1720 Index
grounding and interfacing 1212
Far-end crosstalk (FEXT)
wire and cable 415
Fast Ethernet
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1490
Fast Fourier Transform
test and measurement 1615
Fast link pulses (FLPs)
digital audio interfacing and net-
works) 1494
FC/PC connector 471
FDDI fiber optic connector 472
Federal Communications Commis-
sion (FCC)
Assistive listening systemsAs-
sistive listening systems
Federal Communication Com-
mision (FCC) 1550
Feed forward VCA-style dynamics
consoles 907
Feedback
personal monitors 1429
sound system design 1241,
1264
Feedback factor
audio transformers 287
Feedback phase-leading stability
compensation
consoles 839
Feedback stability margin
units of measurement 1659
Feedback stability margin (FSM)
sound system design 1241
Feedback theory 707
Feedback-style compressors
consoles 973
Feedback-style limiting
consoles 973
Feedback-type volume control 778
Ferrite beads 268
grounding and interfacing 1210
Ferrofluids
loudspeakers 608
Ferro-magnetic materials
audio transformers 278
Ferrule
fiber optics 480
FFT measurements
test and measurement 1615
Fiber Data Distributed Interface
(FDDI)
fiber optics 480
Fiber optic 480
connector loss 460
detector specifications 476
multimode step index fiber 456
Optical Time Domain Reflecto-
meter (OTDR) 462
refraction 454
Fiber optic cable
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1502
Fiber optic cable bend radius
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1503
Fiber optic connectors
digital audio interfacing and net-
works 1502
Fiber optic link
fiber optics 470, 480
Fiber optic systems 1572
Fiber optic transmission loss 458
Fiber optics 451
absorption 459
advantages of using fiber optics
for audio 452
Alexander Graham Bell 451
angle of incidence 454–455
angle of reflection 455
angle of refraction 454
attenuation 458, 477, 479
attenuation coefficient 458
attenuation in fiber 459
attenuation measurement 461
avalanche photodiode (APD)
467
bandwidth 468
beamwidth 479
bend radius fibers 459
biconic connector 471
bit-error-rate 470
Burrus LED 463, 480
cable specifications 476
characteristics of cables 457
coherent light 465
connector installation 473
connectors 1502
couplers 475
D4 472FC/PC 471
FDDI 472
LC 472
LC type 474
MT-RJ 473
SC 472
SFF 472
SMA 471
ST 472
core 451
coupling loss 460
CSL LightSplice System 474
cut-back method test 461
dense wavelength division multi-
plexing 480
design procedures 477
detector specifications 476
detectors 467
dispersion of light 457
distortion 469
edge emitting LEDs 463
electromagnetic spectrum 453
Fiber Data Distributed Interface
(FDDI) 480
fiber optic system design 475
fiber optic transmission loss
(FOTL) 458
fiber specifications 476
Fibrlok splice 475
Fresnel reflection 454, 480
gigabit optical transceivers 469
history 451
index of refraction 481
insertion loss 471–472, 475,
481
integrated detector-preamplifier
(IDP) 467
intermodal distortion 481
laser diode (LD) 465, 481
LED 463
lifetime 467
speed 467
light 452, 481
light emitting diode (LED) 481
light prism 453
light propagation 456
light rays 454
light source specifications 476
link 480
loose tube fiber jackets 457