Electrical connectors having open-ended conductors

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9660385-B2
Application number	US-201514838528-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2015
Priority date	Aug 25, 2009
Publication date	May 23, 2017
Grant date	May 23, 2017

Abstract

Electrical connector including a plurality of mating conductors. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion. The engagement portions of the mating conductors are configured to engage contacts of the mating connector. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to the engagement portion of a first mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region. The electrical connector also includes a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to the interior portion of a second mating conductor of the plurality of mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region. The first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a connector body configured to receive a mating connector;
a plurality of first terminals and respective second terminals configured to transmit signal current therebetween, the first terminals being located proximate to one another at a first nodal region, the second terminals being located proximate to one another at a second nodal region;
a first compensation region formed by the first terminals at the first nodal region;
a second compensation region formed by the second terminals at the second nodal region;

and where in the first compensation is electrically in parallel with the second compensation region.

2. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to a first one of the plurality of first terminals;
a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to a first one of the plurality second terminals, wherein the first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor; and
a printed circuit that includes the first and second open-ended conductors.

3. The electrical connector of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first open-ended conductor electrically connected to a first one of the plurality of first terminals;
a second open-ended conductor electrically connected to a first one of the plurality second terminals, wherein the first open-ended conductor is capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductor; and
wherein the first and second terminals are arranged to provide a near-end crosstalk (NEXT) compensation stage and the first and second open-ended conductors are arranged to provide a different NEXT compensation stage, the NEXT compensation stages being configured to generate compensating signals for substantially canceling or reducing a designated amount of offending crosstalk.

Assignees

• Commscope Technologies Llc

Inventors

• Bopp Steven Richard
• Pepe Paul John

Classifications

• Y10S439/941

  Crosstalk suppression · CPC title

• H01R24/64

  for high frequency, e.g. RJ 45 · CPC title

• H01R24/00

  Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure (contact members H01R13/02; securing contact members in or to a base or case or insulating of contact members H01R13/40; bases or cases H01R13/46; means for supporting coupling part when not engaged H01R13/60; means for facilitating engagement or disengagement of coupling parts or for holding them in engagement H01R13/62; means for preventing, inhibiting or avoiding incorrect coupling H01R13/64) · CPC title

• H01R13/6658

  on printed circuit board (H01R13/6666 - H01R13/6691 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01R13/6477

  by variation of dielectric properties · CPC title