Connectors for electronic equipment - Part 7-3: Detail specification for 8-way, shielded, free and fixed connectors, for data transmissions with frequencies up to 100 MHz
This part of IEC 60603 covers 8-way shielded 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
the 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 when it is
interconnected, it fully meets all requirements of the lower frequency IEC 60603-7 series
standard.
NOTE Transmission performance categories: in this IEC standard, the term “category”, when used in reference to
transmission performance, refers to those categories defined in ISO/IEC 11801:2002.