RJ-45 Connectors

A designer and manufacturer of various connector products, Molex's magnetic modular jacks incorporate wire-wound components in standard RJ45 jacks. These jacks are available as single or multi-port, and in Power over Ethernet versions. The company also produces shielded and unshielded modular plugs available in four, six, and eight-circuit configurations; through hole and surface mount, right angle modular jacks; and through hole and surface mount, vertical and bottom entry modular jacks. The modular jacks are suitable for 100Base-T (Fast Ethernet) applications.

Belkin produces 50 micron RJ45 plugs used with round cables or flat cables. Both RJ45 plug types feature gold plated contacts and are avialable in a 10-pack. The company also offers Cat 5e and Cat 6 Keystone Jacks. The Cat 6 jacks support T568A and T568B wiring and use the industry standard 110 interface.

L-Com designs modular splitters and shielded modular splitters including 5-port RJ45 splitters for telephone and ISDN applications, and RJ45 plug terminators for ISDN applications. The company also produce IP 67-rated waterproof, shielded RJ45 jacks, and radiused cable entry RJ45 plugs for voice, video, and data premise wiring applications. The RJ45 plugs feature rectangular entry for flat, silver satin style cables.

Mencom Corp. manufactures a line of industrial RJ45 connectors used in the industrial automation, automotive, and injection molding industries. The company's product line includes E45V1 connectors, E45V3 connectors, Ethernet switches, MDC 4-pole D Code with Ethernet wiring, and MDC 8-pole with Ethernet wiring.

RIA Connect offers a line of modular, shielded or unshielded RJ45 jacks. Available as thru hole jacks with top or side entry, the jacks can be single or multi-port and surface mountable. Jack types include LED, USB, Keystone, industrial Ethernet IP67, and magnetic. Some of the jacks are available in vertical or horizontal configurations.

Leviton manufactures EZ-RJ45 connectors that provide UTP wire terminations and exceed Category 5e standards. The connectors feature openings that allow wires to be inserted and extended out the front, which provides wire sequence verification, and no wasted connectors, crimps or bad terminations.

Tyco Electronics designs circular sealed RJ-45 connectors and RJ-45 field installable plugs. Product styles include circular, Ethernet IP 20 field installation, Ethernet IP 65 field installation, Ethernet IP 65/67 field installation, Ethernet IP 67 field installation, industrial Ethernet IP20 plug, industrial Ethernet plug to Ethernet IP 20 field installation plug, industrial Ethernet plug to modular plug, and mini I/O plug to Cat 5e plug.

Garvin Industries produces and distributes RJ45 connectors for Category 5E cables and RJ-11 phone jacks. The connectors are installed in walls to add outlets for ease of connection to existing networks or internet.

CableOrganizer.com is a supplier of EZ RJ 45 plug connectors that work with CAT3, CAT5, CAT5e, and CAT6. RJ 45 connector specifications include: one piece design, T-568 A or B wire sequence specification, and FCC compliant/UL rated.

RJ45 connector products distributes by Video Products Inc. include CAT6a RJ45 plugs, CAT6 RJ45 plugs, and CAT5e RJ45 plugs. The plugs are intended for round cables, and stranded or solid conductors, and are available with 23 through 26 AWG. Some of the plugs are fully shielded.

Cables To Go distributes a variety of RJ-45 connector products including RJ45 Cat5 8x8 modular plugs for round stranded cable, RJ45 Cat5E modular plugs for round solid/stranded cable, RJ45 10x10 modular plus for round stranded cable, and RJ45 shielded Cat5 modular plugs for round solid cables.

Network Technologies Inc. provides serial RJ45 adapters that connect DB25M, DB25F, and DB9M serial ports to RJ45 connectors. Available as female DB25 to female RJ45, male DB25 to female RJ45 adapters the connectors meet CAT 5/5e/6 standards.

Tessco distributes EZ-RJ45 connectors manufactured by Emerson Network Power and an outdoor RJ45 Ethernet connector kit produced by Laird Technologies. The supplier also provides RJ-45 crimp connectors manufactured by TerraWave, Platinum Tools Inc., Wireless Solutions, Emerson Network Power, Anixter, Signamax, and Simcona Electronics.

MCM Electronics produces and distributes a line of RJ45 connector products that includes RJ45 CAT6 connectors, RJ-45 modular connectors for round cable, RJ-45 CAT5e connectors, RJ45 in-line coupler female to female, and RJ-45 modular connectors for flat cable. The company also supplies 8-pin RJ-45 surface mount telephone jacks, female DB9 to RJ45 8 conductors, and RJ45 crimp tools.

Allied Electronics distributes RJ45 adapters, jacks, jack adapters, modular plugs, plugs, and plugs and jacks manufactured by Amphenol, Bomar, Emerson, Harting, HellermannTyton, L-Com, Molex, Neutrik, Phoenix Contact, Platinum Tools, and TE Connectivity.

Allied Components International's RJ45 shielded connects are available in single port, 1x4, 2x1, and 2x2 configuration with LED options. The company's surface mount, low profile RJ45 connectors comply with IEEE802.3 and ANSI X3.263 standards and are used in PC card/notebook applications, wireless cards, network exchangers, networking set-up boxes, routers, VOIP, terminal communication units, PC main boards, and other Ethernet applications.

RJ45 industrial Ethernet connectors designed by Phoenix Contact are designed for CAT 5e gigabit Ethernet transmission and are completely shielded. The connectors are available as sleeve housing, male insert, panel mounting frame, female CAT5 insert, and Female CAT5 insert models.

Siemens' IE FastConnect RJ45 plugs are immune to interference, and feature EMC shielding and deflection. Compatible with EN 50173/ISO IEC 11801 standard, the connectors are available in three designs: 180-degree straight cable, 145-degree cable outlet, and 90-degree cable outlet.

RJ45 female connectors distributed by Digi-Key Corp. are manufactured by Molex Inc., CUI Inc., Assmann Electronics Inc., Weidmuller, and Norcomp Inc.