Category 5e, 6 & 6A

 Category 5e Copper Cable

Construction:

  • Conductor: 24 AWG (0.2 mm) solid bare copper
  • Color Code:
    • Pair 1: Blue – White/Blue
    • Pair 2: Orange – White/Orange
    • Pair 3 – Green – White/Green
    • Pair 4: Brown – White/Brown
  • Jacket: Riser – Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT4 per UL 444; Plenum – Low Smoke Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT6 per UL 444
  • Ripcord: Applied longitudinally under jacket

Category 5e Electrical Characteristics:

  • Characteristic Impedance: 100 ± 15 (.772 to 100 MHz)
  • Maximum Conductor Resistance: 9.38 / 100 Meters @ 20° C
  • Maximum Resistance Unbalanced: 5%
  • Maximum Mutual Capacitance: 5.6 nF/100 Meters @ 1kHz
  • Maximum Capacitance Unbalanced: 330 pF/100 Meters
  • Maximum Delay Skew: 45 ns/100 Meters

*Discrete values are for information only. Equations for swept frequencies govern limits. Verified to meet Cat 5e TIA-568-B.2 performance requirements per the verification requirements defined in E108971

Category 6 Copper Cable

Construction:

  • Conductor: 24 AWG (0.2 mm) solid bare copper
  • Color Code:
    • Pair 1: Blue – White/Blue
    • Pair 2: Orange – White/Orange
    • Pair 3 – Green – White/Green
    • Pair 4: Brown – White/Brown
  • Jacket: Riser – Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT4 per UL 444; Plenum – Low Smoke Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT6 per UL 444
  • Cabling: Four twisted pairs are cabled around a star filler with a left-hand lay
  • Ripcord: Applied longitudinally under jacket

Category 6 Electrical characteristics*:

  • Characteristic Impedance:
    • 100 ± 15 (1.0 to 550 MHz)
    • 100 ± 20 (101 to 250 MHz)
  • Maximum Conductor Resistance: 9.38 / 100 Meters @ 20° C
  • Maximum Resistance Unbalanced: 3%
  • Maximum Mutual Capacitance: 5.6 nF/100 Meters @ 1kHz
  • Maximum Capacitance Unbalanced: 330 pF/100 Meters
  • Maximum Delay Skew: 45 ns/100 Meters

*Discrete values are for information only. Equations for swept frequencies govern limits. Verified to meet Cat 6 TIA-568-B.2-1 performance requirements per the verification requirements defined in E108971

 Category 6a Copper Cable

Construction:

  • Conductor: 23 AWG (0.2 mm) solid bare copper
  • Color Code:
    • Pair 1: Blue – White/Blue
    • Pair 2: Orange – White/Orange
    • Pair 3 – Green – White/Green
    • Pair 4: Brown – White/Brown
  • Jacket: Riser – Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT4 per UL 444; Plenum – Low Smoke Flame Retardant PVC, UL Listed Type FT6 per UL 444
  • Cabling: UTP – Four twisted pairs are cabled around a star filler with a left-hand lay; FTP – Four twisted pairs are cabled around a star filler with a left-hand lay and wrapped with polyester tape. An aluminum/polyester tape is applied overall (aluminum side in) and a 24 AWG solid TC Drain Wire is pulled in under the tape
  • Ripcord: Applied longitudinally under UTP 6a Riser and Plenum cables

Category 6a 10GBASE-T Electrical characteristics*:

  • Characteristic Impedance:
    • 100 ± 15 (1.0 to 550 MHz)
    • 100 ± 20 (101 to 250 MHz)
    • 100 ± 25 (251 to 500 MHz)
  • Maximum Conductor Resistance: 9.38 / 100 Meters @ 20° C
  • Maximum Resistance Unbalanced: 3%
  • Maximum Mutual Capacitance: 5.6 nF/100 Meters @ 1kHz
  • Maximum Capacitance Unbalanced: 330 pF/100 Meters

*Discrete values are for information only. Equations for swept frequencies govern limits. Verified to meet Cat 6a TIA-568-B.2-10 performance requirements per the verification requirements defined in E108971