Signal Cables - Coaxial Cable, Category 5 Cable, Data Terminal Equipment, Loading, Category 3 Cable, On-Premises Wiring, Filled Cable (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 45. Chapters: Coaxial cable, Category 5 cable, Data terminal equipment, Loading, Category 3 cable, On-premises wiring, Filled cable, List of international submarine communications cables, Transatlantic telegraph cable, Optical fiber cable, TIA/EIA-568, Speaker wire, Category 6 cable, Microstrip, Ethernet crossover cable, Line level, High-end audio cables, Copper cable certification, Twinaxial cabling, Twin-lead, Ribbon cable, List of domestic submarine communications cables, Plenum cable, Active Cables, Networking cables, Shielded cable, Cable lacing, Category 7 cable, LapLink cable, RG-6, Triaxial cable, RG-59, Micro ribbon, Telco cable, Flexible flat cable, Bridge tap, RG-58, Optical fiber, nonconductive, riser, Overhead cable, Raychem EZF, Icky-pick, Rollover cable, Telecommunications cable, Category 2 cable, Category 4 cable, Category 1 cable, Split pair, Project OXYGEN, Octopus cable. Excerpt: Coaxial cable, or coax, is an electrical cable with an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield. The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis. Coaxial cable was invented by English engineer and mathematician Oliver Heaviside, who patented the design in 1880. Coaxial cable is used as a transmission line for radio frequency signals. Its applications include feedlines connecting radio transmitters and receivers with their antennas, computer network (Internet) connections, and distributing cable television signals. One advantage of coax over other types of radio transmission line is that in an ideal coaxial cable the electromagnetic field carrying the signal exists only in the space between the inner and outer conductors. This allows coaxial cable runs to be installed next to metal objects such as gutters without the...