EN IEC 60793-2-40:2021

Optical fibres - Part 2-40: Product specifications - Sectional specification for category A4 multimode fibres EN IEC 60793-2-40:2021

Publication date:   Aug 16, 2021

Scope

<!-- NEW! -->IEC 60793-2-40:2021 is available as <a href="https://webstore.iec.ch/publication/68615">IEC 60793-2-40:2021 RLV</a> which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.</br></br>IEC 60793-2-40:2021 is applicable to category A4 optical multimode fibres and the related subcategories A4a, A4b, A4c, A4d, A4e, A4g, A4h and A4i. These fibres have a plastic core and plastic cladding and may have step-index, multi-step index or graded-index profiles. The fibres are used in information transmission equipment and other applications employing similar light transmitting techniques, and in fibre optic cables. Table 1 summarizes some of the salient characteristics and applications of these fibres. This fifth edition cancels and replaces the fourth edition published in 2015. This edition constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:

- revision of NA range of A4a.2;

- addition of a new subcategory A4i;

- deletion of the subcategory A4f and of Annex F.