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Category 5e 4-Pair Riser Data Cable
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Basic Structured Cabling Systems
Category 5e 4-Pair Riser Data Cable
Specifications
CONSTRUCTION
Conductors: 24 AWG solid bare copper
Insulation: Polyolefin
Pairing: Short, staggered pair lays
Jacket: Lead-free, flame retardant PVC
Nominal outer diameter: 4.7 mm (.185")
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
Conductor DC resistance (maximum): 9.38 Ω/100 meters (28.6 Ω/1000 ft) @ 20 °C (68 °F)
DC resistance unbalance (maximum): 2%
Mutual capacitance (maximum): 5.6 nF/100 meters (17 pF/ft)
Operating temperature (maximum): 75 °C (167 °F)
Operating voltage (maximum): 300 VDC
Worst case cable skew: 25 nS/100 meters (25 nS/328 ft)
Nominal velocity of propagation: 69%
Freq
(MHz)
Fitted
Impedance
(Ohms)
Insertion Loss
(dB/100m)
Return Loss
(dB/100m)
Pair-Pair NEXT
(dB/100m)
PSNEXT
(dB/100m)
Spec Max Spec Min Spec Min Spec Min Spec
1 100 +/- 15 1.9 2.0 30.1 20.0 73.4 65.3 70.9 62.3
4 100 +/- 15 3.9 4.1 27.5 23.0 66.7 56.3 65.0 53.3
8 100 +/- 15 5.5 5.8 31.3 24.5 61.5 51.8 59.7 48.8
10 100 +/- 15 6.2 6.5 28.6 25.0 60.1 50.3 57.6 47.3
16 100 +/- 15 7.8 8.2 31.2 25.0 53.8 47.2 52.9 44.2
20 100 +/- 15 8.8 9.3 30.8 25.0 57.5 45.8 54.5 42.8
25 100 +/- 15 9.9 10.4 30.5 24.3 52.3 44.3 53.0 41.3
31.25 100 +/- 15 11.0 11.7 31.2 23.6 49.4 42.9 47.3 39.9
62.5 100 +/- 15 15.8 17.0 27.6 21.5 46.6 38.4 44.4 35.4
100 100 +/- 15 20.2 22.0 23.0 20.1 45.3 35.3 42.6 32.3
155 100 +/- 15 25.4 –– 23.0 –– 45.3 –– 40.4 ––