Bend insensitive fiber optic drop cable for in-home use

摘要

A bend insensitive fiber optic cable (10) includes a singlemode fiber (12), a buffer layer (14) surrounding the fiber (12) wherein a thickest component of the buffer layer (14) has an elastic modulus greater than 515 MPa, and a jacket (18) surrounding the buffer layer (14), wherein the jacket (18) has a thickness of at least 1.2 mm. In one preferred embodiment, the buffer layer (14) includes a nylon 12 resin with a nominal elastic modulus of approximately 1497 MPa. In this embodiment, an inner thin component of the buffer layer (14) is made of an ethylene/ethyl acrylate resin so as to facilitate stripping of the buffer layer (14) away from the fiber (12).