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Active Optical Connector (AOC) for
High-speed transmission of large data of equipment!!

Are you looking for a connector that can transmit large data at high-speed
for development of products that require high reliability
(Industrial printing machines, Medical equipment, Measuring instruments, Industrial robots, Factory Automation cameras, etc.) ?

If you're having trouble choosing a connector, try Panasonic's Active Optical Connector (AOC).
Design challenges can be solved with connectors that are noise resistant, electrical isolation, and easily installed.

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Do you have any of these Problems or Issues ?

Problems or issues in electrical transmission (electrical connection) .
Problems or issues in optical transmission (optical connection).
 
Do you have any of these Problems or Issues?
Please, leave it to Panasonic!
 
Currently using Electrical transmission but......
“Want to work on High-quality and Long-distance in High-speed transmission”
“Limited Noise and Isolation measures in High-speed transmission”
“Want to work on wire-saving for high-speed transmission”
 
Currently using Optical transmission but......
“Want to reduce Power consumption”
“Want to improve workability of Connection, Wiring and Maintenance”
“Want to work on Miniaturization and reduce weight of equipment”
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Would you like to solve the problem with
Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series ?

What is an Active Optical Connector (AOC *) ?

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) transmission image (configuration): Standard type 1 channel-Bi-direction

Electrical connection is made between copper traces on the PCB where the entering electrical signals (differential signals) are later converted to optical signals inside the plug and transmitted through optical cables (optical fiber).

This optical transmission device enables high-speed transmission of large data.
External noise resistance and electrical isolation are possible with the Panasonic Active Optical Connector.

*AOC: Active Optical Connector

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) block diagram: Standard type 1 channel-Bi-direction

2-channel integrated optical transmission device.
The plug has an "electrical/optical converter" and is transmitted by optical cables (optical fiber: 2 wires).

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The lineup includes
1 channel-Bi-direction
and
2 channel-Uni-direction.

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1 channel-Bi-direction

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) configuration diagram: Standard type 1 channel-Bi-direction

2 channel-Uni-direction

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) configuration diagram: Standard type 2 channel-Uni-direction

High-speed transmission, Noise resistance, Electrical isolation, and Long-distance transmission can all be achieved in this small device with Panasonic technology!

Easily achievable with Active Optical Connector V series!

Easily achieved with Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) (Solves the problems of electrical and optical transmission).

 

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series can solve
all your Problems or Issues in electrical and optical transmission
with this small device.

Easily achieves:
“Both High-speed transmission and Electrical isolation”,
“Noise resistance and Effort reduction in High-speed transmission”,
“Wire-saving in High-speed transmission“,
“High-quality and Long-distance in High-speed Transmission”,
“Improves workability in Connection”, “Wiring and Maintenance”,
“Low power consumption”,
“Miniaturization and weight reduction for equipment”,
“Improves flexibility in Equipment design and Wiring”,
“Reduce Circuit design effort”.

 

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Active Optical Connector V series
 LC Connector type
 10 Gbps High speed type

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Active Optical Connector V series
 LC Connector type
  Duplex-LC Connector
  1 channel-Bi-direction

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Active Optical Connector V series
 Standard type
  1 channel-Bi-direction/
  2 channel-Uni-direction

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Features of Panasonic’s
Active Optical Connector V series

Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Simple connection.

Contributes to reduction of assembly effort and number of parts.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Simple connection: No wiring or equipment adjustment is required, just connect the plug to the receptacle and optical transmission can be achieved.

No wiring or adjustment of equipment is necessary.

By simply connecting the plug and receptacle, this design can easily achieve two-channel optical transmission in one package.

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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): High-quality High-speed transmission.

Contributes to large data transmission of equipment.

Optical transmission significantly reduces signal degradation compared to electrical transmission.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) High-quality High-speed transmission: Max. 8Gbps transmission per channel, good (stable) transmission characteristics with eye pattern.

High-speed transmission is possible.

  • 1 channel-Bi-direction: MAx. 8 Gbps
  • 2 channel-Uni-direction: Max. 16 Gbps
                                        (Max. 8 Gbps/channel)

“Max. 10 Gbps/channel” is available as an option.

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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): High Noise Resistance.

Contributes to reduction of effort and number of parts for noise resistance (circuit design).

Optical transmission (optical fiber cable) is not affected by electrical noise (No shielding measures required).

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) High Noise Resistance: Measures are taken both in optical transmission and in the cover shell structure of the plug.

Noise resistance of the electrical connections is also supported.

In addition to transmission by optical cable (optical fiber cable), the receptacle for electrical connection is covered by an electrical isolated cover-shell structure.

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AOC has sufficient margin for EMC characteristics under noise.

