IEC IEC61156-10 Edition 1.0 2016-04 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Multicore and symmetrical pair/quad cables for digital communications - Part 10:Cables for cords with transmission characteristics up to2 GHz- Sectionalspecification IEC 61156-10:2016-04(en hnical Commission THIS PUBLICATION IS COPYRIGHT PROTECTED Copyright 2016 IEC, Geneva, Switzerland or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either IEC or IEC's member National Committee in the country of the requester. If you have any questions about IEC copyright or have an enquiry about obtaining additional rights to this publication, piease contact the address below or your local IEC member National Committee for further information. IEC Central Office Tel.: +41 22 919 02 11 3, rue de Varembe Fax: +41 22 919 03 00 CH-1211 Geneva 20 [email protected] Switzerland www.iec.ch About the IEC International Standards for all electrical, electronic and related technologies. About IEC publications The technical content of IEC publications is kept under constant review by the IEC. Please make sure that you have the latest edition, a corrigenda or an amendment might have been published. IEc Catalogue-webstore.iec.ch/catalogue Electropedia -www.electropedia.org Thestand-alone application for consulting theentire The world's leading online dictionary of electronic and bibliographical information on IEc International Standards, electrical terms containing 20 000 terms and definitions in Technical Specifications, Technical Reports andother English and French, with equivalent terms in 15 additional documents. Available for PC, Mac OS, Android Tablets and languages. Also known as the International Electrotechnical iPad. Vocabulary (IEV) online. IEcpublicationssearch-www.iec.ch/searchpub IEC Glossary - std.iec.ch/glossary The advanced search enables to find IEC publications by a 65 000 electrotechnical terminology entries in English and varietyof criteria(referencenumber, text, technical French extracted from the Terms and Definitions clause of committee,...). It also gives information on projects, replaced IEC publications issued since 2002. Some entries have been andwithdrawnpublications collected from earlier publications of IEC TC 37, 77, 86 and CISPR. IEC Just Published -webstore.iec.ch/justpublished Stay up to date on all new IEC publications. Just Published IECCustomerServiceCentre-webstore.iec.ch/csc details all new publications released. Available online and If you wish to give us your feedback on this publication or also once a month by email. need further assistance, please contact the Customer Service Centre:[email protected]. Copyright Intemafional Electrotechnical Commission Provided by IHS under license with IEC No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale, 05/07/2016 19:00:41 MDT JEC IEC61156-10 Edition 1.02016-04 INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Multicore and symmetrical pair/quad cables for digital communications - Part 10:Cables for cords with transmission characteristics upto 2GHz- Sectional specification INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION ICS 33.120.20 ISBN978-2-8322-3351-1 Warning! Make sure that you obtained this publication from an authorized distributor. ?Regist Copyright Intemafional Electri rovided by IHS under lic Ise with IEC Not for Resale, 05/07/2016 19:00:41 MDT IEC61156-10:2016IEC2016 - 2 - CONTENTS FOREWORD 1 Scope.. .6 2 Normative references.. .6 3 Terms and definitions 4 Installation considerations.. 5 Materials and cable construction.. 6 Characteristics and requirements .... 6.1 General remarks ... 6.2 Electrical characteristics and tests 8 6.2.1 Conductor resistance. 6.2.2 Resistance unbalance. 6.2.3 Dielectric strength.... .8 6.2.4 Insulationresistance .8 6.2.5 Mutual capacitance .. 6.2.6 Capacitanceunbalance 6.2.7 Transfer impedance 6.2.8 Coupling attenuation ... 6.2.9 Current-carrying capacity .9 6.3 Transmission characteristics .9 6.3.1 Velocity of propagation (phas