Patent ID: 8016621
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector body having mating and loading ends and being configured to receive a modular plug at the mating end; and a contact sub-assembly held by the connector body, the contact sub-assembly comprising an array of mating conductors configured to engage plug contacts of the modular plug at mating interfaces proximate to the mating end, the mating conductors transmitting a signal current along an interconnection path between the mating and loading ends, the contact sub-assembly further comprising a plurality of open-ended conductors electrically connected to corresponding mating conductors, the open-ended conductors being electrically parallel to the interconnection path of the array of mating conductors and generating crosstalk compensation as the signal current is transmitted through the mating conductors; wherein the open-ended conductors include first and second open-ended conductors, the first open-ended conductor being electrically connected to a mating conductor proximate to the mating end and the second open-ended conductor being electrically connected to a mating conductor proximate to the loading end, the first and second open-ended conductors being capacitively coupled to each other.