Cable connector

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9640880-B2
Application number	US-201414651820-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 1, 2014
Priority date	Jul 1, 2014
Publication date	May 2, 2017
Grant date	May 2, 2017

Abstract

A cable connector that includes a substrate having a plurality of conductive pads and at least one grounding pad. The cable connector further includes twin axial cable that includes a first conductor and second conductor, a first insulator that surrounds the first conductor, and a second insulator that surrounds the second conductor. The twin axial cable further includes a ground shield that surrounds the first and second insulator. The first conductor is electrically connected to one conductive pad and the second conductor is electrically connected to another of the conductive pads. The ground shield is electrically connected to the grounding pad. A shielding structure is mounted to the substrate and is electrically connected to the grounding pad. The shielding structure includes a cap and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the cap to the substrate. The twin axial cable is positioned between the side walls.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cable connector comprising:
a substrate that includes a plurality of conductive pads and at least one grounding pad;
a transmitting cable that includes a conductor, an insulator surrounding the conductor and a ground shield surrounding the insulator, wherein the conductor is electrically connected to one of the conductive pads and the grounding shield is electrically connected to the grounding pad;
a receiving cable that includes a conductor, an insulator surrounding the conductor and a ground shield surrounding the insulator, wherein the conductor is electrically connected to one of the conductive pads and the grounding shield is electrically connected to the grounding pad; and
a shielding structure that is mounted to the substrate and is electrically connected to the grounding pad, wherein the shielding structure includes a cap and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the cap to the substrate, wherein each of the transmitting and receiving cables is positioned between a different pair of side walls, wherein the insulators of the transmitting and receiving cables each include a section that is partially exposed from the respective grounding shields, and wherein the shielding structure includes a pair of tunnel-shaped covers, wherein each tunnel-shaped cover extends between a different pair of side walls and covers the exposed section of a different one of the insulators, wherein the conductors of the transmitting and receiving cables each include a first portion and a second portion that are each partially exposed from the respective insulators, and wherein the tunnel-shaped cover of the shielding structure covers the exposed first portion of each conductor without covering the exposed second portion of each conductor.

2. The cable connector of claim 1 , wherein the exposed second portion of each conductor is electrically connected to a different one of the conductive pads.

3. The cable connector of claim 1 , wherein the shielding structure is formed of plastic and each tunnel-shaped cover is covered with an electrically conductive material.

4. The cable connector of claim 1 , wherein the shielding structure is formed of plastic and covered with an electrically conductive material.

5. A cable connector comprising:
a substrate that includes a plurality of conductive pads and at least one grounding pad;
a twin axial cable that includes:
a first conductor;
a second conductor;
a first insulator surrounding the first conductor;
a second insulator surrounding the second conductor;
a ground shield surrounding the first and second insulators; and
an outer jacket surrounding the ground shield; and

a shielding structure that is mounted to the substrate and electrically connected to the grounding pad, wherein the shielding structure includes a cap and a plurality of sidewalls extending from the cap to the substrate, wherein the twin axial cable is positioned between the sidewalls, wherein the first and second insulators each include a section that is partially exposed from the grounding shield, and wherein the shielding structure includes a cover that extends between the two side walls, wherein the cover includes a first tunnel-shaped segment that covers the exposed section of the first insulator and a second tunnel-shaped segment that covers the exposed section of the second insulator, wherein the first and second conductors each include a first portion and a second portion that is partially exposed from each of the first and second insulators and wherein the first tunnel-shaped segment covers the exposed first portion of the first conductor without covering the exposed second portion of the first conductor and the second tunnel-shaped segment covers the exposed first portion of the second conductor without covering the exposed second portion of the second conductor.

6. The cable connector of claim 5 , wherein the first tunnel-shaped segment includes a horizontal piece that covers the first insulator and an angled piece that covers the exposed first portion of the first conductor, and wherein the second tunnel-shaped segment includes a horizontal piece that covers the second insulator and an angled piece that covers the exposed first portion of the second conductor.

7. The cable connector of claim 6 , wherein the second portion of each of the first conductor and the second conductor is electrically connected to a different one of the conductive pads.

8. The cable connector of claim 5 , wherein the shielding structure is formed of plastic and the first and second tunnel-shaped segments are covered with an electrically conductive material.

9. The cable connector of claim 5 , wherein the shielding structure is formed of plastic and covered with an electrically conductive material.

10. A cable connector comprising:
a substrate that includes a plurality of conductive pads and at least one grounding pad;
a plurality of twin transmitting axial cables, wherein each twin transmitting axial cable includes:
a first transmitting conductor;
a second transmitting conductor;
a first transmitting insulator surrounding the first transmitting conductor;
a second transmitting insulator surrounding the second transmitting conductor;
a ground shield surrounding the first transmitting insulator and the second transmitting insulator;
an outer jacket surrounding the ground shield; and
wherein the first and second transmitting conductors of each twin transmitting axial cable are electrically connected to a different one of the conductive pads and the grounding shield of each transmitting twin axial cable is electrically connected to the grounding pad;

a plurality of twin receiving axial cables, wherein each twin receiving axial cable includes:
a first receiving conductor;
a second receiving conductor;
a first receiving insulator surrounding the first receiving conductor;
a second receiving insulator surrounding the second receiving conductor;
a ground shield surrounding the first receiving insulator and the second receiving insulator;
an outer jacket surrounding the ground shield; and
wherein the first and second receiving conductors of each twin receiving axial cable are electrically connected to a different one of the conductive pads and the grounding shield of each twin receiving axial cable is electrically connected to the grounding pad; and

a shielding structure that is mounted to the substrate and electrically connected to the grounding pad, wherein the shielding structure includes a cap and a plurality of sidewalk extending from the cap to the substrate, wherein each twin transmitting axial cable and each twin receiving axial cable are positioned between a different pair of sidewalls, wherein the first and second insulator of each twin transmitting axial cable and each twin receiving axial cable includes a section that is partially exposed from the grounding shield of each respective twin transmitting and receiving axial cable, and wherein the shielding structure includes a plurality of covers, wherein each of the covers extends between a different pair of side walls and covers the respective exposed sections of each first insulator and each second insulator, wherein each of the covers includes a first tunnel-shaped segment that covers the exposed section of a corresponding first transmitting or receiving insulator and a second tunnel-shaped segment that covers the exposed section of a corresponding second transmitting or receiving insulator, wherein the first and second conductors of each twin transmitting and receiving axial cable include a first portion and a second portion that are each partially exposed from each corresponding first and second transmitting or receiving insul

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Tran Donald T
• Lee Jeffrey
• Chawla Gaurav

Classifications

• H01R9/035

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R9/038

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01R13/6592

  the conductive member being a shielded cable · CPC title

• H01R13/6594

  the shield being mounted on a PCB and connected to conductive members · CPC title

• H01R13/6593

  the shield being composed of different pieces · CPC title