Patent ID: 7182649
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A jack connector for terminating a network cable that includes at least two pairs of conductors, the first pair comprising first and second conductors and the second pair comprising third and fourth conductors, the jack connector comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) with a plurality of electrical traces, wherein first, second, third, and fourth electrical traces are provided respectively for each of the first, second, third, and fourth conductors, wherein each electrical trace passes through at least two inductive coupling zones separated by a neutral zone that is substantially void of any intentionally introduced inductive coupling between adjacent electrical traces, wherein the at least two inductive coupling zones comprise a compensation zone and a crosstalk zone, wherein the compensation zone comprises inductive couplings between the second and third electrical traces and between the first and fourth electrical traces, and wherein the crosstalk zone comprises inductive couplings between the second and fourth electrical traces and between the first and third electrical traces.