SEPARATOR TAPE FOR TWISTED PAIR IN LAN CABLE
First Claim
1. A cable comprising:
- a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; and
a jacket formed around said first twisted pair, wherein said first insulated conductor includes a first conductor surrounded by a layer of first dielectric insulating material having a radial thickness of about 7 mils or less.
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Abstract
A cable includes a jacket surrounding first and second insulated conductors and a first dielectric tape, wherein the first insulated conductor is twisted with the second insulated conductor with the first dielectric tape residing therebetween to form a first twisted pair. The cable'"'"'s jacket may also surround a similarly formed second twisted pair. In alternative or supplemental embodiments of the invention, the first insulated conductor includes a first conductor surrounded by a layer of first dielectric insulating material having a radial thickness of about 7 mils or less; the first dielectric tape has a first width which is equal to or less than the diameters of the first and second insulated conductors plus a thickness of the first dielectric tape; the first dielectric tape has a cross sectional shape, which presents first and second recessed portions for seating the first and second insulated conductors; twist lengths of the first and second twisted pairs are between approximately 0.22 to 0.38 inches and different from each other; the first dielectric tape is different in shape, size or material content as compared to a second dielectric tape of the second twisted pair; the insulated conductors of the first and second twisted pairs are identical in appearance, while the first and second dielectric tapes are different in appearance; and/or the first dielectric tape has a hollow core possessing a gas or material with a lower dielectric constant.
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Citations
29 Claims
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1. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first twisted pair, wherein said first insulated conductor includes a first conductor surrounded by a layer of first dielectric insulating material having a radial thickness of about 7 mils or less. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape formed as a single unitary structure, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first twisted pair, wherein said first dielectric tape has a first width which extends approximately perpendicular to an extension length of said first twisted pair from a first edge of said first dielectric tape to a second edge of said first dielectric tape, and wherein said first width is equal to or less than a diameter of said first insulated conductor plus a diameter of said second insulated conductor plus a thickness of said first dielectric tape. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first twisted pair, wherein said first dielectric tape has a cross sectional shape in a direction perpendicular to an extension length of said first twisted pair, which presents a first recessed portion for seating said first insulated conductor and a second recessed portion for seating said second insulated conductor. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; a third insulated conductor, a second dielectric tape, and a fourth insulated conductor, wherein said third insulated conductor is twisted with said fourth insulated conductor with said second dielectric tape residing between said third insulated conductor and said fourth insulated conductor to form a second twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first and second twisted pairs, wherein a first twist length of said first twisted pair is between approximately 0.22 inches and approximately 0.38 inches, and wherein a second twist length of said second twisted pair is different from said first twist length and is between approximately 0.22 inches and approximately 0.38 inches. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; a third insulated conductor, a second dielectric tape, and a fourth insulated conductor, wherein said third insulated conductor is twisted with said fourth insulated conductor with said second dielectric tape residing between said third insulated conductor and said fourth insulated conductor to form a second twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first and second twisted pairs, wherein said first dielectric tape is different in shape, size or material content as compared to said second dielectric tape. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; a third insulated conductor, a second dielectric tape, and a fourth insulated conductor, wherein said third insulated conductor is twisted with said fourth insulated conductor with said second dielectric tape residing between said third insulated conductor and said fourth insulated conductor to form a second twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first and second twisted pairs, wherein said first, second, third and fourth insulated conductors are identical in appearance, and said first dielectric tape is different in appearance from said second dielectric tape. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape formed as a single unitary structure, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first twisted pair, wherein said first dielectric tape has a hollow core possessing a gas or material with a lower dielectric constant than a material used to form said first dielectric tape. - View Dependent Claims (28)
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29. A cable comprising:
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a first insulated conductor, a first dielectric tape formed as a single unitary structure, and a second insulated conductor, wherein said first insulated conductor is twisted with said second insulated conductor with said first dielectric tape residing between said first insulated conductor and said second insulated conductor to form a first twisted pair; a third insulated conductor, a second dielectric tape, and a fourth insulated conductor, wherein said third insulated conductor is twisted with said fourth insulated conductor with said second dielectric tape residing between said third insulated conductor and said fourth insulated conductor to form a second twisted pair; and a jacket formed around said first and second twisted pairs, wherein said first insulated conductor includes a first conductor surrounded by a layer of first dielectric insulating material having a radial thickness of about 7 mils or less; wherein said first dielectric tape has a first width which extends approximately perpendicular to an extension length of said first twisted pair from a first edge of said first dielectric tape to a second edge of said first dielectric tape, and wherein said first width is equal to or less than a diameter of said first insulated conductor plus a diameter of said second insulated conductor plus a thickness of said first dielectric tape; wherein said first dielectric tape has a cross sectional shape in a direction perpendicular to the extension length of said first twisted pair, which presents a first recessed portion for seating said first insulated conductor and a second recessed portion for seating said second insulated conductor; wherein a first twist length of said first twisted pair is between approximately 0.22 inches and approximately 0.38 inches, and wherein a second twist length of said second twisted pair is different from said first twist length and is between approximately 0.22 inches and approximately 0.38 inches; wherein said first dielectric tape is different in shape, size or material content as compared to said second dielectric tape; wherein said first, second, third and fourth insulated conductors are identical in appearance, and said first dielectric tape is different in appearance from said second dielectric tape; and wherein said first dielectric tape has a hollow core possessing a gas or material with a lower dielectric constant than a material used to form said first dielectric tape.
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Specification