Introducing High Performance Metallic Connector For Harsh Enviornments

June 4, 2010 - PRLog -- New, Innovative Metal Optical Connector Provides Enhanced Latch Retention System

The Industry’s Only Metal-Housing Optical Connectors, The Ideal High-Performance, Discrete-Fiber Solution For Use In Severe Operating Enviornments In Industrial, Telecom, Military & Medical Applications

LC2+ connectors  are available in three versions (standard, high-temperature and sealed), to provide OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturers) and CMs (Contract Manufacturers) with design flexibility.  LC2+ metal connectors feature an enhanced latch for improved latch retention, which is important in high-shock and vibration environments.  Various strain-relief boots are available to address cable-routing issues.  The LC2+ metallic optical interconnects have a ruggedized, all-metal-connector housing, making them ideal for use in industries that operate under harsh conditions, including industrial, military, medical, aviation, and aerospace.

The LC2+ connector's unique features make further improvements by providing a high-performance discrete fiber solution, intended for use in the most rigorous operation enviornments, such as high temperature, severe shock and vibration, as well as exposure to high moisture situations.  The optical simplex and duplex connectors are available for multi-mode, single mode, and APC appliations.  In addition, the LC2+ interconnects can incorporate Polymicro Technologies’ large core specialty fibers, giving optical system designers a complete solution to large core optical fibers used for data, sensing, and optical power transmission.  LC2+ connectors are designed to support the enhanced performance (EP) aerospace-grade optical cabling, available from cable-manufacturing vendors.

The latest offering for high-density harsh enviornment optical applications, the standard LC2+ optical interconnect is a metal connector body and latch version of the popular industry-standard LC connector system and is fully compatible with all LC form factor connectors, adapters, active devices and tooling.  High-temperature LC2+ connectors will support long-run operating temperatures, up to +150°^C,  to withstand harsh operating environments that the legacy plastic-body LC interconnects could not handle.  The LC2+ sealed connectors are available with an internal O-ring that seals to the internal part of an adapter or active device, along with a special strain-relief boot that works in conjunction with the latest high temperature enhanced performance (EP) aerospace-grade fiber optic cables that seals the rear of the connector around the optical cabling to protect from moisture propagation going through the connector to expensive active devices.

LC2+ connectors are the next-generation solution to the highly popular LC connector interface.  The LC2+ interface is found on many active devices (LED and laser-based) in common equipment applications related to telecom (i.e. antennas), premise wiring, industrial, military, aerospace and medical industries.  In addition, LC2+ connectors meet all FOCIS 10 specifications.

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