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Q: What is active USB repeater cable?
Active cables are copper cables that use an electronic circuit to improve their performance. Passive cables, which do not have this circuit, are more prone to data degradation due to channel impairments such as attenuation, crosstalk, and group velocity distortion. Active cables compensate for these impairments, making them more compact, thinner, longer, and faster than passive cables.
Active cables are used in enterprise networks and consumer devices such as cameras, gaming consoles, and HDTVs. The embedded circuitry in active cables allows for less copper to be used in cable production, which reduces the weight of the cable by as much as 80% and the cable size. Other benefits of active cables include longer reach and lower power consumption.
