Patent ID: 9680259
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical jack comprising: a housing including: a plurality of electrically conductive contacts including (i) resiliently compressible spring finger contacts extending into the socket, (ii) insulation displacement contacts seated in corresponding insulation displacement contact slots and shaped to receive end sections of insulated conductors of a second twisted-pair cable, and (iii) midsections electrically connecting between the spring finger contacts and the insulation displacement contacts; and a plurality of capacitive plates, each of the plurality of capacitive plates electrically coupled to a different one of the electrically conductive contacts, the plurality of capacitive plates including at least a first capacitive plate and a second capacitive plate electrically connected to adjacent electrically conductive contacts, wherein the first capacitive plate and the second capacitive plate are of different sizes and positioned parallel to each other and at least partially overlap.