Answer to Question #269597 in Electric Circuits for vishnu

Question

In your opinion, between Fiber Optic A and Fiber Optic B, which fiber has better construction. Explain the reasons.

Answer 1

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Fiber Optic A is Simplex Cable

Fiber Optic A is Duplex Patch Cable has better construction.

I think, Duplex Patch Cable has better construction.

Reasons:

A simplex fiber cable has one single strand of plastic or glass fiber. It is typically used when a multiplex data signal is used or when only one transmit and/or receive line is needed between devices.

A duplex fiber cable has two strands of plastic or glass fiber joined with a thin web, and is typically used where a separate transmit and receive are necessary for duplex communication between devices.

Single-mode fiber-optic cable and duplex multimode cable should be used for applications where simultaneous, bidirectional data transfer is required.

Duplex cable is required for hardware applications like workstations, ethernet switches, fiber switches and servers, and backbone ports.