MTP or MPO Connector For Your Cabling?

With the high-speed transmission and data capacity requirements of 40G / 100G network cabling in data centers, high-density MPO / MTP fiber optic connectors and jumper applications become common. MPO / MTP optical fiber connector is a multi-core connector, which can provide multi-fiber connection in one connector, thus supporting higher bandwidth and higher density applications. What is the difference between MPO and MTP?
MPO is “Multi-fiber Push on”, which is the first generation multi-core connector developed by Japan NTT Communications Corporation in the 1980s. The size of the MPO connector is similar to the ordinary SC connector, but the density has increased several times. Generally, 12-core optical fibers can be arranged in a row, supporting one or more rows of optical fibers in the same MPO connector. According to the different number of cores discharged in the connector, it is divided into one row (12-core), multiple rows (24-core) or for 400Gb application, can have in 16core or 32 core. In this way, one MPO connector can realize the simultaneous transmission of 12-core or more optical fiber signals, which saves a lot of space and resources for optical fiber wiring.
MTP is a registered trademark of US Conec, and its multi-core connector parts and ferrules are specifically called MTP connectors. The MTP and MPO optical fiber connectors all comply with the international standard “IEC-61754-7” and the American standard “TIA-604-5 (FOCIS5)”, which shows that the two are compatible. MTP fiber jumper is a type of high-performance MPO connector with more optimized optical and mechanical properties. The appearance design is slightly different, but the two can be interchanged and interconnected.

MTP connectors have improved performance and usability compared to MPO connectors. The differences between the two mainly include the following:

1. The MTP connector housing is removable. This feature allows the customer to Re-work and re-polish the MT ferrule, change the polarity flexibly
2. The MTP connector offers ferrule float to improve mechanical performance. This allows two mated ferrules to maintain physical contact while under an applied load.
3. The MTP connector uses tightly held tolerance stainless steel guide pin tips with an elliptical shape. The elliptical shaped guide pin tips improves guidance and reduces guide hole wear, eliminates fiber damage from spring
4. The MTP connector spring design maximizes ribbon clearance for twelve fiber and multi-fiber ribbon applications to prevent fiber damage.
5. The MTP connector is offered with four standard variations of strain relief boots to meet a wide array of applications.
6. The elliptical guide pin (PIN) of the MTP fiber optic connector is made of metal and oval design, which can maintain high-performance transmission for longer time
MPO / MTP optical fiber connector is small in size and high in density, and can support multi-core optical fiber connection, which greatly saves the space occupied by line ports and cables, so that higher density wiring can be achieved in a certain space. Great flexibility and scalability also make cabling deployment easier and more adaptable to future network upgrades, expansions and changes