TIA-968 A Connectors FCC.pdfVIP

TIA-968-A 6 CONNECTORS Connection of terminal equipment to the telephone network shall be made through a connector conforming to this section or by direct attachment to wiring installed by the provider(s) of wire line telecommunications including, but not limited to, splicing, bridging, twisting, and soldering. 6.1 SPECIFICATIONS 6.1.1 General The US customary units are shown in parentheses throughout this section. US customary units were the original dimensional units used in designing the plugs and jacks shown in the following pages. The dimensions shown without parenthesis are in SI (Systeme Internationale) units (i.e. the International System of measurement). The SI dimensional units are derived from the US customary units by multiplying inches by 25.4 to derive the exact conversion in millimeters with no rounding-off of the resulting decimal value. The number of decimal places to which the conversion is taken by adding a particular number of zeroes to the right end of the resulting SI value, where required, is governed by the concept that when the calculated SI dimensional unit is divided by 25.4, the resulting inches calculation will be exactly that shown in the parenthesis (the original design dimension). The conversion to SI force units, Newton (N), is rounded off to a number of decimal places that will result in the calculated SI force value being within less than 1% of the original US customary force unit value located adjacent in parenthesis (the original design value). The rationale for this is that this will bring the force conversions to within the degree of accuracy of the force-measuring device and avoid the carrying of an unrealistic number of decimal places which would otherwise result from an exact conversion. The plugs and jacks described in this section represent the standard connections to be used for connections to the telephone network. The plug and jack designs shown are representative of generic typ