Connectors for electronic equipment - Part 7-2: Detail specification for 8-way, unshielded, free and fixed connectors, for data transmission with frequencies up to 100 MHz
This part of IEC 60603-7 covers 8-way, unshielded, free and fixed connectors, and specifies
mechanical and environmental requirements, and electrical transmission requirements for
frequencies up to 100 MHz. These connectors are typically used as category 5 connectors in
class D cabling systems specified in ISO/IEC 11801:2002.
These connectors are intermateable, interoperable, and backward compatible with other
IEC 60603-7 series connectors. While the definition of interoperable is being discussed within
IEC, “interoperable” in this standard means the following: The fixed and the free connector
are capable of interconnecting with any IEC 60603-7 series connector, and that when it is
interconnected, it fully meets all requirements of the lower frequency IEC 60603-7 series
standard.
NOTE Transmission performance categories: in this part of IEC 60603-7, the term “category”, when used in
reference to transmission performance, refers to those categories defined by ISO/IEC 11801:2002.