What Is A Fiber Patch Panel?

The fiber patch panel is also called fiber optic distribution panel, it is a piece of hardware to terminate fiber optic cable or store surplus cable which can make fiber connections orderly. Its function is to complete the fiber optic cable and supply access to individual fibers of the cable for cross-connection, and It is usually installed in a cabinet or wall.

Fiber patch bay usually composes of some compartment, such as the adapter panel, steel body, splice trays, and other accessories. They can preload with adapters or pigtails if need to use in FTTH application directly. As per the difference of connection types, such as SC, LC, ST, FC, MPO, etc; There are many kinds of fiber patch panels.

If you desire neater cable management, you can also use a fiber patch cable management tray to manage excessive cable lengths.

Optical fibers from workstations or from other cable cabinet terminate in termination boxes. Fiber termination boxes provide a patch point for a small number of connections. While larger installations would have a separate patching location that serves all inbound and outbound fiber cables.

Fiber patch panels provide a convenient method to rearrange fiber cable connections and circuits. A simple patch panel is a metal frame containing bushings in which fiber optic cable connectors plug into either side. One side of the panel is usually fixed, meaning that the fiber cables are not intended to be disconnected. On the other side of the panel, fiber cables can be connected.

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