1868ENH Networking Cables Datatwist cable CAT 5E F/UTP LSNH PATCH 2011-09-08 v9 Applications Work area patch cable Support current and future Category 5e applications, such as: 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100 Base-T, 10 Base-T, FDDI, ATM General standards International standard: ISO/IEC 11801 2nd edition (2002) and ISO/IEC 11801 Amendment 2 (2010) European standard: EN 50173-1 (2002) and EN 50173-1 Amendment 1 (2009) U.S. Standards: ANSI/TIA/EIA 568-B.2-1 (2002) Construction & Dimensions 1 2 3 4 5 1. Conductor Material Stranded bare copper ETP Diameter AWG 26 (7x AWG 34) 2. Insulation Material Polyethylene Nominal diameter over insulation 0.95 mm 3. Cable core Pair 2 twisted insulated conductors Number of pairs 4, all twisted together Colour code pair 1 Black / Blue & Blue Colour code pair 2 Black / Orange & Orange Colour code pair 3 Black / Green & Green Colour code pair 4 Black / Brown & Brown 4. Foil shielding Material Laminated Aluminium / Polyester Position aluminium Facing inside, in contact with drain wire Drain wire material Stranded tinned copper Drain wire diameter AWG 26 (7x AWG 34) 5. Jacket Material LSNH Diameter 5.4 0.3 mm Electrical characteristics Reference standard: ISO/IEC 61156-6 edition 3.0 (2010) Low frequency and D.C. (at 20C) Specification Unit /100m D.C. resistance conductor < 14.5 Resistance unbalance: within a pair / between pairs < 2 / < 4 % Insulation resistance 5000 M.km Dielectric strength conductor-conductor and conductor-screen (2 sec.) 2.5 kV DC Mutual capacitance < 56 nF/km Capacitance unbalance pair to ground < 1600 pF/km Nominal velocity of propagation (for information only) > 0.6 c Delay skew (differential delay) 40 ns/100m Transfer impedance according IEC 61156-5 Grade 2 Coupling attenuation according IEC 61156-5 Type II High frequency (at 20), reference standard: ISO/IEC61156-5 TYPE 1* 4 10 16 20 31.25 62.5 100 MHz Attenuation 3.2 6.0 9.5 12.1 13.5 17.1 24.8 32.0 dB/100m NEXT 65.3 56.3 50.3 47.2 45.8 42.9 38.4 35.3 dB/100m PS NEXT 62.3 53.3 47.3 44.2 42.8 39.9 35.4 32.3 dB/100m ACR 62.1 50.3 40.8 35.2 32.2 25.8 13.6 3.3 dB/100m PS ACR 59.1 47.3 37.8 32.2 29.2 22.8 10.6 0.3 dB/100m ACR-F 64.0 52.0 44.0 39.9 38.0 34.1 28.1 24.0 dB/100m PS ACR-F 61.0 49.0 41.0 36.9 35.0 31.5 25.1 21.0 dB/100m Return Loss 20.0 23.0 25.0 25.0 25.0 23.3 20.7 19.0 dB/100m TCL level 1 40.0 34.0 30.0 28.0 27.0 25.1 22.0 20.0 dB/100m EL TCTL 35.0 23.0 15.0 10.9 9.0 5.5 dB/100m Impedance 122.2 115.2 111.9 111.9 111.9 114.6 120.2 125.3 upper limit Impedance 81.8 86.8 89.4 89.4 89.4 87.2 83.2 79.8 lower limit Propagation 570 552 545 543 540 539 538 537 ns/100m delay NOTE: Limits below 4MHz are for information only 2