Patent ID: 7201618

Claim:
A communications plug for mating with a communications jack, the plug comprising: a first conductor and a second conductor that are adjacent to one another in a contact region of the plug and that together form a second pair of conductors; a fourth conductor and a fifth conductor that are adjacent to each other in the contact region of the plug and that together fonn a first pair of conductors; a third conductor that is disposed between the second conductor and the fourth conductor in the contact region of the plug; and a sixth conductor that is adjacent to the fifth conductor in the contact region of the plug, the third and the sixth conductor together forming a third pair of conductors that sandwiches the first pair of conductors in the contact region of the plug; wherein the communications plug is configured so that when the third pair of conductors is excited by a differential signal, the differential to common mode crosstalk induced from the third pair of conductors onto the second pair of conductors is substantially cancelled; and wherein the communications plug is further configured so that when the second pair of conductors is excited by a differential signal, the differential to common mode crosstalk induced from the second pair of conductors onto at least one of the first or third pairs of conductors is substantially cancelled.