Patent ID: 7038554
Filing Date: 2006-05-02
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A system for at least one plug connector, the plug connector having a plurality of plug connector elements being grouped into pairs, each pair of the plurality of plug connector elements having a tip plug connector element and a ring plug connector element configured to be coupled to a different wire pair, the plug connector having a first capacitance between a tip plug connector element of a first pair of the plurality of plug connector elements and a ring plug connector element of a second pair of the plurality of plug connector elements, the plug connector having a second capacitance between a ring plug connector element of the first pair of the plurality of plug connector elements and a tip plug connector element of the second pair of the plurality of plug connector elements, the first capacitance being greater than the second capacitance, the system comprising: a jack connector being shaped to receive the plug connector, the jack connector having a plurality of jack contact members and configured to receive the plug connector such that each of the plurality of jack contact members is electrically coupled to a different one of the plurality of plug connector elements, the plurality of jack contact members including a first tip jack contact member and a first ring jack contact member positioned to electrically couple with the tip plug connector element and the ring plug connector element, respectively, of the first pair of the plurality of plug connector elements when the jack connector receives the plug connector, and a second tip jack contact member and a second ring jack contact member positioned to electrically couple with the tip plug connector element and the ring plug connector element, respectively, of the second pair of plug connector elements when the jack connector receives the plug connector; an insulation displacement connector (IDC) configured to receive a plurality of wires and having a plurality of IDC elements, each of the plurality of IDC elements configured to be coupled to a different one of the plurality of wires; a circuit board having a plurality of jack pads, a plurality of IDC pads, and a plurality of internal conductors, each of the plurality of jack pads being electrically coupled to a different one of the plurality of jack contact members so that a first tip jack pad, a first ring jack pad, a second tip jack pad, and a second ring jack pad are electrically coupled to the first tip jack contact member, the first ring jack contact member, the second tip jack contact member, and the second ring jack contact member, respectively, each of the plurality of IDC pads being electrically coupled to a different one of the plurality of IDC elements, each of the plurality of internal conductors being electrically coupled to a different one of the plurality of jack pads and a different one of the plurality of IDC pads; and a third capacitance electrically coupled between the first ring jack pad and the second tip jack pad, the third capacitance sized, at least in part, with respect to the difference in values between the first capacitance and the second capacitance to reduce cross-talk between the first and second pairs of the plurality of plug connector elements, wherein the plurality of IDC elements are grouped into pairs, each pair of the plurality of IDC elements having a tip IDC element and a ring IDC element configured to be coupled to a different wire pair, the plurality of IDC pads of the circuit board including a first tip IDC pad electrically coupled to the first tip jack pad, a first ring IDC pad electrically coupled to the first ring jack pad, a second tip IDC pad electrically coupled to the second tip jack pad, and a second ring IDC pad electrically coupled to the second ring jack pad by ones of the plurality of internal conductors, wherein the IDC has a fourth capacitance electrically coupled between a first tip IDC element of a first pair of the plurality of IDC elements and a second ring IDC element of a second pair of the plurality of IDC elements, the first tip IDC element being electrically coupled to the first tip IDC pad, and the second ring IDC element being electrically coupled to the second ring IDC pad, a fifth capacitance electrically coupled between a first ring IDC element of the first pair of the plurality of IDC elements and a second tip IDC element of the second pair of the plurality of IDC elements, the first ring IDC element being electrically coupled to the first ring IDC pad, and the second tip IDC element being electrically coupled to the second tip IDC pad, the fourth capacitance being greater than the fifth capacitance, and wherein the third capacitance is further sized, at least in part, with respect to the difference in values between the fourth capacitance and the fifth capacitance.