Electrical connector and an associated method for compensating for crosstalk between a plurality of conductors
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing defining a cavity which opens through a front surface of said housing, said housing comprising a rear surface, opposite the front surface, defining a plurality of apertures extending therethrough; and
a plurality of elongate conductors positioned at least partially within the cavity defined within said housing, each of said conductors having a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end, opposite the first end, extending through an aperture defined in the rear surface of said housing, each of said conductors having a respective substantially constant width, wherein said plurality of conductors include first and second elongate conductors which extend in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship from their respective first ends to a predetermined crossover location where the first and second conductors laterally cross without establishing electrical contact therebetween, and wherein each conductor of a laterally spaced-apart pair of said conductors has a respective portion which is wider than its said substantially constant width, and said wider portions are positioned in an overlapping, vertically spaced relationship at a predetermined location spaced apart from the crossover location to compensate for crosstalk between said plurality of conductors.
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Abstract
An electrical connector which provides compensation for crosstalk includes a number of conductors positioned at least partially within an internal cavity defined by a housing. The elongate conductors are generally substantially parallel and laterally spaced and include a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end. The elongate conductors include a pair conductors, at least a portion of which are positioned in an overlapping, vertically spaced relationship. The portions of the pair of conductors which overlap are generally wider than the substantially parallel, laterally spaced portions of the conductors so as to thereby define respective compensating segments. The length of the compensating segments as well as the width of the portion of the compensating segments which overlap can be selected to establish capacitive coupling between the compensating segments so as to thereby compensate for crosstalk between the conductors.
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23 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a housing defining a cavity which opens through a front surface of said housing, said housing comprising a rear surface, opposite the front surface, defining a plurality of apertures extending therethrough; and a plurality of elongate conductors positioned at least partially within the cavity defined within said housing, each of said conductors having a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end, opposite the first end, extending through an aperture defined in the rear surface of said housing, each of said conductors having a respective substantially constant width, wherein said plurality of conductors include first and second elongate conductors which extend in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship from their respective first ends to a predetermined crossover location where the first and second conductors laterally cross without establishing electrical contact therebetween, and wherein each conductor of a laterally spaced-apart pair of said conductors has a respective portion which is wider than its said substantially constant width, and said wider portions are positioned in an overlapping, vertically spaced relationship at a predetermined location spaced apart from the crossover location to compensate for crosstalk between said plurality of conductors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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- 10. An electrical connector comprising a plurality of elongate conductors each having a respective predetermined width, wherein each conductor has a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end, opposite the first end, wherein said conductors are associated in pairs and said conductors extend in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship from their respective first ends to a predetermined crossover location where one conductor of each said pair laterally crosses the other conductor of each said pair without establishing electrical contact therebetween, and wherein each said pair includes first and second conductors having respective compensating segments each having a respective width, which is greater than its said predetermined width the compensating segments of each said pair being overlapped in a vertically spaced relationship at a predetermined location spaced apart from the crossover location to compensate for crosstalk between said plurality of conductors.
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15. A lead frame comprising:
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a plurality of lead frames wherein each lead frame includes at least one elongate conductor extending from a first end connected to a first side of said lead frame to a second end connected to a second side of said lead frame, opposite the first side, and wherein each said elongate conductor has a respective substantially constant width and includes a resilient contact portion at the first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at the second end; and alignment means for aligning said plurality of lead frames such that the conductors of said plurality of lead frames include first and second elongate conductors which extend in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship from the respective first ends to a predetermined crossover location where the first and second conductors laterally cross without establishing electrical contact therebetween, and such that each conductor of a laterally spaced-apart pair of the conductors has a respective portion which is wider than its said substantially constant width, and said wider portions are positioned in an overlapping, vertically spaced relationship at a predetermined location spaced apart from the crossover location to compensate for crosstalk between the conductors. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of compensating for crosstalk between a plurality of conductors wherein each conductor has a respective substantially constant width, a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end, opposite the first end, the method comprising the steps of:
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extending the plurality of conductors in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship form their respective first ends to a predetermined crossover location; laterally crossing each said conductor with an adjacent said conductor without establishing electrical contact therebetween; providing each conductor of a laterally spaced-apart pair of said conductors with a portion which is wider than its said substantially constant width; and overlapping said wider portions in a vertically spaced relationship at a predetermined location spaced apart from the crossover location to thereby compensate for crosstalk between the plurality of conductors. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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Specification