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) High Noise Resistance: Radiated Emission(EMI) has sufficient margin to meet factory environmental standards.
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Please watch this movie to see the noise resistance
of the Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector! (2 min)

0:00   Opening
0:14  

Overview and details of the demo
equipment
0:42  

Noise affect of electrical transmission
(FPC electrical connection: 1 m)
1:00  

Noise affect of optical transmission
(Optical connection: 5 m)
1:16  

Comparison of noise affects between
optical and electrical transmission
(Data rate: 3 Gbps)
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Panasonic Optical Active Connector
V Series lineup
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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Electrical isolation.

Contributes to the design of human body protection and common-mode noise resistance.

Optical transmission converts electrical signals into optical signals for transmission.
No isolation measures are required
because the transmission is carried by optical cable (optical fiber).
Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Electrical isolation: Optical transmission image(Configuration) and block diagram (Standard type 1 channel-Bi-direction).
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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Long-distance transmission.

Contributes to wiring and assembly (division of labor) for long-distance wiring.

Optical transmission (optical fiber cables) is suitable for long-distance transmission because it significantly reduces signal degradation compared to electrical transmission.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Long-distance transmission: 100m data transmission is possible with connecting LC connector type.

100 m data transmission is possible.

It can be achieved by using an LC connector type and optical patch cable.

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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Space and Wiring saving.

Contributes to flexibility in equipment design and wiring.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

85% Reduction of mounting area.
(Compared to optical transceivers: According to our research)

The mounting area can be greatly reduced because it is a small plug device.

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Space saving: 9.1 x 12.7 mm mounting area, 85% reduction in optical transceiver ratio.

In electrical transmission, processing (such as shielding) increases depending on the transmission conditions (speed, distance, loss, and noise), making handling cables difficult (thick, rigid, difficult to bend).

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Wiring saving: Reduced wiring space with 0.6mm diameter optical fiber cable.

Regardless of transmission conditions,
2-channel transmission is possible with 0.6 mm diameter
(bending R = Min. 15 mm).

Smaller diameter because of fiber-optic cable transmission.
Wiring space can be reduced compared to electric parallel transmission.

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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Small and Lightweight.

Contributes to flexibility in equipment design, miniaturization, and weight reduction of equipment.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Small and Lightweight: Small at 12.7 x 9 x 6.5 mm and lightweight at 1.2 g per one-sided connector section.
  • Plug dimensions (Unit: mm)
    12.7 (L) × 9.1 (W) × 6.5 (H)*
    * H= Plug and receptacle are mated.
     
  • Unit weight: 1.2 g
    (One-sided connector section)
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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Low power consumption.

Contributes to flexibility in equipment design and energy saving of equipment.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Low power consumption: Max. 230 mW for 1 package/2 channels (Transmission rate up to 8 Gbps).

Max. 230 mW
(Transmission rate: Up to 8 Gbps, 1 package/2 channels)

Max. 260 mW
(Transmission rate: Up to 10 Gbps: optional, 1 package/2 channels)

Due to the low power consumption, there is no heat generation on the equipment (no noise generation).

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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Intra- and Inter-device connection.

Used for various applications and contributes to reduction of wiring and assembly effort.

Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series...

The lineup includes
Intra-device connection, Inter-device connection, and Relay connection.
 
By combining LC connector type (for inter-device connection / relay connection) and optical patch cable, the transmission distance of devices can be customized as needed. (Customers are requested to obtain the LC/LC adapter and optical patch cable separately.)
Connection
use		 Intra-device connection Inter-device connection / Relay connection
Type Standard type LC Connector type
1 channel-
Bi-direction		 2 channel-
Uni-direction		 Duplex-LC
Connector		 Simplex-LC
Connector		 LC Plug-in*3
Image Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Intra-device connection: Standard type 1 channel-Bi-direction (On sale). Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Intra-device connection: Standard type 2 channel-Uni-direction (On sale). Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Inter-device connection / Relay connection: Duplex-LC Connector 1 channel-Bi-direction (New). Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Inter-device connection/ Relay connection: Duplex-LC Connector 2 channel-Uni-direction (New). Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Inter-device connection / Relay connection: Simplex-LC Connector 1 channel-Bi-direction/ 2 channel-Uni-direction (New). Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Inter-device connection / Relay connection: LC Plug-in 1 channel-Bi-direction/ 2 channel-Uni-direction (Sample Available).
Transmission
rate		 20 M to 8 Gbps/channel (Optional: 20 M to 10 Gbps/channel)
Channel 1 channel-
Bi-direction		 2 channel-
Uni-direction		 1 channel-
Bi-direction		 2 channel-
Uni-direction		 1 channel-Bi-direction / 2 channel-Uni-direction
Cable length 50, 500, 1000 mm*1 *2 90, 220 mm*2 90 to 500 mm*2
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Features of the Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Design Support.

