Patent ID: 6579116
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A connector for reducing cross-talk, the connector comprising a connector body; a plurality of contacts mounted on the connector body, said contacts adapted to engage the contacts on a complimentary connector to establish electrical connections therewith; a plurality of conductors extending into the body, an electrical connection between each conductor and one of said contacts, portions of said conductors arraigned sufficiently close to each other to generate cross-talk; a cross-talk reducing member, said cross-talk reducing member including a dielectric body and a plurality of conductive members distributed substantially uniformly throughout the dielectric body, said conductive members contacting each other and comprising an irregular three dimensional conductive lattice, said cross-talk reducing member positioned between said cross-talk generating portions of the conductors wherein cross-talk between such conductor portions is absorbed on said lattice and dissipated along the lattice within said cross-talk reducing member; and insulation between said conductors and said cross-talk reducing member.