Patent ID: 7753717

Claim:
A modular plug for terminating a cable including at least four twisted-pair of wires, comprising: a plug body having a top and a bottom, a plurality of contact slots formed in said plug body, four slots formed in said top of said plug body, two of said top slots formed on a left side of said plug body and two of said top slots formed on a right side of said plug body, and four contact slots formed in said bottom of said plug body, two of said bottom slots formed on a left side of said plug body and two of said bottom slots formed a right side of said plug body; a shield situated in said plug body for preventing cross-talk between respective pairs of wires, said shield including vertical upwardly and downwardly extending ribs and horizontal leftwardly and rightwardly extending ribs; said vertical upwardly extending rib structured and arranged to provide cross-talk shielding between two of said wire pairs situated vertically above said horizontal extending ribs on left and right sides of said vertical upwardly extending rib respectively; said vertical downwardly extending rib structured and arranged to provide cross-talk shielding between two of said wire pairs situated vertically below said horizontal extending ribs on left and right sides of said vertical downwardly extending rib; said horizontal leftwardly extending rib structured and arranged to provide cross-talk shielding between two of said wire pairs situated vertically above and vertically below said horizontal leftwardly extending rib and to the left of said vertical upwardly and downwardly extending ribs; and said horizontal rightwardly extending rib structured and arranged to provide cross-talk shielding between two of said wire pairs situated vertically above and vertically below said horizontal rightwardly extending rib and to the right of said vertical upwardly and downwardly extending ribs.