Butterfly-shaped optical fiber cables, also known as ribbon fiber optic cables, are a type of fiber optic cable that contains multiple fibers within a single flat ribbon. This design allows for easy installation and termination, as multiple fibers can be spliced or connected at. FTTH Butterfly Optic Cables were designed to eliminate those compromises. The name comes from the cross-section: a flat, wing-shaped profile with the optical fiber sitting in the center and two parallel strength members flanking it on either side. This unique multi-core architecture is encapsulated in a compact cable design, delivering up to four times more bandwidth. This cable is mainly used for interconnecting cable for jumpers, patch cords or pigtails. These are used to provide links to protocols such as FTTH, FDDI, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, ATM. Briticom ® offers Armoured Butterfly-Shaped.
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