Patent ID: 6534716
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: G02B,H01B

Abstract:
Cable that may be used to transmit signals that may be used to implement both a first fibre channel (FC) arbitrated loop (AL) and a second FC AL, the cable comprising:a first set of electrical conductors that may be used to transmit control signals associated with the first FC AL and the second FC AL; a second set of electrical conductors that may be used to transmit data signals of the first FC AL and the second FC AL; and the first set of electrical conductors being disposed outside of a periphery of a central region in the cable that contains the second set of electrical conductors, the second set of electrical conductors comprising first and second subsets of electrical conductors, each of the first and second subsets of electrical conductors including two respective pairs of electrical conductors, the first subset of electrical conductors being for transmitting data signals of the first FC AL, the second subset of electrical conductors being for transmitting data signals of the second FC AL, the first subset of electrical conductors being disposed about a first central filler member and being surrounded by a first electrical shield member, the second subset of electrical conductors being disposed about a second central filler member and being surrounded by a second electrical shield member.