Patent ID: 7967614

Claim:
A plug connector comprising: a plug body including a board substrate having at least one engagement surface that is configured to interface with mating contacts of a receptacle connector; and a plurality of differential pairs extending along the board substrate, the differential pairs comprising conductive pathways that include contact pads located on said at least one engagement surface, the contact pads being terminating ends of the conductive pathways that are configured to electrically engage the mating contacts of the receptacle connector, the conductive pathways of at least one differential pair forming a cross-over such that the conductive pathways of the plurality of differential pairs have a first arrangement with respect to each other before the cross-over and a different second arrangement after the cross-over; wherein the first arrangement of conductive pathways generates a first crosstalk component and the second arrangement of conductive pathways generates a second crosstalk component when signal current flows through the conductive pathways, the first and second crosstalk components at least partially offsetting one another.