Introduction to Three Special LC Fiber Optic Patch Cables

With high density and good performance, LC connectors have become one of the most essential components in data center applications. Terminated with LC connectors, LC fiber patch cables have also gained much attention around the world. Various LC patch cables can be found on the market, such as standard LC LC fiber cable, armored LC LC patch cable and multi-core LC LC patch cable, etc. This text will introduce several special designed LC fiber patch cables in FS.COM, including uniboot LC patch cable, keyed LC patch cable and LC push-pull TAB patch cable.

Uniboot LC fiber patch cable is terminated with two LC connectors that wrapped by a common housing with one boot. It uses a special “round duplex” cable to achieve duplex transmission within a single cable, and it can deliver maximum connectivity performance in a minimal footprint. Compared to standard patch cord, uniboot LC patch cable has a more compact design that can reduce cable management space by up to 68%. Furthermore, uniboot Lc patch cable can ensure easier maintenance and operability with too-less field reversible polarity and color identification. With all these features, uniboot LC patch cable has become an ideal solution for high density network environment. FS.COM has a series of high-quality uniboot LC fiber patch cables in stock, which offer the best solution for high-density applications, data centers, private networks and premise installation, etc. Here shows the different structure between uniboot LC patch cable and standard LC patch cord.

In recent years, physically discrete fiber connection systems have emerged to respond to a growing demand for security in high-performance fiber network. Network managers must guard against not only physical intrusion or tapping of the cables, but also non-contact eavesdropping to protect the ever increasing amount of sensitive data. To prevent unauthorized and inadvertent changes in highly sensitive applications, keyed LC fiber patch cable is designed.

Keyed LC fiber patch cable, also called as secured LC fiber patch cable, is terminated with special LC connectors at both ends, which have specific color codes and functional keyed features to identify and manage restricted network connections (shown in the following picture). It is utilized in mission critical circuits where networks are segregated by color for identification and protected from accidental moves. What’s more, keyed LC patch cable should be used with the same colored fiber adapters or fiber adapter panels, because each color of a set of keyed LC connectivity products represents a unique keying pattern that only allows matched color mating. FS.COM’s keyed LC patch cables are available in a variety of key colors, fiber types and lengths to help you to protect your data resources against intrusion and interference.

With more and more cables used in data center, it is a headache for network managers to accommodate such massive cables in a given space. And adding more floor space is an expensive disruptive and sometimes un-affordable solution. Thus, high-density LC push-pull TAB patch cables are conceived to solve this problem.

LC push-pull TAB fiber patch cable is attached with a special “pull” tab design, which is used for pushing and pulling the whole connector, offering easier finger access and cable locating. With this design, the connecting and disconnecting of fiber patch cables will be easier without affecting other links. Moreover, the traditional patch cords often require a small vertical space above and below the adapters, while LC push-pull patch cables, together with the pull tab, allow adapters to be stacked with absolutely no vertical space. LC push-pull TAB patch cables in FS.COM are available in PVC, LSZH and plenum (OFNP) rated jacket materials to comply with local ordinance, and meet the demands of Gigabit Ethernet, 10 Gigabit Ethernet and high speed fibre channel. The picture below shows LC push-pull TAB patch cable.

After reading this article, we have got a basic understanding of three special LC fiber optic patch cables. Each of them has unique features, and is applied in specific applications. Besides all these three LC fiber cables that are provided in FS.COM, we also provide many other types of patch cords, like LC-SC fiber patch cable, SC to SC fiber cable, and so on. For more information, you can visit FS.COM.