Patent ID: 6168458
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A modular communications electrical connector with improved cross-talk characteristics for terminating a plurality of wires of a cable, the plurality of wires being arranged in at least a first and a second twisted pair of wires, the connector comprising: a casing; a plurality of electrical contacts mounted in the casing, the wires of the first twisted pair being electrically coupled to a first pair of adjacent ones of the electrical contacts, the wires of the second twisted pair being electrically coupled to a second pair of adjacent ones of the electrical contacts, the first and second pairs of electrical contacts being separated by a third one of the electrical contacts; and means for electrically interconnecting the third one of electrical contacts with a fourth one of the electrical contacts within the casing, wherein the third and fourth electrically interconnected contacts are electrically isolated from the plurality of the wires.