Active optical cable aoc is a cabling technology that accepts same electrical inputs as a traditional copper cable but uses optical fiber between the connectors.
Active optical cable usb.
Intercon s new hybrid active optical hao assembly breaks through the cable length barrier and provides a rugged high flex solution for those applications where a high flex long distance solution is needed.
This shielded active optical fiber cable supports the full bandwidth of usb 3 0 and can be used to extend all usb 3 0 products.
With a cable diameter in the range of 3mm it is thinner and lighter than copper cable easing installation and handling.
Passive cables are liable to degrade the data they carry due to channel impairments including attenuation crosstalk and group velocity distortion.
The cable is rated superspeed and carries up to 5gbps.
Figure 1 gives examples of interfaces that usb type c can substitute for.
After much research and failed efforts using active usb cables to attempt the run i found this product.
The optical to electrical conversion engine ensures transmission of high bandwidth at low power consumption.
In addition the connector is advantageous in that it can be plugged in a reversible manner and substitutes as various existing interfaces.
Aoc uses electrical to optical conversion on the cable ends to improve speed and distance performance of the cable without sacrificing compatibility with standard electrical.
In active cables a circuit using one or several.
The usb 3 0 active optical cable aoc is designed to be compliant with superspeed usb electrical specifications offering seamless interoperability between existing usb 3 0 hosts hubs and devices ensuring a trouble free plug and play experience.
Everpro s usb 3 0 aoc uses optical fiber to replace copper wire as the high speed signal transmission medium supporting 5gbps up to 100m.
Active optical cable aoc for av applications take ultra high bandwidth audio video the distance professional a v applications require solutions that can support the ever increasing ultra high bandwidth video of today at the distances they need to reach and at a price that won t break the bank.
It is conveniently port powered and does not utilize any repeater hubs making it easier to install through conduits.
Active cables are copper cables for data transmission that use an electronic circuit to boost the performance of the cable.
This cable works flawlessly.
The usb type c connector is smaller than conventional consumer electronics interfaces.
I expected an optical cable solution to be more expensive than the active cable solutions but to my surprise this cable was half as much as some of those cables at this length.
Without an electronic circuit a cable is considered a passive cable.