Patent ID: 6520808
Filing Date: 2003-02-18
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector which includes a housing and a plurality of contacts mounted on said housing including first, second and third contacts, wherein said contacts have main portions that extend longitudinally and are spaced laterally, where said contacts each have a lateral width in a lateral direction and a thickness in a vertical direction, where said second contact lies laterally between said first and third contacts, and where there is crosstalk between said contacts and the connector is constructed to at least partially cancel said crosstalk, wherein:said third contact has a main portion that is laterally spaced from said first and second contacts, and said third contact has an initial lateral extension that includes first and second connecting sections and an initial suppressing section extending between said connecting sections, said initial suppressing section extending parallel and adjacent to a section of said first contact, and said connecting sections of said third contact each connect an end of said suppressing section to a different part of said third contact main portion; said connector includes a dielectric layer of small thickness lying between said suppressing section and said section of said first contact; said first connecting section has a lengthening portion that lengthens a path of current flowing therealong; said path of current flowing along said first connecting section has a length that is at least 110% of the direct lateral distance between said first and third contacts at a location where said first connecting section merges with said suppressing section and a location when said first connecting section merges with a part of said main portion of said third contact, to provide a longer current path to cause a phase delay.