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Super Eska™
SUPER Eska™ - a defacto standard for Audio Interface cable
Mitsubishi Rayon's original POF designed for data transmission. Quite a few of the Digital Audio Interface cables which are manufactured (a few million pieces a month in the world), are made of "Super Eska™" fiber.
Characterisitics
- Low cost, general-purpose.
- For data transmission, and sensing.
- Popular as Digital Audio Interface cable.
- Operation temperature: -40 to 70°C
Specifications
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Structure
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Step Index
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Comments
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NA
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0.5
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Refractive
Index (core)
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1.49
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Transmission
Loss
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0.16
dB/m
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excluding
SK-10 and utilized cable
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Bandwidth
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40
MHz/50m
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applies to
SK-30, 40 only
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Operation
Temperature
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-40
~ 70°C
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Super Eska™ Optical Fiber
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Part
No. |
Fiber
Diameter (mm) |
Core
Diameter (mm) |
Bandwidth
/ 50 m |
Transmission
Loss (k/m) |
Remarks
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2.0
|
1.96
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N/R
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160
dB
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Special order only
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1.5
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1.47
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1.0
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0.98
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40 MHz
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–
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0.75
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0.73
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0.5
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0.48
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–
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Not usable for data transmission
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0.25
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0.24
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–
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