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Title:
RISER RATED OPTICAL FIBER CABLE SUITABLE FOR OUTDOOR USE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH1123926
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide the riser rated cable which can be formed by using a low-cost material which has a small diameter and a small minimum radius of curvature.

The optical fiber cable 10 suitable for indoor use includes a core tube 12 which surrounds coated optical fibers 11, a jacket 16 made of a fire retardant polymer material surrounding the core tube 12, and at least one strength member 13 or 14 arranged between the core tube 12 and jacket 16. The jacket 16 has an external diameter of approximately ≤7 mm and the coated optical fiber 11 has a short-time increase in signal attenuation of approximately ≤0.01 dB when the cable 10 is looped to a radius of 5 cm.


Inventors:
BRINGUIER ANNE G
Application Number:
JP7516598A
Publication Date:
January 29, 1999
Filing Date:
March 24, 1998
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
SIECOR CORP
International Classes:
G02B6/44; (IPC1-7): G02B6/44
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Minoru Nakamura (6 outside)