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Designed for extending and connecting devices, it enables long-distance, EMI-resistant, high-speed, and lossless data transmission. Ideal for smart homes, office equipment, industrial and medical devices, as well as multimedia and storage, it ensures stable and efficient connectivity across various environments.
Extend your USB connections with Active USB Extension Cables for better performance in a wide range of applications. Designed for long-distance, high-performance USB connectivity, this cable ensures stable and efficient connections even in demanding environments. Whether extending USB for audio/video equipment in meeting rooms, enabling large-scale data transfers in professional media setups, or powering high-performance peripherals for gaming and workstations, it delivers seamless reliability with remarkable flexibility and durability. Its lightweight, bend-resistant design makes integration effortless, offering unmatched convenience and dependability for both personal and professional use.
Active USB Extension Cables provide superior data transfer capabilities, ensuring fast, stable, and efficient connectivity over long distances.
These cables are equipped with built-in signal boosters, maintaining stable connections and preventing data loss even when covering distances up to 50 meters or more. This makes them an essential solution for setups where standard USB cables fall short.
By maintaining high-speed data transfer rates, they are perfect for demanding tasks such as transferring large files, streaming ultra-high-definition video, or connecting high-performance devices in gaming or professional environments.
Constructed with advanced materials like hybrid fiber or pure fiber optics, they eliminate electromagnetic (EMI) and radio frequency (RFI) interference. This ensures uninterrupted data transmission, even in environments with heavy electronic noise.
Active USB Extension Cables improve the performance of USB-powered peripherals like external drives, webcams, and conferencing systems, ensuring reliable operation without the risk of power loss or degraded signals over longer distances.
With a lightweight and bend-resistant design, these cables are built for durability and flexibility, making them easy to integrate into any setup and capable of withstanding frequent use in demanding scenarios.
Active USB extension cables simplify USB setups by extending connections over long distances without compromising performance. They enable flexible device placement, eliminating the need to cluster devices due to the length limitations of traditional copper cables, and help reduce cable clutter. Built-in signal boosters ensure stable and reliable performance, even over extended distances. With a durable and flexible design, these cables make it easier to organize workspaces and support complex setups in offices, studios, or conference rooms, delivering both convenience and reliability.
What is active USB extension cable?
Fiber optic active USB extension cable is a type of USB cable that combines fiber optic technology with built-in signal amplification. It uses fiber optics to transmit data, solving the signal degradation issues commonly found with traditional copper cables over long distances. The built-in signal booster ensures reliable and stable data transmission over extended lengths. Unlike all-copper USB cables, fiber optic active cables are lighter, offer superior interference resistance, and support greater transmission distances, especially for high-speed USB 3.0 and above standards. These features make them ideal for scenarios requiring long-distance, high-performance connections.
What is the maximum length of a USB active cable?
For Fiber Optic USB Extension Cables, the maximum length depends on compatibility:
When compatible with USB 2.0/1.1: up to 50 meters (165 feet).
When not compatible with USB 2.0/1.1: up to 100 meters (330 feet).
For Full Featured Fiber Optic USB Cables, supporting both audio visual and data transfer and power delivery, the maximum length is up to 15 meters (50 feet).
How long can a USB extension cable be before the signal degrades?
Fiber Optic USB Extension Cables use optical fiber for data transmission, which ensures virtually no signal degradation over long distances. The maximum length can reach up to 100 meters (330 feet). However, the main limitation to longer lengths is the USB device's power supply. USB requires copper cables for power delivery, and as the length increases, the ability to provide a stable power connection diminishes, posing a challenge for very long cables.
Why is the length of a USB cable limited?
The length of a Fiber Optic USB Cable is primarily limited by two factors:
Power Supply Issues: USB peripherals require power delivered via copper cores in the cable. Excessive lengths can cause power delivery to become unstable.
Compatibility with USB 2.0/1.1: Fiber optic cables are optimized for USB 3.0 and above. However, to enable compatibility with USB 2.0/1.1, additional copper wires are needed for data transmission. Copper wires are prone to signal degradation and interference over long distances, which ultimately limits the length when compatibility with older USB versions is required.
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