IEC 60876-1:2012 ED4

Fibre optic interconnecting devices and passive components - Fibre optic spatial switches - Part 1: Generic specification IEC 60876-1:2012 ED4

Publication date:   Jul 13, 2012

Scope

IEC 60876-1:2012 applies to fibre optic switches possessing all of the following general features:
- they are passive in that they contain no optoelectronic or other transducing elements;
- they have one or more ports for the transmission of optical power and two or more states in which power may be routed or blocked between these ports;
- the ports are optical fibres or fibre optic connectors. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2001. It constitutes a technical revision. The changes with respect to the previous edition are to remove quality assessment procedures and to reconsider definitions.
Key words: fibre optic switches