| SC cables are sometimes referred to as Subscriber | | | | connectors can be adjoined by a duplex clip to form a |
| Connector, Square Connector or Standard Connector | | | | duplex SC connector. |
| cables. Occasionally, various mnemonics such as Set | | | | Some manufacturers produce reinforced SC jumper |
| and Click as well as Stab and Click are thrown in due | | | | connectors which are designed to handle fiber optic |
| to the nature of its mode of connection. The SC | | | | cable connections comprising 1.6 to 3.0mm fiber optic |
| connector is therefore a mechanism to terminate the | | | | cords. Each SC jumper connector has a footprint |
| fiber optic cable connection, providing an easy method | | | | dimension varying from a minimum of 1.8mm to a |
| for attaching and detaching the cables to rack and | | | | maximum of 3.2mm in order to handle the girth of |
| wall-mounted devices. | | | | these fiber optic cables. The length of the connector |
| Most commonly used in data networking and | | | | itself is 58mm with an extra 2mm for its tip. They also |
| telecommunication environments, these SC cables are | | | | carry SC BTW connectors for 900 micron buffered |
| used in single mode or multimode. A single mode SC | | | | fiber. A smaller footprint dimension of 0.9mm to 1.0mm |
| cable is affixed with a simplex mechanism. Common | | | | is required to support this smaller cordage. Production |
| SC connector dimensions are based on a 2.5mm | | | | of these types of connectors is in compliance with |
| ferrule core constructed of a selection of materials | | | | standards for certain types of media. |
| which can be zirconium dioxide or stainless alloy. A | | | | Since the introduction of LC connectors which are half |
| cladding zone surrounds and protects the ferrule core. | | | | the SC connector dimensions, there is also production |
| It is then covered with an epoxy shield and finally a | | | | of SC-LC converters which enable LC connectors to |
| contact layer. The full dimension up to the most outer | | | | mate with an SC adapter. |
| layer can be around 13mm to 25mm. Two simplex SC | | | | |