PeopleLink HDMI 2.0AOCCable

PeopleLink’s 4K UHD Active Optical Cables For Next-gen AV Applications
When it comes to cabling, Active Optical Cables (AOC) uses optical fibre “between the connectors” but
accepts the same electrical inputs as a conventional HDMI Extender. AOC uses electrical-to-optical
conversion at the cable ends to boost the cable’s speed and range performance without compromisingitsability to work with standard electrical connectors.

In simple words, to replace the HDMI Extender technology in data centers and high-performancecomputing(HPC) applications, Active Optical Cable (AOC) assemblies were developed.

AOC vs. Basic HDMI Extender Cable Technology:
HDMI Extender technology is being pushed to its limits by increasing data rates and the size of datacenterclusters. Conventional extender has a reach of only up to 50 meters at a Double Data Rate (DDR) of 20Gigabits per second (Gbps).

For smaller clusters, this might be acceptable, but for bigger clusters, the physical link distance makesthecluster’s physical architecture a serious difficulty. For example, it is usual for designers to incorporateamplifiers, signal regenerators, or similar devices within a cable assembly because high-speed extendercable assemblies have natural bandwidth-distance constraints.