At the same time the demand for fiber optic connectivity devices such as the subscriber connector sc and lucent connector lc is escalating due to a massive growth in high bandwidth communication and data services.
Fiber cable connectors lc sc.
From left to right.
Sc connectors also use a round 2 5mm ferrule to hold a single fiber.
Installation of an lc sc or st compatible connector can be accomplished in about 50 seconds with the corning unicam high performance tool kit view product details.
Fiber optic connectors.
Actually one sc adapter is exactly the same size as a duplex lc adapter.
Typical connectors are rated for 500 1 000 mating cycles.
Fiber optic connectors are continuously evolving with the maturity of optical fiber transmission technology.
While they do bear some similarities each kind has a different enough size and shape that they are not interchangeable.
Lc is half the size of sc.
The main differences among types of connectors are dimensions and methods of mechanical coupling.
And generally speaking the difference between lc and sc fiber optic connector lies in the size the handling and the connector history which will be discussed respectively in the following text.