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Modular connector plug for high speed data transmission networks

  • US 10,439,329 B2
  • Filed: 10/18/2017
  • Issued: 10/08/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A modular connector plug for forming a connector interface with a connector jack in a high speed data transmission network, the connector plug comprising:

  • a printed circuit board (PCB) including a length defined from a contact end to a cable end opposite the contact end;

    at least a first cable pair comprising first and second cables and a second cable pair comprising third and fourth cables connected to the PCB; and

    a connector assembly including a first plug contact electrically coupled to the first cable, a fourth plug contact electrically coupled to the second cable, a second plug contact electrically coupled to the third cable, and a third plug contact electrically coupled to the fourth cable,wherein each of the plug contacts further comprises;

    a first end connected to the PCB, a second end, anda bridge portion having a length between the first end and the second end and having a width oriented perpendicular to the length and the first and second ends,wherein each bridge portion and second end of the respective plug contacts extends in parallel with each other and in transverse orientation with respect to the PCB length, further collectively defining a contact interface proximate the contact end, anda bridge portion of at least one of the plug contacts having a maximum width greater than the maximum width of a bridge portion of another plug contact, andwherein each plug contact defines an electrode of a compensating capacitance formed between adjacent pairs of plug contacts, each compensating capacitance defined at least partially by a distance between the respective adjacent pair of plug contacts at the contact interface.

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