Communications jacks having contact wire configurations that provide crosstalk compensation
First Claim
1. A communications jack, comprising:
- a housing having a plug aperture;
a wiring board that is at least partly within the housing;
a first contact wire that has a first termination end mounted in a first aperture in the wiring board, a second termination end mounted in a second aperture in the wiring board and a first free end, each of which are physically and electrically connected to each other;
a first wire connection terminal mounted on the wiring board;
wherein the wiring board includes a conductive path that electrically connects the first termination end of the first contact wire to the first wire connection terminal.
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Abstract
Communications jacks include a housing having a plug aperture that is configured to receive a mating plug that is inserted along a horizontal plug axis and a vertically-oriented wiring board that is mounted substantially normal to the horizontal plug axis. First through fourth contact wires are mounted in the vertically-oriented wiring board, with the first and second contact wires forming a first differential pair of contact wires and the third and fourth contact wires forming a second differential pair of contact wires. At least a portion of the first differential pair of contact wires is positioned between the contact wires of the second differential pair of contact wires, and deflectable portions of the third and fourth contact wires include a crossover. Additionally, the fixed portions of the third and fourth contacts are spaced further apart vertically than are the fixed portions of the first and second contacts.
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16 Claims
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1. A communications jack, comprising:
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a housing having a plug aperture; a wiring board that is at least partly within the housing; a first contact wire that has a first termination end mounted in a first aperture in the wiring board, a second termination end mounted in a second aperture in the wiring board and a first free end, each of which are physically and electrically connected to each other; a first wire connection terminal mounted on the wiring board; wherein the wiring board includes a conductive path that electrically connects the first termination end of the first contact wire to the first wire connection terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A communications jack, comprising:
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a housing having a plug aperture; first through eighth contact wires that are at least partly within the plug aperture, each of which include deflectable portions that have plug contact regions that are generally aligned in numerical order and termination ends, wherein the fourth and fifth contact wires form a first differential pair of contact wires, the first and second contact wires form a second differential pair of contact wires, the third and sixth contact wires form a third differential pair of contact wires, and the seventh and eighth contact wires form a fourth differential pair of contact wires; wherein the deflectable portions of the third and sixth contact wires include a first crossover; wherein a plug contact region of the third contact wire couples more strongly with the fourth contact wire than with the fifth contact wire; and wherein another portion of the third contact wire that is between the plug contact region and the first crossover couples more strongly with the fifth contact wire than with the fourth contact wire. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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