Patent ID: 6402560
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A communication connector, comprising:a connector housing having an opening for receiving a mating connector; at least a first and a second pair of terminal contact wires supported in the housing, and each pair of contact wires forms a different signal path; the terminal contact wires have base portions, free ends, and intermediate contact portions defining a co-planar region for establishing points of electrical contact with corresponding terminals of the mating connector; a first pair of parallel, elongated capacitor plates fixed at corresponding free ends of the first pair of terminal contact wires, and a second pair of parallel elongated capacitor plates fixed at corresponding free ends of the second pair of terminal contact wires, wherein each pair of capacitor plates is dimensioned and arranged for capacitively coupling an associated terminal contact wire of the first pair of contact wires with an associated terminal contact wire of the second pair of contact wires, to cause capacitive crosstalk compensation to be introduced at said points of electrical contact between the contact wires and the mating connector; wherein the long direction of each pair of capacitor plates is parallel to the co-planar region of the contact portions of the terminal contact wires; and the first pair of capacitor plates is aligned orthogonal to the second pair of capacitor plates to reduce interference and cross coupling between the two pairs of capacitor plates.