| Category 8 | |||
| Conductor Material | Solid Bare Copper | Conductor Size | 23 AWG |
| Cold Bend Test | -20±2˚C x 4hrs No Crack | Jacket Type | LSOH |
| Insulation Material | Foam PE | Cross Filler | N/A |
| Pair 1 | Blue/Blue-White | Pair 2 | Orange/Orange-White |
| Pair 3 | Green/Green-White | Pair 4 | Brown/Brown-White |
| Drain Wire | – | Inner Screening Material | Al-mylar foil |
| Outer Screening Material | Tinned copper braiding | Coverage | ≥60% |
| Sheath Physical Properties | |||
| Before Aging Tensile Strength (MPa) | ≥13.5 | Elongation (%) | ≥150 |
| Aging Period (℃×hrs) | 100℃×24h×7d | After Aging Tensile Strength (Mpa) | ≥12.5 |
| Elongation (%) | ≥125 | ||
| Electrical Characteristics (20℃) | |||
| Impedance(Ω) | 100±5Ω@100MHz | Delay Skew (ns/100m) | ≤25 |
| Velocity of Propagation (%) | 78 | Unbalanced-to-ground capacitance (pf/100m) max | 120 |
| DC Resistance (Ω/100m) max | 9.5 | DC Conductor Resistance Unbalance (%) max | 2.0 |
| ANSI/TIA-568.2-D Category8 Horizontal Cable Parameters(30m) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Frequency (MHz) | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 20 | 25 | 31.25 | 62.5 | 100 | 200 | 250 | 300 | 400 | 500 | 600 | 1000 | 1500 | 2000 |
| RL
(dB/100m) |
19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 14.3 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| ATT
(dB) Min |
3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 6.5 | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.5 | 13.3 | 15.0 | 16.5 | 22.0 | 27.7 | 32.7 |
| NEXT
(dB/100m) |
65.0 | 63.8 | 58.9 | 57.3 | 53.9 | 52.3 | 5.07 | 49.1 | 44.0 | 40.5 | 35.3 | 33.6 | 32.3 | 30.1 | 27.9 | 25.7 | 19.3 | 13.9 | 9.8 |
| PSFEXT
(dB/100m) |
62.0 | 60.5 | 55.6 | 54.0 | 50.6 | 49.0 | 47.3 | 45.7 | 40.6 | 37.1 | 31.9 | 30.2 | 28.8 | 26.6 | 24.8 | 22.7 | 16.5 | 11.2 | 7.3 |
| ACR-F
(dB/100m) |
65.0 | 59.9 | 53.9 | 52.0 | 47.9 | 45.9 | 44.0 | 42.1 | 36.0 | 32.0 | 25.9 | 24.0 | 22.4 | 19.9 | 18.0 | 16.4 | 12.0 | 8.4 | 5.9 |
| PS ACR-F
(dB/100m) Min |
62.0 | 56.9 | 50.9 | 49.0 | 44.9 | 42.9 | 41.0 | 39.1 | 33.0 | 29.0 | 22.9 | 21.0 | 19.4 | 16.9 | 15.0 | 13.4 | 9.0 | 5.4 | 2.9 |
| ACR-N
(dB/100m) Min |
62.0 | 60.8 | 55.9 | 54.3 | 50.9 | 49.3 | 47.5 | 45.5 | 38.9 | 34.0 | 26.0 | 23.2 | 20.8 | 16.8 | 12.9 | 9.2 | -2.6 | -13.8 | -22.9 |
| PS ACR-N
(dB/100m) Min |
59.0 | 57.5 | 52.6 | 51.0 | 47.6 | 46.0 | 44.1 | 42.1 | 35.5 | 30.6 | 22.6 | 19.7 | 17.3 | 13.2 | 9.9 | 6.2 | -5.5 | -16.4 | -25
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