CABLE CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. A cable connector assembly comprising:
- a cable subassembly including a cable having a plurality of wire units, a spacer organizing said wire units, and a ground device disposed between said wire units, each wire unit comprising a pair of signal wires and a ground wire; and
an electrical connector adapted for electrically interconnecting said cable and a complementary connector, and comprising a shroud and a conductive device received in said shroud for providing electrical path between said cable and said complementary connector;
wherein there are two ground paths established from said ground device to said conductive device and from said ground wires to said conductive device, respectively, said two ground paths being located at opposite sides with respect to said conductive device such that substantially reducing crosstalk occurred during transmitting high rate data from said complementary connector to said cable.
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Abstract
A cable connector assembly (100) for use with a complementary connector includes an electrical connector (1), a cable (2) having signal conductors (22) and drain wires (23), a spacer (3) and ground plates (4). A terminal holder (14) of the connector has a printed circuit board (142) attached thereto, which defines a number of first and second conductive pads (144, 145) on opposite surfaces (147, 148) thereof. The first conductive pads are soldered to terminals (143) of the connector and signal pads (145a) of the second conductive pads are soldered to the signal conductors of the cable to thereby establish signal paths between the cable and the complementary connector. While, soldering portions (43) of the ground plates and drain wires are oppositely positioned on the opposite sides of the printed circuit board and are soldered to corresponding ground pads (145b) of the second conductive pads to thereby establish first and second ground paths between the cable and the complementary connector.
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Citations
18 Claims
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1. A cable connector assembly comprising:
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a cable subassembly including a cable having a plurality of wire units, a spacer organizing said wire units, and a ground device disposed between said wire units, each wire unit comprising a pair of signal wires and a ground wire; and
an electrical connector adapted for electrically interconnecting said cable and a complementary connector, and comprising a shroud and a conductive device received in said shroud for providing electrical path between said cable and said complementary connector;
wherein there are two ground paths established from said ground device to said conductive device and from said ground wires to said conductive device, respectively, said two ground paths being located at opposite sides with respect to said conductive device such that substantially reducing crosstalk occurred during transmitting high rate data from said complementary connector to said cable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A cable connector assembly, comprising:
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a cable having a number of wire groups, each wire group including a ground wire and at least one signal wire;
a ground device comprising a number of ground plates disposed between said wire groups and electrically connecting with corresponding ground wires; and
an electrical connector, comprising a shroud defining therein a space for accommodating said ground device and an end of said cable;
a terminal holder received in a front portion of said shroud and arranging thereon a number of terminals; and
a printed circuit board electrically connected with said terminals at an end thereof, said printed circuit board having rows of conductive pads arranged on the other end and disposed on opposite surfaces thereof, respectively, each row of conductive pads including alternatively positioned, signal and ground pads, wherein said signal pads are electrically connected with said signal wires, said ground pads on one surface are electrically connected with said ground plates, and said ground pads on opposite surface are electrically connected with corresponding ground wires. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A cable structure comprising:
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at least one wire unit, said at least one wire unit including at least one signal conductor, at least one drain wire, and a shield wrapping about said insulated, signal conductor and said drain wire;
at least one ground plate being attached on an end of said wire unit and electrically contacting said drain wire; and
a printed circuit board electrically connecting with said wire unit and said ground plate in such a manner that two ground paths are established oppositely with respect to said printed circuit board, one ground path being established from said drain wire to said printed circuit board and the other ground path being established from said ground plate to said printed circuit board. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A cable assembly comprising:
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a number of wire units each including a pair of signal conductors transmitting differential pair and at least one ground wire;
a printed circuit board being assembled to ends of said wire units;
a spacer being attached on said ends of said wire units and having a number of slits defined thereon; and
a number of ground plates being assembled between said ends of said wire units;
wherein said printed circuit board electrically connecting with said signal conductors, ground wires and said ground plates in such a manner that said signal conductors are conductively soldered on opposite sides of said printed circuit board with said ground plates and said ground wires being correspondingly arranged between adjacent signal conductors and soldered on said printed circuit board for reducing crosstalk.
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Specification