Product Number: 2203ER

Category 6A Cable, 4 Pair, U/FTP, PVC Indoor CPR Eca

Category 6A Premise Horizontal Cable (500MHz), 4-Pair, 23 AWG Solid Bare Copper conductors, U/FTP, Foam Polyethylene insulation, each pair with Beldfoil® shield, AWG 26 solid tinned copper drainwire, PVC jacket Riser-CMR

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    Global
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    Active

Specifications

Suitable Applications

Horizontal and building backbone cable; Support current and future Category 6A and 6 applications, such as: 10GBase-T (10 Gigabit Ethernet), 1000Base-T (Gigabit Ethernet), 100 Base-T, 10 Base-T, FDDI, ATM

Patent

This product has one or more applicable patents. More information on patents can be found at https://www.belden.com/patents.

Conductor

Element Size Stranding Material No. of Pairs No. of Elements
Individual Shielded Pair 23 AWG Solid BC - Bare Copper 4 8

Insulation

Element Material Nom. Insulation Diameter Color Code
Individual Shielded Pair PE - Polyethylene (Foam) 1.32 mm (0.0520 in) White / Blue, White / Orange, White / Green, White / Brown

Cable Core

Description
2 twisted insulated conductors with overall foil, 4 pairs all twisted together with AWG 26 tinned copper drain wire

Inner Shield

Element Shield Type Material Coverage
Individual Shielded Pair Tape Bi-Laminate (Alum+Poly) 100%

Table Notes

Aluminum facing outside

Outer Shield

Drainwire Type
26 AWG (Solid) TC

Table Notes

Aluminium facing outside

Outer Jacket

Material Nom. Diameter Ripcord
PVC - Polyvinyl Chloride 7.1 mm (0.28 in) Yes

Overall Cable Diameter (Nominal)

7.1 mm (0.28 in)

Electricals

Max. Conductor DCR Max. Mutual Capacitance Max. Capacitance Unbalance Nom. Characteristic Impedance
95 Ohm/km 56 pF/m (17 pF/ft) 160 pF/100m 100 Ohm

Delay

Max. Delay Skew Nom. Velocity of Prop.
45 ns/100m 77%

High Frequency

Frequency [MHz] Max. Insertion Loss (Attenuation) Min. NEXT [dB] Min. PSNEXT [dB] Min. ACR [dB] Min. PSACR [dB] Min. ACRF (ELFEXT) [dB] Min. PSACRF (PSELFEXT) [dB] Min. RL (Return Loss) [dB] Min. PSANEXT [dB] Min. PSAACRF [dB] Min. TCL [dB] Min. ELTCTL [dB]
1 2.1 ns/100m 75.3 72.3 73.2 70.2 68 65 20 67 67 40 35
4 3.8 ns/100m 66.3 63.3 62.5 59.5 56 53 23 67 66.2 34 23
10 5.9 ns/100m 60.3 57.3 54.4 51.4 48 45 25 67 58.2 30 15
16 7.5 ns/100m 57.2 54.2 49.8 46.8 43.9 40.9 25 67 54.1 28 10.9
31.2 10.5 ns/100m 52.9 49.9 42.4 39.4 38.1 35.1 23.6 67 48.3 25.1 5.1
62.5 15 dB/100m 48.4 45.4 33.4 30.4 32.1 29.1 21.5 65.6 42.3 22
100 19.1 dB/100m 45.3 42.3 26.2 23.2 28 25 20.1 62.5 38.2 20
125 21.5 dB/100m 43.8 40.8 22.3 19.3 26.1 23.1 19.4 61 36.3 19
200 27.6 dB/100m 40.8 37.8 13.2 10.2 22 19 18 58 32.2 17
250 31.1 dB/100m 39.3 36.3 8.3 5.3 20 17 17.3 56.5 30.2 16
300 34.3 dB/100m 38.1 35.1 3.9 0.9 18.5 15.5 17.3 55.3 28.7
500 45.3 dB/100m 34.8 31.8 -10.4 -13.4 14 11 17.3 52 24.2

Table Notes

Limits below 4 MHz are for information only. Reference standard: IEC 61156-5

Transfer Impedance

Frequency Max. Transfer Impedance
1 Mhz Max. 50 mOhm/m
10 Mhz Max. 100 mOhm/m
30 Mhz Max. 200 mOhm/m
100 Mhz Max. 1000 mOhm/m

Transfer Impedance Class

Grade 2

Screening Class

Type Ib

Table Notes

Coupling Attenuation

Voltage

Voltage Rating
72 V DC

Temperature

Operating Installation
-30°C to +60°C 0°C To +50°C

Bend Radius

Stationary Min. Installation Min.
33 mm (1.3 in) 66 mm

Max. Pull Tension

110 N (25 lbf)

Bulk Cable Weight

44 kg/km

Environmental Suitability

Indoor - Euroclass Eca

Flammability / Reaction to Fire

FT4, IEC 60332-1-2

CPR Compliance

CPR Euroclass: Eca

CEC / C(UL) Compliance

CMR

IEEE Compliance

PoE: IEEE 802.3bt Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Type 4

Data Category

Category 6A

TIA/EIA Compliance

ANSI/TIA 568.2-D

ISO/IEC Compliance

ISO/IEC 11801-1, IEC 61034-2 - Smoke Density Min Transmittance = 60%

CENELEC Compliance

EN 50173-1, Segregation class according EN50174-2 = d

European Directive Compliance

EU CE Mark

UK Regulation Compliance

UKCA Mark

Notes

Electrical values are expected performance based on cable testing and representative performance within a typical Belden system.

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.62 Revision Date: 07-31-2024

Update and Revision

Revision Number: 0.62 Revision Date: 07-31-2024

Part Numbers

Item # Color Putup Type Length EAN
2203ER.00500 Blue Reel 500 m 8719605194084
2203ER.01500 Gray Reel 500 m 8719605218179