Patent ID: 7223915

Claim:
A cable assembly, comprising: a wire bundle having at least first and second pairs of wires arranged in first and second differential pairs; first and second connectors provided on first and second ends of said wire bundle, said first and second connectors including first and second circuit boards, respectively, each of said first and second circuit boards having a wire management end and a separable interface end; and contacts provided, at said wire management end, on each of said first and second circuit boards, said contacts being arranged in a contact layout that is apportioned into upper inner, upper outer, lower inner, and lower outer positions at said wire management end, said first pair of wires having a first end that is terminated, to a pair of said contacts located in said upper inner position at said wire management end of said first circuit board, said first pair of wires having an opposed second end that is terminated to a pair of said contacts located in said upper outer position at said wire management end of said second circuit board such that said first and second ends of said first and second pairs of wires are terminated on said first and second circuit boards in accordance with different first and second wire management configurations, respectively.