Patent ID: 6139371
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A communication connector assembly, comprising:a base support;a plurality of terminal contact wires having base portions mounted on the base support;said plurality of terminal contact wires having free end portions and contact portions connecting between the base portions and the free end portions, at least a first and a second pair of terminal contact wires having the free end portions extending longer than the free ends of the remaining of terminal contact wires to define leading portions, the contact portions for defining a zone of contact for establishing electrical connections with a mating connector, and each pair of said first and second pairs of terminal contact wires defines a different signal path;the corresponding leading portions extending from their contact portions, at a side of the zone of contact opposite from the base portions of the terminal contact wires;wherein one of the leading portions of the first pair of terminal contact wires, and one of the leading portions of the second pair of terminal contact wires, are dimensioned and arranged for capacitively coupling to one another to produce capacitive crosstalk compensation substantially at the zone of contact when the mating connector operatively engages the terminal contact wires.