IEC 60869-1:2012 applies to fibre optic power control devices. These have all of the following general features:
– they are passive in that they contain no opto-electronic or other transducing elements;
– they have two ports for the transmission of optical power and control the transmitted power in a fixed or variable fashion;
– the ports are unconnectorized optical fibre tails or optical fibre pigtails with connectors. This standard establishes generic requirements for the following passive optical devices:
– optical attenuator;
– optical fuse;
– optical power limiter. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition, published in 1999, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
– the terms and definitions were reconsidered;
– the requirement concerning the IEC Quality Assessment System was reconsidered;
– the clause concerning quality assessment procedures was deleted. Keywords: fibre optic power control devices
– they are passive in that they contain no opto-electronic or other transducing elements;
– they have two ports for the transmission of optical power and control the transmitted power in a fixed or variable fashion;
– the ports are unconnectorized optical fibre tails or optical fibre pigtails with connectors. This standard establishes generic requirements for the following passive optical devices:
– optical attenuator;
– optical fuse;
– optical power limiter. This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition, published in 1999, and constitutes a technical revision. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
– the terms and definitions were reconsidered;
– the requirement concerning the IEC Quality Assessment System was reconsidered;
– the clause concerning quality assessment procedures was deleted. Keywords: fibre optic power control devices
