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Twisted Pair Cables

A pair of cables twisted around each other forms a twisted pair cable. Twisted pair cable is a cable used in Computer Networking, which is made of twist (wring) between two wires.

Where are used twisted pair cable

It is mainly used to establish communication by exchanging data signals between various electronic devices such as computers, laptops, printers, scanners, etc.

There are two type twisted pair cable

1. UNSHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (UTP)

2. SHIELDED TWISTED PAIR (STP)

UTP twiated pair cables

Pair of unshielded wires wound around each other.

Cheapest form of cables available for networking purposes.

Highly used in LAN environments.

Easy to install.

Easily gets affected by EMI and RFI.

STP twisted pair cables

Pair of wires wound around each other is placed inside a protective foil wrap.

Better protection from EMI, RFI, and crosstalk as compared to UTP.

STP is cheaper than fiber optics cable but costlier than UTP.

Character statics of UTP and STP

S.no.	Particulars	UTP	STP
1.	Segment length	100m	100m
2.	Connector	RJ45,(RJ11 for telephone)	RJ45,(RJ11 for telephone)
3.	Data Transfer Rate	100 to 1000mbps and more than more	100 to 1000mbps and more then
4.	Protection	Less than EMI, RFI	Mopre protect EMI,RFI
5.	Bend	360 degree	360 degree
6.	Signal Method	Baseband	Baseband
7.	Cost	Less expensive	More Expensive
8.	Grounding Cable	1Not Required	Necessarily Required

Twisted pair the structure is given by EIA, TIA, and ANSI.

They describe how twisted pair cable are used in our network environment and they give the standard T568.

There are two types of wiring standard of twisted pair cable T568-A and T568-B.

TIA/EIA 568A Wiring		TIA/EIA 568B Wiring
1	White and Green	1	White and Orange
2	Green	2	Orange
3	White and Orange	3	White and Green
4	Blue	4	Blue
5	White and Blue	5	White and Blue
6	Orange	6	Green
7	White and Brown	7	White and Brown
8	Brown	8	Brown