Contributes to more efficient equipment design (Reduces the burden of evaluation and verification in design).

Panasonic provides evaluation tools for development and design activity.

Evaluation boards lending service
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Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Design Support: Evaluation board, SMA connectors can be connected for evaluation.
Active Optical Connector V Series (AOC) Design Support: Daughter card, FPGA evaluation board can be connected for evaluation (HSMCs: ASP-122953-01 manufactured by Samtec).

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A model that can simulate Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series is available.
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Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Design Support: IBIS-AMI model of the Active Optical Connector V series (circuit configuration).

Active Optical Connector V series

Standard type
1 channel-Bi-direction/
2 channel-Uni-direction

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LC Connector type
Duplex-LC Connector
1 channel-Bi-direction

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LC Connector type
10 Gbps High speed type

 

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Applications for Panasonic’s
Active Optical Connector V series

 

In Panasonic: The lineup includes
Intra-device connection, Inter-device connection, and Relay connection.
(The best type of connection depends on the application.
Please contact us for details.)

Panasonic contributes to solving customers' problems!!
“Noise resistance in long distance high-speed transmission” and
“Miniaturization of equipment“ are achieved for both
intra-device and inter-device / relay connection applications.
In addition, “Electrical isolation" and “Wire-saving" are
achieved for intra-device connection applications.

Applications for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Intra-device connection, Inter-device connection/ Relay connection.
  Connection
use		 Intra-device connection Inter-device connection / Relay connection
  Type Standard type LC connector type
OnSale
1 channel-
Bi-direction		 OnSale
2 channel-
Uni-direction		 New
Simplex-LC
Connector
 New
Duplex-LC
Connector 		Sample Available
LC Plug-in
Intra-
device
connection 		Measuring
instruments 		     
Medical
equipment
Industrial
printing
machines		  
Server      
Inter-
device / Relay
connection		 Camera,
Factory
Automation
camera		    
Image
processing
board 		   
Robotics

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Case Studies for Panasonic’s
Active Optical Connector V series

Measuring
instruments

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Measuring instruments.
 

Achieves both high electrical isolation and high-quality​
high-speed transmission.​
In addition, improved design flexibility of measuring instruments!​

  • High-quality High-speed transmission​
  • Electrical isolation​
  • Space and Wire-saving​
  • Small​
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Medical
equipment

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Medical equipment.
 

Achieves both high electrical isolation and high-definition image transmission.
In addition, improved design flexibility and operability of equipment!

  • High-quality High-speed transmission
  • High Noise resistance
  • Electrical isolation
  • Space saving
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Printing
machines

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Printing machines.
 

Achieves both high-quality high-speed transmission and wire-saving, lightweight of printhead section.​
Contributes to high-speed operation of printhead!
 

  • High-quality High-speed transmission​
  • High Noise resistance​
  • Wire-saving​
  • Small and Lightweight
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Factory Automation camera

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Factory Automation camera.
 

Achieves both high-definition images and high frame rate in noise-free environment.
In addition, provides design flexibility for the camera layout due to small size!
Examples of comparisons with optical transceivers will also be presented.

  • High-quality High-speed transmission
  • High Noise resistance
  • Long-distance transmission
  • Space saving
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Visual inspection equipment

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Visual inspection equipment
 

Achieves both high noise resistance and high-quality high-speed transmission.​
In addition, contributes to high-speed operation of camera section with small, lightweight, wire-saving!​

 

  • High-quality High-speed transmission​
  • High Noise resistance​
  • Wire-saving​
  • Small and Lightweight​
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Industrial
robots

Case Study for Panasonic’s Active Optical Connector V series (AOC): Industrial robots
 

Achieves both high electrical isolation, noise resistance, and high-quality high-speed transmission.​
In addition, contributes to design flexibility with small, lightweight, wire-saving!​

 

  • High-quality High-speed transmission​
  • High Noise resistance​
  • Wire-saving​
  • Small and Lightweight​
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Measuring instruments

Achieves both high electrical isolation and high-quality​ high-speed transmission.​
In addition, improved design flexibility of measuring instruments!​

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • Electrical isolation from input part is required to protect data processing circuits.
  • Higher performance due to increase sampling rate.
  • Measuring instruments miniaturization.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • Optical transmission ensures high electrical isolation from high voltages on data inputs.
  • Achieves high-quality high-speed transmission with common-mode noise control.
  • Board miniaturization and circuit simplification by reducing the number of isolated devices.
  • Space saving and partitioning of circuit boards improve design flexibility of measuring instruments.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Measuring instruments: Transmission between data acquisition and data processing circuits., High-quality High-speed transmission, Electrical isolation, Space and Wire-saving and Small.
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Medical equipment

