MPO Gender
MPOs
are classified by the guide pins on the end of the connector, and
require 1 male and 1 female to mate properly. MPO connectors use a
“barrel sleeve” adapter that simply holds one male and one female MPO
“plug” together. The male guide pins fit into the female holes to ensure
precise fiber alignment. Attempting to mate two female connectors will
result in a seemingly secure connection, but with extremely high loss,
and attempting to mate two male connectors will most likely damage one
or both connectors due to the guide pins clashing.
Transceivers
and cassettes come with the sleeve adapter built in, and the industry
standard is a male connection on the inside. Therefore, the standard for
cables is female to female. This changes, however, when you need to
extend a cable or connect two cables. You will then need a male to
female cable plus adapter. If you’re designing a multi-ferrule MPO trunk
backbone cable, you might consider making this male to male, then
patching to your hardware with female to female cables. We offer all
combinations of genders, so contact us with your needs and we will be
able to customize these for you.
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| MPO Male with Pins | MPO Female without Pins |
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Gender Standards
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Cassettes
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Male Port
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Transceivers
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Male Port
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Patch Cables
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Female to Female
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Extender Cables
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Male to Female
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Trunk Cables
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Male to Male (Custom Mix)
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MPO Polarity
MPO
connectors have a key on one of the flat sides added by the body, and
the orientation of this key determines the cable’s polarity. MPO and MTP
connectors also have a white dot on one side of the connector to denote
where pin 1 is.
Polarities
Please Note: When
it is connected with two 40G QSFP+ transceivers, please choose the
Method B as polarity; when it is connected with other equipment such as
MPO Cassettes, you can choose any of the polarities as you need.
Parameter Reference
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Type
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Singlemode (APC Polish)
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Singlemode (PC Polish)
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Multimode (PC Polish)
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Fiber Count
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8, 12, 24, etc.
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8, 12, 24, etc.
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8, 12, 24, etc.
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Fiber Type
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G652D, G657A1 etc.
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G652D, G657A1 etc.
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OM1, OM2, OM3 etc.
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MaximumInertion Loss
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Elite
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Standard
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Elite
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Standard
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Elite
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Standard
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Low Loss
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Low Loss
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Low Loss
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=0.35 dB
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=0.75 dB
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=0.35 dB
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=0.75 dB
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=0.35 dB
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=0.60dB
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Return Loss
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=55 dB
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=45 dB
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=20 dB
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Durability
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=200 times
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=200 times
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=200 times
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OperatingTemperature
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-10? ~ +70?
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-10? ~ +70?
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-10? ~ +70?
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Test Wavelength
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1310nm
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1310nm
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850nm
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Features
- MPO SM 12 Fiber Cable Assembly
- Fiber Mode: Single Mode 9/125µm Corning Fiber
- Fiber Count: 12 Fiber
- Connector Type: 12 Fiber Standard MPO X 2
- Cable Type: 3mm Round Yellow Plenum Jacket
- Polish Type: APC, 8° Angle polish
- Gender: Female / Male
- Plug and Play Ready
Applications
- Security networks
- Telecommunication networks
- Active device interface
- Data center networks
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Data processing networks
- Interconnection for O/E modules
- High density cross-connects
- Optical switch inter-frame connection
