Patent ID: 9627106
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: H01B

Claim:
1. A shielded electrical ribbon cable, comprising: adjacent first and second conductor sets extending lengthwise along the cable, each conductor set including two or more insulated conductors, the first conductor set comprising a ground conductor generally lying in a plane of the two or more insulated conductors of the first conductor set, at least 90% of a periphery of each conductor set being encompassed by a shielding film; and first and second non-conductive polymeric films disposed on opposite sides of the cable, the first and second polymeric films including cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the polymeric first and second films in combination substantially surround each conductor set, and the pinched portions of the first and second polymeric films in combination form pinched portions of the cable on each side of the cable; wherein, when the cable is laid flat, a distance between a center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and a center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