USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning connects computers and devices at incredible speed and over longer distances. They’re thin, light, and remarkably tough — Optical Cables by Corning can be bent, squeezed, and tangled.
Available in 10m, 15m, 30m, and 50m lengths.
Distance
Computer/Host to Device: Up to 30 m/100 ft
Connector
Type A Plug to Type A Receptacle
Environmental
Operating Temperature: 0° to 45°C (32° to 113°F)
Compliance
Emissions: FCC Class (B), CE
Regulatory: RoHS, UL 758, AWM VW-1
Maximum Cable Tensile Strength: 33 lbs.
Eye Safety: Class 1 Laser Product per IEC 60825-1
UL Listing Mark: Meets Safety Requirements — Category AOC
Are USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning compatible with all USB devices?
Though no USB standard currently exists for optical cables, USB 3.Optical Cables by Corning have been successfully tested with more than a hundred devices spanning all major consumer operating systems. In general, you can expect USB 3.Optical Cables by Corning to work with most self-powered USB 3.0/2.0 compliant device.
I want to charge my portable device (like iPhone or iPad) with USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning. Is that possible?
USB 3.Optical Cables by Corning are designed to be used with self-powered peripherals only. No significant power is available after powering its internal opto-electronics. A self-powered USB 3.0/2.0 hub can always be used at the peripheral (B-side) to provide power if desired.
USB3.Optical cables by Corning are optimized to work in hi-speed (480Mb/s) and superspeed (5.0Mb/s) systems. The cable can support lower speed USB 1.1 & 1.0 peripherals (<12Mb/s) with use of a wall-powered intermediate hub (either USB2 or USB3). Alternatively, an unsupported work around, if wall power is not available, is to use a bus-powered USB 2 hub that reports itself to the computer as a self-powered hub and is directly powered from our cable. Dedicated USB 2 hubs typically consume very little power themselves and will allow direct connection of one or two at the most very low power consuming (<50mA) USB 1.1/1.0 peripherals. Some examples of 1.1 peripherals are keyboards, mice and serial converters.
Yes, two copper conductors transmit power from the host for the optical to electrical conversion and back again. All data is transmitted over the optical fibers.
USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning will function like a comparable USB 3.0 copper cable when connected to an external hub. All peripheral devices will be accessible and should operate normally.
No. A workaround would be to connect the USB 3.Optical Cables by Corning to a power hub and use a short copper cable to power the bus-powered peripheral.
Yes, it is. The specially designed ASIC within the USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning create these “phantom” hubs to ensure proper operation.
A simple solution is to combine a Corning USB “A to receptacle-A” USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning with a short, off-the-shelf jumper cable that has a USB “A” plug on one side and the particular connector your end device requires on the other. One-piece adapters are also available for common configurations. Another option is to plug the USB 3.Optical™ Cables by Corning with “A to Micro-B” into a powered hub (external power supply) and then plug your device into the externally powered hub.
