12F MTP® PRO to 12F MTP® PRO OM4 Corning ClearCurve® OFNP MTP pull tab Polarity Type B Bend Insensitive Aqua

🔌 Overview

• Connector A: MTP® PRO Female (no pins, pull tab)

• Connector B: MTP® PRO Female (no pins, pull tab)

• Fiber Count: 12 fibers (fully utilized)

• Fiber Type: OM4, bend-insensitive

• Glass Manufacturer: Corning® ClearCurve®

• Jacket Color: Aqua (OM3/OM4 standard)

• Jacket Rating: OFNP (plenum-rated for indoor use)

• Polarity: Type B (key-up to key-up, straight-through)

🧪 Optical Performance

• Core/Cladding Size: 50/125 µm

• Fiber Class: OM4 BI (Bend Insensitive)

• Glass Type: Corning® ClearCurve® optimized for tight bends

• Bandwidth: ≥ 4700 MHz·km @ 850 nm

• Typical Insertion Loss: ≤ 0.35 dB

• Return Loss: ≥ 60 dB (APC polish)

• Maximum Supported Distances:

• 10GBASE-SR: up to 400 meters

• 40GBASE-SR4 / 100GBASE-SR4: up to 100 meters (8 fibers used)

🔄 Polarity Type B (Straight-Through)

• Mapping:

• Fiber 1 → Fiber 12

• Fiber 2 → Fiber 11

• Fiber 3 → Fiber 10

• Fiber 4 → Fiber 9

• …

• Fiber 6 → Fiber 7

• Used to maintain correct Tx/Rx orientation in parallel optics links and modular trunk-patch environments

🔧 MTP® PRO Connector Features

• Pull Tab: Easy handling in high-density panels

• Polarity/Gender Changeable: Field reversible with MTP® PRO tool

• APC Endface: Optimized for high return loss and signal integrity

✅ Typical Applications

• 40G / 100G / 400G Ethernet backbones

• Trunk cabling in structured cabling systems

• Spine-leaf switch fabric interconnects

• Modular patch panels and MTP cassettes

• High-density optical environments in data centers and enterprise cores