Patent ID: 8413323

Claim:
A method of compensating for crosstalk generated in an electrical plug, the method comprising: providing a printed circuit board including a plurality of conductive tracks, each track electrically connected between one of a plurality of plug contacts and a corresponding one of a plurality of insulation displacement contacts, the printed circuit board further including a capacitive compensation coupled across tracks associated with first and second wire pairs; measuring a nominal crosstalk effect of the first wire pair on the second wire pair; after measuring the nominal crosstalk effect of the first wire pair on the second wire pair, disconnecting a subportion of the capacitive compensation from the associated tracks; measuring a second nominal crosstalk effect of the first wire pair on the second wire pair after disconnecting the subportion; and upon determining that the second nominal crosstalk effect exceeds a threshold, disconnecting at least a portion of the capacitive compensation from the associated tracks, thereby decreasing the nominal crosstalk effect to within a predetermined tolerance.