Patent ID: 9715952
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H01B,H05K

Claim:
1. A shielded electrical cable, comprising: a plurality of conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and arranged generally in a plane along a width of the cable, each conductor set having two insulated conductors, one conductor set in the plurality of conductor sets comprising a drain wire generally lying in a plane of the two insulated conductors of the one conductor set, the conductor of each insulated conductor having a size no greater than 24 AWG, each conductor set substantially surrounded by a shield; first and second non-conductive polymeric layers disposed on opposite sides of the cable, and including cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the polymeric layers, in combination, substantially surround the plurality of the conductor sets, and the pinched portions of the polymeric layers, in combination, form pinched portions of the cable on each side of the plurality of the conductor sets; wherein, when the cable is laid flat, a distance between a center of the drain wire of the one conductor set and a center of a nearest insulated conductor of a closest conductor set is σ1, a center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the closest conductor set is σ2, σ1/σ2 being greater than 0.7, and wherein a separation between the drain wire and the conductor of a closest insulated conductor of a closest conductor set is great than 0.5 times a center to center spacing between the two insulated conductors of the closest conductor set.