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With a 50-plus year history of leadership, Tyco Electronics is a US$14.4 billion global provider of engineered electronic components for thousands of consumer and industrial products; network solutions and systems for telecommunications and energy markets; undersea telecommunication systems; and specialty products.

We design, manufacture and market products for customers in a broad array of industries including automotive; data communication systems and consumer electronics; telecommunications; aerospace, defense and marine; medical; alternative energy; and lighting.

Tyco Electronics is an independent, publicly traded company whose common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "TEL." We manufacture nearly 500,000 precision-engineered products - all backed by approximately 75,000 committed employees with a singular commitment to bringing a performance advantage to every technology, product and service we provide.

Tyco Electronics designs, manufactures and markets engineered electronic components, network solutions and wireless systems in over 150 countries.

Tyco Electronics has introduced a new SC and LC connector design, optimized for tight-jacketed cable applications.

"These new SC and LC connectors are a non pull-proof design, created to address the specific needs of the tight-jacketed cable construction," comments Marc den Hartog, product manager for Tyco Electronics' fiber-optics business unit.

According to the company, the SC and LC connectors were originally designed for pull-proof applications and required the buffer to move independently of the fiber jacket. When used with tight-jacketed cable, standard SC and LC connectors can induce a micro-bend, which would lead to increased insertion loss or fiber breakage. With the new design, termination allows the jacket and buffer to move together.

The new product is now available in both singlemode and multimode LC and SC connectors in 1.6-mm to 2.4-mm diameter cable.

An optical connector which is suitable for connection to jacketed cable includes a housing and a ferrule assembly. The ferrule assembly includes a front portion having a first geometry, and the housing includes a receiving portion having a second geometry that mates with the first geometry to prevent rotation of the ferrule assembly relative to the housing. A spring biases the ferrule assembly forward to assist mating of the first and second geometries.