Fiber optic patch cables, usually in both ends is fiber FC head of a optical fiber with a coating layer. And we all know that the fiber patch cable is end to end or between the equipment and the connection between the cable wiring ark. Cable is generally not directly connected to the equipment, it must through the terminal box, distribution cabinet led by the fiber patch cables.

Common fiber optic patch cable are single mode patch cables and multimode patch cables, and you also can use color to distinguish them, light yellow is generally single-mode light patch cables and the orange color is multimode patch cables. According to the joint or connector to distinguish and the types of fiber optic cables, add up these are too many types, but common fiber connectors are FC, SC, LC, ST connectors, the newly developed connectors are MT-RJ, MU , MC fiber optic connectors. Different cables are needed because of the way twisted-pair cables connect. One pair of wiring transmits information from one machine to another, and a second pair transmits information in the reverse direction.

Now the industry trend has been to adopt the MT-RJ interface for low data rate(below 1 Gbit/s), multimode applications, and the LC for high data rate applications, both single-mode and multimode. MT-RJ to LC Multimode Fiber Duplex Patch Cable can be abbreviated as MT-RJ to LC DX MM, it means one side of the patch cable interface is square MT-RJ and the other side is LC. There are many optical fiber connector products, including SC simplex, ST simplex, FC simplex, Multi channel duplex, adapters etc. Although few people now use simplex mode communication , FC simplex LC cable is also worthy of having a try. Because of its 100% optically tested to ensure high performance.

A simplex fiber-optic cable has only one tight-buffered optical fiber inside the cable jacket. Because simplex cables only have one fiber inside them, only aramid yarn is used for strength and flexibility; the aramid yarns along with the protective jacket allow the simplex cable to be connectorized and crimped directly to a mechanical connector. Simplex fiber-optic cables are typically categorized as interconnect cables and are used to make interconnections in front of the patch panel(also known as”in front of shelf” connections). However simplex multimode fiber-optic patch cable is a type of cable while receiving and sending signals and when we use this it, you’d better use with a short-range.

Fiber-optic connectors use different terminology than copper-based connectors. The male end of the connection in a fiber-optic system is terned the connector, in contrast to the plug in a copper-based system. The female end of the connection is termed the receptacle or adapter, in contrast to the jacket in a cooper-based system.

Simplex connectors terminate only a single fiber in the connector assembly. Duplex connectors terminate two fibers in the connectors assembly. Array connectors terminate more than two fibers(typically) in the connectors assembly. These connectors can be used for either single-mode or multimode fibers, but make sure you order the correct model connector depending on the type of cable you are using.

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