable
products (MT-RJ and LightCrimp Plus).
XG
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10 Gb/s Approved
High-speed 10 Gigabit Ethernet over Twisted Pair and Fiber Optic Cabling
The AMP NETCONNECT XG Systems, comprising Cat. 6 Copper and OM3 Fiber products
have become firmly established industry-leading portfolios with excellent 10 Gb/s
performance.
As transmission and connectivity technologies have progressed, TE has developed products
which exploit these technological advantages: our AMP NETCONNECT XG
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Systems include our
Cat. 6
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Copper and OM4 Fiber portfolios to become an end-to-end 10 Gb/s infrastructure
solutions. They are fully compliant with the latest ISO/IEC 11801 Amendment 2 specifications.
The XG
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10 Gb/s approved seal is an indicator for all products of the XG
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family.
ISO Cat. 6
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An augmented Category 6 specification
All products in this catalog that feature the ISO Cat. 6
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seal are compliant with the global
cabling standard ISO/IEC 11801 Amendment 2.
This amendment defines specifications for Cat. 6
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components and Class E
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permanent links.
These global Cat. 6
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/ Class E
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specifications require a generation of connecting hardware
offering far superior performance compared to the existing products which are based on the
American TIA standard.
Benefits of this higher standard include more headroom, “mix & match” capability, enabling
short links, and removing the requirement for ANEXT testing.
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