Modular jack connector with a flexible laminate capacitor mounted on a circuit board
DCFirst Claim
1. A modular connector for mounting on a main printed circuit board and for receiving a plug, comprisinga housing,a first set of contacts arranged in said housing each adapted to engage one of the contacts of the plug,a second set of contacts at least partially arranged in said housing and adapted to engage the main printed circuit board,a contact coupling printed circuit board for electrically coupling said first and second sets of contacts, said contact coupling printed circuit board providing a signal path between respective ones of the first and second sets of contacts,a capacitor comprising a flexible laminate assembly including first and second flexible conductive sheet members and an intermediate insulative material, said first conductive sheet member being electrically coupled to said contact coupling printed circuit board, anda metallic shield at least partially surrounding said housing for connecting to a grounding region on the main printed circuit board, said second conductive sheet member being electrically coupled to said metallic shield to thereby ground said first set of contacts through said capacitor.
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Abstract
A modular jack connector mounted on a main printed circuit board and having a receptacle into which a modular plug of an electronic component is inserted. The connector includes a housing, a first set of contacts arranged in the housing each adapted to engage one of the contacts of the plug, a second set of contacts at least partially arranged in the housing and adapted to engaging the main printed circuit board, contact coupling circuit means for electrically coupling the first and second sets of contacts, a capacitor for providing impedance to high frequency noise and interference and a metallic shield at least partially surrounding the housing and connected to a grounding region on the main printed circuit board. In one embodiment, the capacitor is a flexible laminate assembly including first and second conductive sheet members and an intermediate insulative material. Further, the capacitor has a plurality of folded pleats including a first pleat arranged at one end of the laminate assembly and a second pleat arranged at an opposite end of the laminate assembly. The first conductive sheet member is electrically coupled at the first pleat to the contact coupling circuit means, and the second conductive sheet member is electrically coupled at the second pleat to the metallic shield to thereby ground the first set of contacts through the capacitor. The contact coupling circuit means may include toroidal coil pairs which function separately as either a differential mode filter or a common mode filter.
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1. A modular connector for mounting on a main printed circuit board and for receiving a plug, comprising
a housing, a first set of contacts arranged in said housing each adapted to engage one of the contacts of the plug, a second set of contacts at least partially arranged in said housing and adapted to engage the main printed circuit board, a contact coupling printed circuit board for electrically coupling said first and second sets of contacts, said contact coupling printed circuit board providing a signal path between respective ones of the first and second sets of contacts, a capacitor comprising a flexible laminate assembly including first and second flexible conductive sheet members and an intermediate insulative material, said first conductive sheet member being electrically coupled to said contact coupling printed circuit board, and a metallic shield at least partially surrounding said housing for connecting to a grounding region on the main printed circuit board, said second conductive sheet member being electrically coupled to said metallic shield to thereby ground said first set of contacts through said capacitor.
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11. A modular connector for mounting on a main printed circuit board and for receiving a plug, comprising
a housing including a receptacle for receiving a plug having eight contacts; -
a first set of eight contacts arranged in said housing, each contact of the first set of eight contacts adapted to engage a respective contact of the plug, the first set of eight contacts forming four first contact pairs; a second set of four contacts at least partially arranged in said housing for engaging the main printed circuit board, each contact of the second set of contacts being electrically coupled to a respective contact of the first set of contacts; a set of four resistors, each resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end of each resistor coupled to a respective first contact pair; a capacitor having a first end and a second end, the first end of the capacitor coupled to ground; a common node, coupled to the second end of the capacitor and to the second end of each of the resistors, for providing balanced signal pairs and impedance to high frequency noise and interference.
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12. A modular connector for mounting on a main printed circuit board and for receiving a plug, comprising
a housing, a first set of contacts arranged in said housing each adapted to engage a respective contact of the plug, a second set of contacts at least partially arranged in said housing for engaging the main printed circuit board, a contact coupling printed circuit board arranged in said housing for electrically coupling said first and second sets of contacts, said contact coupling printed circuit board providing a signal path between respective ones of the first and second sets of contacts, a capacitor coupled to said contact coupling printed circuit board for providing impedance to high frequency noise and interference, said capacitor including first and second conductive members, said first conductive member being electrically coupled to said contact coupling printed circuit board, and a metallic shield at least partially surrounding said housing, the metallic shield for connection to a grounding region on the main printed circuit board, said second conductive sheet member being electrically coupled to said metallic shield to thereby ground said first set of contacts through said capacitor.
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13. A modular connector for mounting on a main printed circuit board and for receiving a plug, comprising
a housing, a first set of contact pairs arranged in said housing each of said first contact pairs adapted to engage a respective contact pair of the plug, a second set of contact pairs at least partially arranged in said housing for engaging the main printed circuit board, each of the second contact pairs being electrically coupled to a respective one of the first contact pairs; -
a respective resistor for each first contact pair, each resistor having a first end and a second end, the first end of each resistor coupled to its respective first contact pair; a capacitor having a first end and a second end, the first end of the capacitor coupled to ground; a common node, coupled to the second end of the capacitor and to the second end of each of the resistors, for providing balanced signal pairs and impedance to high frequency noise and interference. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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