The TE Connectivity 1367147-1 is a dust cap designed specifically for SFP cages — the metal enclosure that houses an SFP transceiver on a PCB. Its job is straightforward: cover the cage opening when no transceiver is plugged in, keeping dust, debris, and handling contaminants off the cage's internal contacts and the PCB's optical interface. This prevents the kind of signal degradation or physical damage that comes from a bare cage on a production line or in a system that ships with transceivers installed later.
Packaging and Handling
Supplied in Bag packaging, these caps are loose in a static-shielding bag — standard for small-volume assembly or field-service kits. No reel or tape-and-reel; order them by the bag count for bench or line use.