Siemon Cat 6A small diameter UTP cable

Siemon has released an updated range of Category 6A unshielded twisted pair (UTP) balanced copper cable that offers a significantly smaller overall diameter and improved performance to better support advanced remote powering applications.

Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP Cable with Gap Technology (GT) features a discontinuous foil construction with periodic gaps that enable a typical UTP termination process while providing improved heat dissipation and crosstalk performance to better support applications using both advanced PoE and 10 Gbps application speeds. While standard category 6A UTP cable requires additional space and separation within the cable to meet performance specifications, the discontinuous foil construction of Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP cable results in a 15% reduction in cable diameter.

Along with a 75°C temperature rating, the Category 6A GT UTP cable offers improved heat dissipation over standard UTP, reducing the potential for damaging levels of heat rise that can occur in remote powering applications. The cable’s smaller diameter of just 7 mm also means improved flexibility, reduced weight and better pathway fill capacity over standard UTP.

Available in both riser and plenum rating, and nine different jacket colours, Siemon’s Category 6A GT UTP cable features good pair geometry and optimal crosstalk performance, exceeding ANSI/TIA-568-C.2, ISO/IEC 11802 Ed. 2.0 and IEC 61156-5 Ed. 2.0 standards to support all applications designed for category 6A cabling, including 10GBASE-T and HDBaseT. It also supports all remote powering applications, including IEEE 802.3af PoE and 802.3at PoE+, as well as future Type 3 and Type 4 four-pair PoE applications.