Differential transmission cable and joint with specific distances

• US 6,448,863 B1
• Filed: 04/21/2000
• Issued: 09/10/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Metals (Thailand) Ltd.
• Inventors: Okada, Katsuhiro, Ogawa, Tomomi, Ikemoto, Osamu, Tani, Yasuo, Nishiyama, Toshikazu, Araki, Hirokazu
• Primary Examiner(s): Bettendorf, Justin P.
• Application Number:
  US09/556,937
• Time in Patent Office: 872 Days
• Field of Search: 333/12, 333/177, 333/181, 333/182, 333/185, 439/620
• US Class Current: 333/12
• CPC Class Codes: H01B 11/16 Cables, e.g. submarine cables, with coils or other devices incorporated during cable manufacture
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/34 by systematic interconnection of lengths of cable during laying; by addition of balancing components to cable during laying

Abstract

The differential transmission cable comprises a cable having at least one pair of differential transmission lines, one or more transmission transformers, and connectors at both ends, the transmission transformer having an integrally sintered laminate structure and a coupling coefficient of 0.65 to 0.98 at 100 MHz, the distance between a center of the transmission transformer and a tip end of the closest connector being within 0.1 m, and the distance between a center of the transmission transformer and a tip end of the farthest connector or between a center of the transmission transformer and a center of the other transmission transformer being 0.5 to 4 m. The transmission transformer is mounted onto a substrate, which is inserted into the connector or a housing of the connector having lands or a positioning holder. After wiring, the connector including the substrate is integrally resin-molded.

Claims

1. A differential transmission cable comprising:

a cable having (1) at least one pair of differential transmission lines, (2) at least one transmission transformer, and (3) a first connector and a second connector respectively positioned at the ends of said cable, said at least one transmission transformer being positioned along the length of said cable between a tip end of said first connector and a tip end of said second connector,

wherein the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and the tip end of said first connector is 0.1 m or less, and

wherein one of (1) the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and the tip end of said second connector is 0.5 to 4 m and (2) the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and a center of another transmission transformer is 0.5 to 4 m.

2. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1 further comprising a noise-suppressing part other than said transmission transformer in said connector.

3. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1, wherein said at least one transmission transformer has a coupling coefficient of 0.65 to 0.98 at 100 MHz.

4. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein one transmission transformer is disposed in the vicinity of one end of each pair of differential transmission lines.

5. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1 wherein said differential transmission cable comprises a pair of transmission transformers, each transmission transformer being disposed in the vicinity of an end of each pair of said differential transmission lines.

6. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1, wherein said at least one transmission transformer has an integrally sintered laminate structure.

7. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is a common-mode choke coil.

8. The differential transmission cable according to claim 1, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is fixed to one of said at least one pair of differential transmission lines, said first connector, and said second connector.

9. The differential transmission cable according to claim 8, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is mounted to a substrate, which is resin-molded in one of said first connector and said second connector.

10. The differential transmission cable according to claim 9, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is disposed in a housing of one of said first connector and said second connector, said housing being provided with lands for mounting said at least one transmission transformer and a holder for positioning said at least one transmission transformer.

11. The differential transmission cable according to claim 10, wherein part of said lands for mounting said transmission transformer is constituted by terminals of said connector.

12. The differential transmission cable according to claim 10, wherein said land for mounting said transmission transformer is provided with a waist portion.

13. The differential transmission cable according to claim 9, wherein said holder for positioning said transmission transformer is in a shape having a hook in an upper portion.

14. A differential transmission cable comprising:

a cable having (1) at least one pair of differential transmission lines, (2) at least one transmission transformer, and (3) a first connector and a second connector respectively positioned at the ends of said cable, said at least one transmission transformer being positioned along the length of said cable between a tip end of said first connector and a tip end of said second connector,

wherein the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and the tip end of said first connector is λ

/20 or less, and wherein one of (1) the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and the tip end of said second connector is λ

/4 to 2λ

and no other connector is provided between said second connector and said at least one transmission transformer, and (2) the distance between a center of said at least one transmission transformer and a center of another transmission transformer is λ

/4 to 2λ

, and

wherein λ

represents the wavelength of a noise that radiates from said differential transmission cable, which is to be attenuated.

15. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein said at least one transmission transformer has a coupling coefficient of 0.65 to 0.98 at 100 MHz.

16. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein one transmission transformer is disposed in the vicinity of one end of each pair of differential transmission lines.

17. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein said differential transmission cable comprises a pair of transmission transformers, each transmission transformer being disposed in the vicinity of an end of each pair of said differential transmission lines.

18. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein said at least one transmission transformer has an integrally sintered laminate structure.

19. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is a common-mode choke coil.

20. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is fixed to one of said at least one pair of differential transmission lines, said first connector, and said second connector.

21. The differential transmission cable according to claim 20, wherein said transmission transformer is mounted to a substrate, which is resin-molded in one of said first connector and said second connector.

22. The differential transmission cable according to claim 21, wherein said at least one transmission transformer is disposed in a housing of one of said first connector and said second connector, said housing being provided with lands for mounting said at least one transmission transformer and a holder for positioning said at least one transmission transformer.

23. The differential transmission cable according to claim 22, wherein said land for mounting said transmission transformer is provided with a waist portion.

24. The differential transmission cable according to claim 14, further comprising a noise-suppressing part other than said transmission transformer in said connector.