EBO Latch Connector 3M^™

Expanded Beam Optical (EBO) Latch Connector 3M^™ for PreCONNECT^® solutions

The best of both worlds: singlemode and expanded beam connectors

Reliable connectors that can be repeatedly plugged in and unplugged while still maintaining constant performance over all fibers – that is what 3M^™ EBO has to offer. 

The innovative yet extremely simple structure of this expanded beam plug connector permits repeated plugging and unplugging with no loss of performance and no need to clean the end faces. What is more, it is all but insensitive to vibrations and dust. Because the end faces of the fibers do not physically touch one another, the risk of chipping, scratches and damage is eliminated, while simultaneously guaranteeing outstanding IL and RL performance.

In contrast to earlier expanded beam methods, the EBO Expanded Beam Latch connector 3M^™ uses a new mirror reflex collimation lens in order to expand the light path and overcome the effect of surface particles on the IL and RL performance. Tiny deviations in the fiber alignment in plug connections (lateral offset) are all but eliminated.

This new technology, which has been patented by 3M^™, not only permits multimode applications but also makes it possible to use the expanded beam for singlemode applications – something that was not possible in the past, in particular in the case of multiple fibers.