Fiber Optic Communication is the most advanced technique for wired communication and offers many advantages like extremely low loss, low power requirement, high bandwidth and many more. However, traditional cables and systems that make use of copper wires cannot be replaced with optical fibers as it is a gradual process and it takes time to replace the old systems completely.
For the time being we are into the stage of transformation and often there is need to interconnect the fiber optic cable to a traditional cable like twisted wire or co-axial cable. It is not possible to connect the two different media directly as their operating characteristics are totally different. This is where Fiber Media Converter comes so handy and allows easy interconnection of optical fiber cable to any other cable. A fiber optic media is basically a networking device allows the engineers to establish connection between the copper based structured cabling system and fiber optic cabling based systems. There are many more devices and components that are required for optical fiber based networking systems like fiber optic patch cord, SPF etc.
Overview on Optical Fiber Patch Cord
Unlike normal twisted wire, it is not possible to connect fiber optic cables to the devices unless you have proper connecters, plugs and caps at the ends. A fiber optical-based patch cord is like any other patch cord. Patch cord refers to a piece of wire with suitable connectors at each end that allows transfer of signals or power from one system to another or simply interconnects two systems. fiber optic patch cord is small section of optical fiber cable with connectors at each end to enable the cord to connect to variety of optical fiber networking devices like optical switch, CATV cable and other telecommunication equipments.
Usage of SPF in Optical Fiber Communication
SPF in fiber optic communication stands for small form- factor pluggable which is a trans-receiver device that is capable of both transmitting and receiving the signals. SPF is particularly a fiber optic plug that acts as an interface between a network device’s motherboard and a fiber optic cable or traditional copper cable. SPF is a perfect component especially designed for the optical fiber communication. It has an extremely small size, which enables it to be used with optical fiber cables and support high-speed data rate. They are commonly found at the back of the networking devices like routers, Ethernet switches, firewalls, network interface cards, motherboards etc.
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