Electrical connector with crosstalk compensation
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1. An electrical jack comprising:
- a housing having a mating end configured to receive a mating plug;
a plurality of signal contacts arranged in differential pairs, each said signal contact carrying a signal from or to a plug contact in the mating plug; and
a plurality of compensation contacts separate from, and associated with, the plurality of signal contacts, wherein each said compensation contact engages and each said associated signal contact separately directly engage a common respective plug contact in the mating plug independent of one another, and wherein said compensation contacts provide crosstalk compensation.
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Abstract
An electrical jack includes a housing having a mating end configured to receive a mating plug. A plurality of signal contacts are arranged in differential pairs, and each of the signal contacts carries a signal from or to a plug contact in the mating plug. A plurality of compensation contacts are provided. Each compensation contact engages a respective plug contact in the mating plug independent of the signal contact, and the compensation contacts provide crosstalk compensation.
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1. An electrical jack comprising:
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a housing having a mating end configured to receive a mating plug; a plurality of signal contacts arranged in differential pairs, each said signal contact carrying a signal from or to a plug contact in the mating plug; and a plurality of compensation contacts separate from, and associated with, the plurality of signal contacts, wherein each said compensation contact engages and each said associated signal contact separately directly engage a common respective plug contact in the mating plug independent of one another, and wherein said compensation contacts provide crosstalk compensation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 21)
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4. An electrical jack comprising:
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a housing having a mating end configured to receive a mating plug; a plurality of signal contacts arranged in differential pairs, each said signal contact carrying a signal from or to a plug contact in the mating plug; a plurality of compensation contacts, wherein each said compensation contact engages a respective plug contact in the mating plug independent of said signal contact, and wherein said compensation contacts provide crosstalk compensation; and a first circuit board holding said signal contacts and a second circuit board, said compensation contacts being connected to said second circuit board, and said second circuit board including compensation elements.
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14. An electrical jack comprising:
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a housing having a mating end configured to receive a mating plug; a plurality of signal contacts, each said signal contact carrying a signal from or to a plug contact in the mating plug; a plurality of compensation contacts disposed adjacent the mating end and separate from the plurality of signal contacts, selected ones of the compensation contacts being connected to respective compensation elements, wherein said compensation elements do not carry the signals from or to the plug contacts and are selected to provide a desired noise compensation, and wherein said noise compensation is applied to a noise source in the mating plug. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22)
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