Fiber Optic Whitepaper0 pages
Fiber Optic Connectivity Solutions
Patented Alignment Technology
The Cinch Advantage
Features
Cinch EBOSA™ Expanded Beam Technology
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Contact based technologies
to suit various connector form
factors
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Patented active alignment production process t
provides superior performance in harsh environments
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Full range of Fibreco expanded beam connectors
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Supports multimode or singlemode cable
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1 to 16 optical channels
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Fiber optic / copper hybrid assemblies
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Custom lengths; high quality military tactical cable
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Wide range of deployable cable reels
Expands and collimates the optical beam up to 2000 times the t
original beam size making airborne dirt nearly benign to beam t
continuity and integrity.
Fibre
Lens
Fibre
Collimated Beam
Our patented active alignment technology aligns a standard LC t
ferrule to Cinch’s EBOSA™ with ultra-high precision. This results
in insertion loss and reflectance performance that meets the MILDTL-83526/20 & /21 specification and can exceed the specification
for customer specific applications for expanded beam connectors.
Why use Cinch's Expanded Beam Technology:
•t Very short lead-times
•t Easy to use
•t Extremely durable
MIL-DTL-83526
•t Standard assembly tooling
•t COTS ferrules & termination tooling
•t Field repairable
•t Reduced training, maintenance and total ownership cost
MM/62.5 µm core
Average dust particle
MM/50 µm core
SM/9 µm core
Products
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Contact technology form factor: Mil-DTL-29504,
ARINC 801- 2 mm
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Connector form factor: Mil-DTL-83526, 38999 series
III, EN 4644, D-sub and Micro D for Mil-DTL-83513
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Multiple fiber modes including: Multimode MM
(50/125 µm fiber and 62.5/125 µm fiber in 850 and 1300
nm wavelengths), singlemode (9/125 µm fiber in 1550
and 1310 nm wavelengths)
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Tactical cable assemblies, multi
branch out harnesses and bulkhead to board tails
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Miniaturization
Expanded Beam MM=550 µm core
Human hair approximately .60-100 µm
Expanded Beam SM=440 µm core
Average dustt
particlet
5-40µm
Average dust particle
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Fiber NA v2 09 2013