Patent ID: 7892021

Claim:
A lumped resistance electrical cable comprising: at least first and second ribbon cables with each ribbon cable having a plurality of twisted pair electrical lines with each of the twisted pair electrical lines having first and second conductive lines; at least first and second electrical connectors with one of the first and second electrical connectors mounted on one end of the first ribbon cable and the second electrical connector mounted on one end of the second ribbon cable, each electrical connector having a plurality of electrically conductive contacts with each electrically conductive contact electrically coupled to one of the conductive lines of one of the first and second ribbon cables; and a resistor block having first and second electrical connectors mounted on a substrate with each of the first and second electrical connectors having a plurality of electrically conductive contacts with each of the electrically conductive contacts of the resistor block first and second electrical connectors electrically coupled to one of the electrically conductive contacts of the ribbon cable first and second electrical connectors, and the substrate having a plurality of resistive elements with each resistive element electrically coupled to a first set of the electrically conductive contacts of the first and second resistor block connectors which are electrically coupled to one of the conductive lines of each of the twisted pair electrical lines, and second set of the electrically conductive contacts of the first and second resistor block electrical connectors electrically coupled to a ground plane formed on the substrate which are electrically coupled to the other of the conductive lines of each of the twisted pair electrical lines.