Achieves both high electrical isolation and high-definition image transmission.
In addition, improved design flexibility of equipment!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • Transmits high-definition images (4K/8K) in real time.
  • Noise resistance that does not disturb images with disturbance noise.
  • Electrical isolation is essential for human protection.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • High-speed transmission of high-definition (4K/8K) images.
  • Noise resistance achieves 3 factors:
     [1] Radiation intensity [2] Electrocautery [3] Static electricity
  • Electrical isolation (5 kV) for human protection.
  • Improved design flexibility of equipment by space saving.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Medical equipment: Board-to-board transmission for high-definition video processor (Multiple Channels with Transmission Speed of Gbps), High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Electrical isolation and Space saving.
Medical equipment

Achieves both high electrical isolation and high-definition image transmission.
In addition, improved operability of equipment!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • Transmits high-definition images (4K/8K) in real time.
  • Noise resistance that does not disturb images with disturbance noise.
  • Electrical isolation is essential for human protection.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • High-speed transmission of high-definition (4K/8K) images.
  • Noise resistance achieves 3 factors:
     [1] Radiation intensity [2] Electrocautery [3] Static electricity
  • Electrical isolation (5 kV) for human protection.
  • Contributes to equipment miniaturization and operability by space saving.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Medical equipment: Transmission between controller part and high-definition video processor., High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Electrical isolation and Space saving.
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Printing machines

Achieves both high-quality high-speed transmission and wire-saving, lightweight of printhead section.
Contributes to high-speed operation of printhead!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • High-speed transmission due to high-speed, high-quality printing.
  • Inertia force control and lightweight due to high-speed printhead.
  • Increased wiring inside cable carriers due to high-speed, high-quality printing.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • Achieves high-quality high-speed transmission.
  • Small and lightweight device contributes to lightweight printhead.
  • Achieves both wire-saving, lightweight in cable carriers and high-speed transmission.
  • Achieves high noise resistance with optical transmission.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Printing machines: Transmission between printhead sections., High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Wire-saving, Small and Lightweight.
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Factory Automation Camera

Achieves both high-definition images and high frame rate in noise-free.
In addition, design flexibility of camera!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • High frame rate with high-definition images.
  • Camera miniaturization.
  • Noise resistance in long distance transmission.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • High-speed transmission of large data (both high-definition and high frame rate).
  • Improved design flexibility of camera by space saving.
  • Various types of optical patch cables can be selected according to durability, environmental conditions, cable length, etc.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Factory Automation camera: Transmission between high-definition camera and image processing board., High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Long-distance transmission and Space saving.
Factory Automation Camera

Improved flexibility and miniaturization of camera design by space saving.
In addition, low power consumption (low heat generation) reduces noise generation!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • Design flexibility inside the camera.
  • Camera miniaturization.
  • High power consumption.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • Improved design flexibility of camera by space saving.
  • Contributes to camera miniaturization.
  • Low power consumption (low heat generation) reduces noise generation.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Factory Automation camera: Replaces optical transceivers., High-quality High-speed transmission, Space saving and Low power consumption.
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Visual inspection equipment

Achieves both high noise resistance and high-quality high-speed transmission.
In addition, contributes to high-speed operation of camera section with small, lightweight, wire-saving!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • High frame rate with high-definition images.
  • Noise resistance from drive system.
  • Inertia force control and lightweight due to high-speed camera operation.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • High-speed transmission of large data (both high-definition and high frame rate).
  • Achieves high noise resistance with optical transmission.
  • Small and lightweight device contributes to lightweight camera.
  • Achieves both wire-saving, lightweight and high-speed transmission.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Visual inspection equipment: Transmission between camera and control section., High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Wire-saving, Small and Lightweight.
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Industrial robots

Achieves both high electrical isolation, noise resistance, and high-quality high-speed transmission.
In addition, contributes to design flexibility with small, lightweight, wire-saving!

Problems and issues that customers are facing
  • Increased efforts required to develop noise resistance.
  • Small devices are needed to transmission large data for camera image.
  • No isolated devices for high-speed transmission.
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Active Optical Connector solves
all problems and issues!

  • Achieves high noise resistance with optical transmission.
  • High-speed transmission of large data (both high-definition and high frame rate).
  • Small and lightweight device contributes to lightweight camera.
  • Achieves both wire-saving, lightweight and high-speed transmission.
This small device solves all problems and issues!
Active Optical Connector V series (AOC) Case Study Industrial robots: Transmission of camera output and control signals., High-quality High-speed transmission, High Noise resistance, Wire-saving, Small and Lightweight.

Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or concerns about
high-speed transmission of large data
with noise resistance, electrical isolation,
and long-distance transmission.

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