Insulation displacement coaxial cable termination and method
First Claim
1. A method for mechanically and electrically attaching a cable termination to the end of a cable assembly having (1) a plurality of co-planar, parallel, laterally spaced signal wires, each signal wire being enclosed in a first insulating sheath and having (a) an associated parallel ground wire in the plane of the signal wires outside the first insulating sheath and (b) a conductive sheath surrounding the ground wire and the first insulating sheath, and (2) a second insulating sheath surrounding all of the conductive sheaths, the ends of the conductive sheaths being recessed from the ends of the signal wires, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the end of the cable assembly in a first housing member;
securing the cable assembly to the first housing member;
bringing the first housing member together with a second housing member having a plurality of parallel, laterally spaced insulation displacement contacts extending from the second housing member in two parallel rows, the insulation displacement contacts in one row being signal wire contacts for respectively electrically contacting the signal wires, and the insulation displacement contacts in the other row being ground wire contacts for respectively electrically contacting the ground wires, the first and second housing members being brought together by relative motion of the housing members along a termination axis transverse to the plane of the signal wires and parallel to the insulation displacement contacts so that each signal wire contact displaces the insulation surrounding a respective one of the signal wires beyond the end of the associated conductive sheath and makes electrical contact with that signal wire, and so that each ground wire contact displaces the insulation and conductive sheath surrounding a respective one of the ground wires and makes electrical contact with that ground wire; and
securing the first and second housing members together.
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Abstract
Coaxial cables made up a plurality of co-planar individual coaxial cables, each having a signal wire and a coaxial conductive sheath including a ground wire co-planar with the signal wires, are terminated by inserting the end of the cable in a housing for receiving an array of insulation displacement contacts along an axis transverse to the plane of the cable. Each signal wire and each ground wire is electrically contacted by a respective one of the insulation displacement contacts. The cable is secured to the housing, and the housing is secured to the structure which supports the contacts.
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1. A method for mechanically and electrically attaching a cable termination to the end of a cable assembly having (1) a plurality of co-planar, parallel, laterally spaced signal wires, each signal wire being enclosed in a first insulating sheath and having (a) an associated parallel ground wire in the plane of the signal wires outside the first insulating sheath and (b) a conductive sheath surrounding the ground wire and the first insulating sheath, and (2) a second insulating sheath surrounding all of the conductive sheaths, the ends of the conductive sheaths being recessed from the ends of the signal wires, the method comprising the steps of:
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inserting the end of the cable assembly in a first housing member; securing the cable assembly to the first housing member; bringing the first housing member together with a second housing member having a plurality of parallel, laterally spaced insulation displacement contacts extending from the second housing member in two parallel rows, the insulation displacement contacts in one row being signal wire contacts for respectively electrically contacting the signal wires, and the insulation displacement contacts in the other row being ground wire contacts for respectively electrically contacting the ground wires, the first and second housing members being brought together by relative motion of the housing members along a termination axis transverse to the plane of the signal wires and parallel to the insulation displacement contacts so that each signal wire contact displaces the insulation surrounding a respective one of the signal wires beyond the end of the associated conductive sheath and makes electrical contact with that signal wire, and so that each ground wire contact displaces the insulation and conductive sheath surrounding a respective one of the ground wires and makes electrical contact with that ground wire; and securing the first and second housing members together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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