RE: Short MMF cable lengths?
Eric,
As promised, below is the URL to the presentation.
ftp://209.26.30.221/t11/pub/fc/pi/01-037v0.pdf
It is about 1.2 MBytes. Have a good weekend everyone.
-BOb
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Borisch [mailto:eborisch@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 7:00 AM
> To: tia2-2tg@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Short MMF cable lengths?
> Importance: Low
>
>
> A "heads up" for the members of the group:
>
> A topic that looks like it will be coming up soon in
> standards meetings (FC
> and 10GE, I believe) is that of reducing the minimum cable
> length required
> from 2m to 0.5m. I believe the current focus is on 50um, but
> I imagine 62.5
> will be brought up eventually as well.
>
> Any input from fiber manufacturers for or against this? From laser
> manufacturers?
>
> Does anyone have recollections of the original reasons for a 2m limit?
>
> Just throwing this out here for discussion,
> Eric Borisch
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> Eric A. Borisch
>
> Dept. LBXA - Optical Interconnects Solutions
> IBM Rochester, MN
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> (507) 253-8714
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