Method for reducing crosstalk in electrical connectors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9407044-B2
Application number	US-201414474479-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2014
Priority date	Mar 12, 2004
Publication date	Aug 2, 2016
Grant date	Aug 2, 2016

Abstract

An apparatus and method for crosstalk compensation in a jack of a modular communications connector includes a flexible printed circuit board connected to jack contacts and to connections to a network cable. The flexible printed circuit board includes conductive traces arranged as one or more couplings to provide crosstalk compensation.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A communication jack for connection with a communication plug, the jack comprising:
a front housing with a plug receiving aperture;
a plurality of jack contacts at least partially within the plug receiving aperture;
a crosstalk compensating apparatus mechanically and electrically connected to the jack contacts approximately where the jack contacts mates with the plug.

2. The communication jack of claim 1 , wherein the crosstalk compensating apparatus is a flexible printed circuit board.

Assignees

• Panduit Corp

Inventors

• Caveney Jack E
• Bolouri-Saransar Masud
• Lesniak Scott M

Classifications

• H01R12/675

  with contacts having at least a slotted plate for penetration of cable insulation, e.g. insulation displacement contacts for round conductor flat cables · CPC title

• H05K2201/10189

  Non-printed connector · CPC title

• H05K2201/09245

  Crossing layout · CPC title

• H01R2201/04

  for network, e.g. LAN connectors · CPC title

• H01R4/2433

  one part of the base being movable to push the cable into the slot · CPC title