Patent ID: 8303348

Claim:
A communication jack for compensating for a source of near-end crosstalk in a mated communication plug over a range of signal operating frequencies, the mated plug including a plurality of plug contacts, comprising: a housing having a first face with a plug receiving aperture therein; a plurality of conductive path pairs directly extending from corresponding plug interface contacts located at said plug receiving aperture to corresponding output terminals, said plurality of conductive path pairs including a circuit board connected to said plug interface contacts beyond where the plug contacts engage said plug interface contacts, said circuit board including a single stage of crosstalk compensation with opposite polarity of the crosstalk of the plug for at least one combination of said conductive path pairs, wherein said single stage of crosstalk compensation cancels substantially all of the near-end crosstalk caused by the plug, over the range of signal operating frequencies, for said at least one combination of said conductive path pairs, said plug interface contacts including a plug contact point approximately where the plug contacts engage said plug interface contacts, said single stage of crosstalk compensation being located a physical distance from said plug contact point and along said plurality of conductive path pairs, said physical distance approximately equivalent to a maximum of 3.0 degrees of electrical phase in the range of signal operating frequencies.