Patent ID: 8128433
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A cross talk compensation assembly for mounting within a modular jack, comprising: a circuit board, the circuit board having a rear end, a front end and a plurality of conductive traces thereon, which are at least partially adapted to compensate cross talk; and a plurality of receptacle terminals supported on the circuit board, each receptacle terminal including a base end fixed to the circuit board, first and second legs located over one another with one end of each leg joined to the other leg by a bent portion, the first leg ending in a free end and the second leg extending from the base end toward the bent portion such that it forms an acute angle with the circuit board, each receptacle terminal having at least one electrical contact area designed to electrically contact a respective one of the conductive traces on the circuit board, the bent portion of each receptacle terminal being cantilevered to engage the circuit board at least when one or more of the receptacle terminals is contacted by a terminal of a modular plug, wherein the bent portion of each receptacle terminals is electrically insulated from the circuit board by a dielectric material, wherein the circuit board has a top surface and a bottom surface, at least four conductive traces running on the top surface and/or on the bottom surface of the circuit board, each conductive trace having a first contact region and a second contact region, the first contact regions being arranged in a first row parallel and adjacent to the rear end, each first contact region being adapted to electrically contact a separate output terminal, the second contact regions being arranged in a second row spaced apart from and parallel to the first row of the first contact regions, each of the second contact regions being adapted to electrically contact a separate one of the receptacle terminals, the first row of first contact regions, the second row of second regions and a first length of each of the conductive traces defining a first area on the top surface and a second area on the bottom surface, wherein a plurality of capacitive pads are disposed on the first area and the second area to form respective capacitors, the second row of second contact regions, a second length of each conductive trace and a third length of each conductive trace adjacent to the front end defining a third area on the top surface and a fourth area on the bottom surface, wherein the conductive traces are designed to form a plurality of cross talk compensation stages and time delay stages on the third area of the top surface and on the second area of the bottom surface.