HDTV CABLE CLONE

Fixed Length Clones and Kit

 

The Faraday fixed length HDTV cable clone provides the most convenient method of simulating the effect of cable on HDTV serial digital interfaces without compromising accuracy.

Each cable length is realised in an individual barrel, with a male to female BNC connector transition This allows connection of sections to simulate greater lengths of cable. The use of switches has been avoided as they introduce unacceptable errors into the simulation.

HDTV Cable Clone Features

	More convenient than cable		Shielded Barrel construction
	Small, light, accurate		Four lengths in a case
	Cross reference to other cables		Standard lengths of 10, 20, 40,50 ,60, 70 and 80 m
	Suitable for 1.5 Gb/s or 540 Mb/s operation		Known, accurate loss vs frequency response
	Male to Female BNC connectors

In bit-serial digital coaxial interfaces for HDTV component signal data rates of 1.5 Gb/s are common. It is known that a signal adhering to SMPTE 292M will ensure correct operation of automatic cable equalisers provided a coaxial cable with a 1/ Öf frequency response from 1 MHz to the clock frequency is used.

The Faraday HDTV cable clone has a known, accurate loss vs frequency characteristic against cable over the significant frequency spectrum of the serial digital signal. It can therefore be used as a more convenient substitute for actual cable when installing or testing HDTV serial digital equipment to ensure sufficient margin (head room) is available, or to establish the maximum length of cable over which the serial digital signal will remain usable.