ADC 4-Pair Riser User Manual

Basic Structured Cabling Systems

Category 5e 4-Pair Riser Data Cable

ADC’s Basic Category 5e and Category 6 Structured Cabling Systems are complete channel
solutions offering 20-year product performance warranties along with a multitude of product
choices and design options. In addition, the components of these economical systems are also
guaranteed to meet the minimum requirements of TIA 568B for Category 5e and Category 6 for
dependable data transmission in any network configuration, from the switch to the
network interface.

Spec Sheet

Features:

• Unparalleled delay skew performance

• Manufactured with lead-free materials

Compliances:

• UL Subject 444

• (UL)-C(UL) Type CMR/CMG

• (UL)-C(UL) Type CM/CMH

• ICEA S-90-661

• NEC 800 Type CMR or CM

• ISO/IEC 11801 Class D

• ETL verified TIA/EIA-568-B.2 Category 5e horizontal cable requirements

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Basic Structured Cabling Systems

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 ––

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%

Category 5e 4-Pair Riser Data Cable

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