Patent ID: 6176742
Filing Date: 2001-01-23
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A capacitor compensation assembly for crosstalk compensation in a communication connector having elongated terminal contact wires, comprising:a housing;a first crosstalk compensation capacitor supported in the housing, the capacitor includinga first metallic electrode having a first terminal,a second metallic electrode having a second terminal, anda dielectric spacer disposed between the first and the second metallic electrodes;wherein said housing is dimensioned and arranged to be associated with the communication connector, and the terminals of the metallic electrodes are exposed at positions outside the housing such that selected terminal contact wires of the connector make electrical contact with corresponding terminals of the electrodes to provide capacitive coupling between the selected contact wires when the contact wires are engaged by a mating connector andwherein the terminals of said capacitor are spaced apart from one another by a distance that corresponds to an integer multiple of a center-to-center spacing between the terminal contact wires of said communication connector.