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Eska™ Mega

Eska™ MEGA - for Digital Home Appliance Interface
  • Mitsubishi Rayon's original high bandwidth POF for consumer market developed in 1994.
  • Recognized as a standard by ATM Forum and IEEE1394.
  • Expected to be utilized as a PMD for Digital Home Appliance Interface.
Characterisitics
  • Low NA of 0.3, Bandwidth of 230Mbps/50m
  • Good against repeated bending
  • Compliant with ATM standard
  • Compliant with IEEE1394.b (S200) document specification
  • Best suited for digital home appliances (S400/20m).

Can be utilized with ATM-LAN, 100Base, IEEE1394 (100, 200Mbps), PBX, and High speed FA interface.

Red line below is the shorter than red line above . These two lines show optical transmission time.

The difference between straight line(not shown) and red line is smaller in Low NA optical fiber than that of conventional NA optical fiber.

This means Low NA optical fiiber has smaller dispersion of transmission time.

That is why Low NA optical fiber is superior in bandwidth than conventional NA optical fiber.

Specification

Compliant with ATM Forum PHY-0079
Compliant with p1394.b document specification


Structure
Low NA SI
 
Transmission Loss
0.16 dB/m
NA
0.3
 
Bandwidth
200 MHz/ 50m
Refractive Index (core)
1.49
 
Operation Temperature
-55 ~ 70¾

Eska™ Mega Bulk (Bare) Fibers

Part No.
Fiber Dia.
Core Dia.
Bandwidth
(50m)
Trans. Loss
(/km)
Remarks
MK-40
1.0 mm
0.98 mm
40 MHz
150 dB
Not available in bulk
MK-30
.75 mm
0.73 mm

Eska™ Mega Cables

Part No.
Jacketing Material
Characteristics
Fiber Diameter (mm)
0.75
1.0
Simplex
Duplex
MK-30
MK-40
Polyethylene
  
0
MH3001
MH3002
0
 
Polyvinylchloride
Flame resistant
 
0
  
2.2
2.2
Simplex Cable Outer
Diameter (mm)