Cable connector system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11637404-B2
Application number	US-201917256763-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2019
Priority date	Jul 12, 2018
Publication date	Apr 25, 2023
Grant date	Apr 25, 2023

Abstract

A cable connector includes a cable including a center conductor and a housing supporting a portion of the center conductor. An imaginary line divides a cross-section of the center conductor into two semicircles, and when the cable connector is mated with a mating connector, only one of the two semicircles is directly connected with a corresponding contact of the mating connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cable assembly comprising:
at least thirty-two twin axial cables, each of the at least thirty-two twin axial cables:
includes a first conductor and a second conductor,
defines a first end and a second end opposed to the first end, and
has a gauge of 32-36 AWG;

at least four rows of electrical contact pairs connected to respective first ends of the at least thirty-two twin axial cables, each of the at least four rows of electrical contact pairs includes at least eight differential signal pairs; and
a first electrical panel connector connected to respective second ends of the at least thirty-two twin axial cables, the first electrical panel connector includes thirty-two differential signal pairs and mates with an external cable connector, wherein
the cable assembly is sized and shaped such that the first electrical panel connector of the cable assembly fits within a 0.875 in height of a 1 RU panel, and
the cable assembly operates at 56 Gb/s with a frequency domain crosstalk of −40 dB or better.

2. The cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein the cable assembly is devoid of a printed circuit board.

3. The cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first electrical panel connector does not receive a printed circuit board.

4. A cable assembly system comprising thirty-two cable assemblies of claim 1 .

5. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 513 differential signal pairs.

6. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 600 differential signal pairs.

7. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 700 differential signal pairs.

8. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 800 differential signal pairs.

9. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 900 differential signal pairs.

10. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 1000 differential signal pairs.

11. The cable assembly system of claim 1 , wherein the cable assembly system includes a total of at least 1024 differential signal pairs.

12. The cable assembly system of claim 4 that fits within an area of 212 cm 2 .

13. The cable assembly system of claim 4 that fits within an area of 206 cm 2 .

14. The cable assembly system of claim 4 that fits within an area of 200 cm 2 .

15. The cable assembly system of claim 4 that fits within an area of 192 cm 2 .

16. The cable assembly system of claim 4 that carries at least 1024 twin axial cables.

17. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the thirty-two cable assemblies pass at least 15 terabytes/sec through an area of a 1 RU panel and include copper cables.

18. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the thirty-two cable assemblies pass at least 16 to 37.5 terabytes/sec through an approximate 143 cm 2 area of a 1 RU panel and include copper cables.

19. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the thirty-two cable assemblies pass at least 38 terabytes/sec through an approximate 168 cm 2 area of a 1 RU panel and include copper cables.

20. The cable assembly system of claim 4 , wherein the thirty-two cable assemblies pass at least 50 terabytes/sec through an approximate 192 cm 2 area of 1 RU panel and include copper cables.

21. The cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein a first pitch between a first row and a second row of the at least four rows of electrical contact pairs is different from a second pitch between the second row and a third row of the at least four rows of electrical contact pairs.

Assignees

• Samtec Inc

Inventors

• Mongold John A
• Buck Jonathan E
• Shah Jignesh H
• Faith Chadrick P
• Musser Randall E
• Williams Barnet Jean Karlo
• Mcmorrow Norman S

Classifications

• H01R13/113

  co-operating with pins or blades having a rectangular transverse section · CPC title

• H01R12/594

  for shielded flat cable · CPC title

• H01R12/79

  connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title

• H01R13/6587 Primary

  for mounting on PCBs · CPC title

• H01R12/62 Primary

  connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures · CPC title