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Lateral offsets for multimode fiber (MMF)
connectors part 2. Al Brunsting Rick
Pimpinella Panduit Corporation 17301 Ridgeland
Avenue Tinley Park, IL 60477 Voice
708-532-1800/888-506-5400 Fax [phone] www.pa
nduit.com
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Simulation results cumulative freq. for lateral
offsets.
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• Conclusions.
• Accurate precise meas. relative to lateral
  offsets were made by Panduit. N gt 3000 ferrules.
• MMF dim. tols. were taken from TIA
  std.(Jan.98). Distributions of dim. that relate
  to lateral offsets were determined.
• Simulation. Includes Panduit meas., MMF std.,
  ferrule fiber rotations within the connector.
• Worst case Supplier 4 has prob.gt/ 95 (/-
  2SD) that lateral offsets lt/ 6.11?m. For MMF
  connectors in the field, based on this
  simulation, prob.gt/ 95 that lateral offsets lt/
  6.0?m for all suppliers. See Slide 11 for
  corresponding /- 3SD lateral offsets.