Patent ID: 6630624
Filing Date: 2003-10-07
Classification: H01B

Abstract:
An electrical cable adapted for terminating with an electrical connector having ground and signal terminals, comprising:a pair of cable subassemblies arranged side by side, each cable subassembly having two signal wires and a metal braid wrapping up the two signal wires, the signal wire having a signal conductor in a center surrounded by an insulating layer; three drain wires respectively positioned between and outside the two cable subassemblies and conductively contacting with the metal braids thereof, each drain wire comprising a center conductor and a semiconductive layer extruded around the center conductor, a spacing between the center conductor and an adjacent signal conductor being equal to a pitch between the two signal conductors of the cable subassembly; and an outer insulating jacket surrounding the pair of cable subassemblies and the drain wires.