Patent ID: 7367849

Claim:
An electrical connector jack comprising: a body with a support portion and a plug receiving portion defining an opening with an insertion plane; a circuit board mounted to said support portion to position said circuit board relative to said plug receiving portion and said insertion plane, said circuit board having circuit traces respectively extending from spring contact termination locations, said spring contact termination locations including a first set of spring contact termination locations spaced a first distance from said insertion plane, a second set of spring contact termination locations spaced a second distance from said insertion plane and a third set of spring contact termination locations spaced a third distance from said insertion plane; a plurality of spring contact conductors each terminating at a respective one of said spring contact termination locations, each of said spring contact conductors having a common plug contact zone spaced substantially at a common distance from said insertion plane wherein each of said spring contact conductors provides a conductive path from said plug contact zone to a respective said spring contact termination location and said spring contact conductors include a first set of spring contact conductors that are each connected to said first set of spring contact termination locations to each define a first conductive path length from a respective said first set of spring contact termination locations to said plug contact zone that is 7 mm or less and a second set of spring contact conductors that are each connected to said second set of spring contact termination locations to each define a second conductive path length from a respective said second set of spring contact termination locations to said plug contact zone that is 7 mm or less; and a crosstalk compensation element defined on said circuit board and connected to at least one of said first set of spring contact conductors at a respective one of said first set of spring contact termination locations to provide an application location of said crosstalk compensation element less than 7 mm from said plug contact zone and a crosstalk compensation element connected to at least one of said second set of spring contact conductors at a respective one of said second set of spring contact termination locations to provide an application location of said crosstalk compensation element less than 7 mm from said plug contact zone, wherein said first conductive path length is between 4 and 5 mm and said second conductive path length is between 4.5 mm and 5.5 mm and said spring contact conductors connected to said third set of spring contact termination locations have a conductive path length that is 10 mm or greater.