Ribbon fibre cable structure
Traditional fibre optic patch cables are with simplex or duplex structure, in simplex structure there is one connector on each side of the cable, inside the one jacket there is one thread of fibre optic glass. This simplex fibre optic patch can only transmit one fibre optic signal. Ribbon fibre optic cables are usually with multi channel fibre optic connections inside the same fibre optic cable jacket, thus it is space saving and suitable for applications such as fibre to the home.

MPO/MTP fibre connectors
The trend of fibre optic cable assemblies is smaller and more compact, this not only require the suitable cables structure but require suitable fibre optic connectors. MTP and MPO are the unique fibre optic connectors; they each contain multi channel fibre optic connections in the single connector. The fibre core in MTP and MPO has many options, such as 4 fibre MPO, 8 fibre MPO, 12 fibre MPO and more.