Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Patch Panel and Modular Jacks

There are Passive Components that are unfamiliar to IT professionals and even to Industry related personnel.

patch panel or patch bay is a panel, typically rackmounted, that houses cable connections.
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Modular Jacks
Modular jack connectors, a cornerstone of communications technology, have been used in the telecommunications and ethernet industry for many years. The main reasons for this are the simplicity and reliability of these products. Whether integrated in a simple telephone system, or in a gigabit application, “mod. jacks” represent the standard for network connections. Mod. jacks can be obtained in many different versions. Increasing data rates and space-saving requirements are driving increasing requests for these connectors with integrated filter components.
Modular Jacks:

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