Hybrid electrical/optical data/power cabling system
A hybrid electrical/optical data/power cabling system includes a pair of cable connectors and an elongated cable base extending between the cable connectors. A first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire extends through the elongated cable base and is connected to each of the cable connectors. A first power transmission layer in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire is configured to transmit power between the cable connectors, and a first optical data signal transmission layer included in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire is configured to transmit optical data signals between the cable connectors. In some examples, the first power transmission layer may include a tubular cylindrical power transmission layer, and the first optical data signal transmission layer may include a tubular optical data signal transmission layer that is positioned within the tubular cylindrical power transmission layer.
1. A hybrid electrical/optical data/power cabling system, comprising:
a first cable connector;
a second cable connector;
an elongated cable base extending between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
a first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that extends through the elongated cable base and that is connected to each of the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
a first tubular power transmission layer that extends between the first cable connector and the second cable connector and that is configured to transmit power between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
a first cylindrical optical data signal transmission layer that is positioned within the first tubular power transmission layer and that extends between the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the first cylindrical optical data signal transmission layer is configured to transmit optical data signals between the first cable connector and the second cable connector.
2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that extends through the cable base and that is connected to each of the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
a second power transmission layer that is configured to transmit power between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
a second optical data signal transmission layer that is configured to transmit optical data signals between the first cable connector and the second cable connector.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
an insulating layer between the first power transmission layer and the first optical data signal transmission layer.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first power transmission layer includes a copper material.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first optical data signal transmission layer includes a fiber optic material.
6. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a processing system;
a port that is coupled to the processing system; and
a hybrid electrical/optical data/power cable that includes:
a first cable connector that is connected to the port;
an elongated cable base that extends from the first cable connector;
a second cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base opposite the first cable connector; and
a first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that extends through the cable base and that is connected to each of the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
a first tubular power transmission layer that extends between the first cable connector and the second cable connector and that is configured to transmit power between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
a first cylindrical optical data signal transmission layer that is positioned within the first tubular power transmission layer and that extends between the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the first cylindrical optical data signal transmission layer is configured to transmit optical data signals between the first cable connector and the second cable connector.
7. The IHS of claim 6 , wherein the hybrid electrical/optical data/power cable includes:
a second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that extends through the cable base and that is connected to each of the first cable connector and the second cable connector, wherein the second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
a second power transmission layer that is configured to transmit power between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
a second optical data signal transmission layer that is configured to transmit optical data signals between the first cable connector and the second cable connector.
8. The IHS of claim 7 , wherein the processing system is configured to:
transmit data signals via the first optical data signal transmission layer included in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire; and
receive data signals via the second optical data signal transmission layer included in the second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire.
9. The IHS of claim 6 , wherein the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire includes:
an insulating layer between the first power transmission layer and the first optical data signal transmission layer.
10. The IHS of claim 6 , wherein the first power transmission layer includes a copper material.
11. The IHS of claim 6 , wherein the first optical data signal transmission layer includes a fiber optic material.
12. A method for transmitting data and power, comprising:
transmitting, by a first tubular power transmission layer in a first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that is included in an elongated cable base and that extends between a first cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base and a second cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base, power between the first cable connector and the second cable connector; and
transmitting, by a first cylindrical optical data signal transmission layer in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that is positioned within the tubular cylindrical power transmission layer in the elongated cable base and that extends between the first cable connector and the second cable connector, optical data signals between the first cable connector and the second cable connector.
13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
transmitting, by a second power transmission layer in a second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that is included in the elongated cable base, power between the first cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base and the second cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base; and
transmitting, by a second optical data signal transmission layer in the second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire that is included in the elongated cable base, optical data signals between the first cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base and the second cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
transmitting, by a computing device connected to the first cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base, data signals via the first optical data signal transmission layer included in the first hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire; and
receiving, by a computing device connected to the first cable connector that is included on the elongated cable base, data signals via the second optical data signal transmission layer included in the second hybrid electrical/optical data/power wire.
15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
insulating, by an insulating layer that is located between the first power transmission layer and the first optical data signal transmission layer, the first power transmission layer from the first optical data signal transmission layer.
16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first power transmission layer includes a copper material.
17. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first optical data signal transmission layer includes a fiber optic material.