Patent ID: RE39546

Claim:
A method of compensating cross-talk in a connector arrangement which includes a plug and a multi- layered circuit board with first and second sets of terminals , comprising: forward compensating unbalanced capacitance in the plug; and reverse compensating unbalanced capacitance and inductance caused by the forward compensation , wherein the connector arrangement includes: i ) a first and a second pair of conductors on the circuit board, each of the pairs including a ring conductor and a tip conductor, wherein each of the conductors interconnects respective terminals from the first and second sets of terminals, and wherein at least one pair has both conductors on the same layer of the multi - layered circuit board; ii ) first and second capacitors, wherein the first capacitor is formed between a first conductor of the first conductor pair and a second conductor of the second pair, and wherein the second capacitor is formed between a second conductor of the first pair and a first conductor of the second pair; and iii ) third and fourth capacitors, wherein the third capacitor is formed between the first conductor of the first pair and the first conductor of the second pair, and wherein the fourth capacitor is formed between the second conductor of the first pair and the second conductor of the second pair .