Construction of a fiber optic patch cable
Fiber Optics Technology has been around since the 1960s and it has been developed further to meet the needs of our evolving technology. Many of the components of the Fiber optic system has also been developed since then, to satisfy the requirements of a better optical network. Fiber Optic technology use pulses of light to transmit data into optical fiber cables, therefore it is very important to have a component at the end of these fibers to precisely propagate the transmitted light to its destination. Fiber Optics connectors are removable device utilized primarily to achieve a precise, accurate and stable connection at the end of the fiber. Moreover, these connectors are used to minimize the insertion loss of the transmitted power to achieve a better performance of the system. Most of these connectors are made with high quality ceramic components or composite plastics to satisfy a reliable connection between fiber optic networks. While there are different kinds of optical connectors, these types are common in terms of their major components: the ferrule, the connector body, the cable, the coupler or coupling mechanism, the stress relief boot and the Dust Cap. Here below, are some definitions:
SC (Subscriber Connector)
This optical connector was one of the first optical connector in the market and was developed in Japan by a Japanese telecommunication company, NTT in the mid-eighties.
LC (Lucent Connector) One of widely used connector that was developed by Lucent Technologies, hence its name. It is commonly used in a duplex configuration. This is considered as a Small Form Factor connector due to its small size.
FC (Field Assembly Connector) The FC was the first optical connector to use ferrule thus it is sometimes called Ferrule Connector. It was invented in the Laboratory of NTT. Typically used for simplex single mode fiber.
ST (Straight Tip) Developed by AT&T after the invention of FC and one of the first and most popular connector that has been used. Widely used in a simplex configuration in multitude fibers.
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