Patent ID: 8628360

Claim:
A crosstalk compensation system within a telecommunications jack, the system comprising: a circuit board; a plurality of contact spring vias disposed through the circuit board; a plurality of wire termination contact vias disposed through the circuit board; a plurality of tracks on the circuit board that connect the contact spring vias to the wire termination contact vias; and a crosstalk compensation arrangement that provides crosstalk compensation between the tracks of the circuit board, the crosstalk compensation arrangement including a first plurality of capacitive plates arranged at a first layer of the circuit board and a second plurality of capacitive plates arranged at a second layer of the circuit board, the first and second layers being separated by a dielectric material, at least one of the capacitive plates of the second layer having a perimeter defining a recess that follows a contour of a respective one of the contact spring vias to provide a gap between the at least one capacitive plate and the respective one of the contact spring vias.