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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

What is Fiber Optic Media Converter?

What is Fiber Optic Media Converter? Tube. Duration : 5.57 Mins.


www.fiberoptics4sale.com A fiber media converter is a simple networking device that make it possible to connect two dissimilar media types such as twisted pair with fiber optic cabling, as shown in this picture. Twisted pair cable, coaxial cable and other copper cabling can only support limited length before signal becomes too weak. On the other hand, optical signal can propagate in fiber cables for very long distance before signal becomes too degraded. So fiber optic cable is used to extend the network, from 2000 meters up to 120 km. A fiber optic media converter has two interfaces. One interface is the local electronic interface, may it be a RJ45 Ethernet, or RS-232 serial data interface. The other interface is usually a duplex fiber interface with ST, SC, or LC connectors. One of the optic port is the optical transmitter. The transmitter accepts coded electronic pulse information coming from copper wire. It then processes and translates that information into equivalently coded light pulses. A light-emitting diode (LED) or an injection-laser diode (ILD) can be used for generating the light pulses. Using a lens, the light pulses are coupled into the fiber optic cable and transmit down the line. Once the light pulses reach their destination they are channeled into the optical receiver port of the media converter on the other end. The optical receiver converts it to an electrical signal containing the information coded on the light at the transmitting end. There are many ...

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