HFBR-RXXYYY Series (POF)
HFBR-EXXYYY Series (POF)
Plastic Optical Fiber Cable and Accessories
for Versatile Link
Data Sheet
Cable Description
Features
•ꢀ CompatibleꢀwithꢀAvagoꢀVersatileꢀLinkꢀFamilyꢀofꢀcon-
nectorsꢀandꢀfiberꢀopticꢀcomponents
TheꢀHFBR-R/EXXYYYꢀseriesꢀofꢀplasticꢀfiberꢀopticꢀcablesꢀ
areꢀ constructedꢀ ofꢀ aꢀ singleꢀ step-indexꢀ fiberꢀ sheathedꢀ
inꢀaꢀblackꢀpolyethyleneꢀjacket.ꢀTheꢀduplexꢀfiberꢀconsistsꢀ •ꢀ 1ꢀmmꢀdiameterꢀPlasticꢀOpticalꢀFiberꢀ(POF)ꢀinꢀtwoꢀ
ofꢀtwoꢀsimplexꢀfibersꢀjoinedꢀwithꢀaꢀzipcordꢀweb.
grades:ꢀꢀlowꢀcostꢀstandardꢀPOFꢀwithꢀ0.22ꢀdB/mꢀtypicalꢀ
attenuation,ꢀorꢀhighꢀperformanceꢀextraꢀlowꢀlossꢀPOFꢀ
withꢀ0.19ꢀdB/mꢀtypicalꢀattenuation
StandardꢀattenuationꢀandꢀextraꢀlowꢀlossꢀPOFꢀcablesꢀareꢀ
identicalꢀexceptꢀforꢀattenuationꢀspecifications.
Polyethyleneꢀ jacketsꢀ onꢀ allꢀ plasticꢀ fiberꢀ cablesꢀ com-
plyꢀwithꢀULꢀVW-1ꢀflameꢀretardantꢀspecificationꢀ(ULꢀfileꢀ
#ꢀE89328).
Applications
•ꢀ Industrialꢀdataꢀlinksꢀforꢀfactoryꢀautomationꢀandꢀplantꢀ
control
•ꢀ Intra-systemꢀlinks;ꢀboard-to-board,ꢀrack-to-rack
•ꢀ Telecommunicationsꢀswitchingꢀsystems
•ꢀ Computer-to-peripheralꢀdataꢀlinks,ꢀPCꢀbusꢀextension
•ꢀ ProprietaryꢀLANs
Cablesꢀareꢀavailableꢀinꢀunconnectoredꢀorꢀconnectoredꢀ
options.ꢀ Referꢀ toꢀ theꢀ Orderingꢀ Guideꢀ forꢀ partꢀ numberꢀ
information.
500
400
300
•ꢀ Digitizedꢀvideo
•ꢀ Medicalꢀinstruments
•ꢀ Reductionꢀofꢀlightningꢀandꢀvoltageꢀtransientꢀsuscep-
tibility
•ꢀ Highꢀvoltageꢀisolation
200
100
620
640
660
680
700
λ – WAVELENGTH – nm
Figure 1. Typical POF attenuation vs. wavelength.