Crosstalk reducing conductor and contact configuration in a communication system
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1. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising first and second conductors, the assembly comprising:
- a first contact interconnected with the first conductor of the first cable, wherein said first contact emits a first signal;
a pair of contacts interconnected with a respective one of the first and second conductors of the second cable; and
a pair of sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein a first of said connector blades disposed in a first of said pair of sockets is interconnected with said first contact and each of a pair of said connector blades disposed in a second of said pair of sockets is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of contacts;
wherein said first contact is positioned relative to said pair of contacts such that an amplitude of said first signal received at one of said pair of contacts is substantially the same as an amplitude of said first signal received at another of said pair of contacts.
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Abstract
There is disclosed conductor and connector configurations for use in communications systems which take advantage of the orientation and positioning of adjacent balanced pairs of conductors to reduce cross talk. These conductor and connector configurations may be used to reduce cross talk between adjacent balanced pairs of a single transmission path, or to reduce alien cross talk between adjacent balanced pairs located in different transmission paths.
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1. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising first and second conductors, the assembly comprising:
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a first contact interconnected with the first conductor of the first cable, wherein said first contact emits a first signal; a pair of contacts interconnected with a respective one of the first and second conductors of the second cable; and a pair of sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein a first of said connector blades disposed in a first of said pair of sockets is interconnected with said first contact and each of a pair of said connector blades disposed in a second of said pair of sockets is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of contacts; wherein said first contact is positioned relative to said pair of contacts such that an amplitude of said first signal received at one of said pair of contacts is substantially the same as an amplitude of said first signal received at another of said pair of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising a pair of conductors, the assembly comprising:
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a pair of contacts interconnected with the pair of conductors of the first cable, wherein one of said pair of contacts emits a first signal which is substantially an inverse of a second signal emitted by another of said pair of contacts; a first contact interconnected with a first conductor of the pair of conductors of the second cable; and first and second sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein one of said connector blades disposed in said first socket is interconnected with said first contact and each of a pair of said connector blades disposed in said second socket is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of contacts; wherein said pair of contacts is positioned relative to said first contact such that an amplitude of said first signal received by said first contact is substantially opposite to an amplitude of said second signal received by said first contact. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising a pair of conductors, the assembly comprising:
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a first substantially flat contact interconnected with one of the pair of conductors of the first cable; a second substantially flat contact interconnected with one of the pair of conductors of the second cable, wherein said first contact is arranged at right angles to said second contact; and first and second sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein one of said connector blades disposed in said first socket is interconnected with said first substantially flat contact and a second one of said connector blades disposed in said second socket is interconnected with said second substantially flat contact.
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22. An assembly for terminating first and second cables in a telecommunications system, each of the cables comprising a pair of conductors, the assembly comprising:
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a first contact interconnected with one of the pair of conductors of the first cable; a pair of contacts interconnected with a respective one of the pair of conductors of the second cable, said pair of contacts positioned symmetrically about said first contact; and first and second sockets each configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, each of said sockets comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein, wherein one of said connector blades disposed in said first socket is interconnected with said first contact and each of a pair of said connector blades disposed in said second socket is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A connector for terminating a cable comprising first and second pairs of conductors, the connector comprising:
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a first substantially flat contact interconnected with a conductor of the first pair of conductors; and a pair of substantially flat contacts interconnected with a respective one of the second pair of conductors; and a socket configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, said socket comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein one of said connector blades is interconnected with said first substantially flat contact and each of a second and third of said connector blades is interconnected with a respective one of said pair of substantially flat contacts; wherein said pair of contacts are positioned symmetrically about said first contact, said first contact and said pair of contacts are arranged in parallel and a flat surface of said first contact is perpendicular to a flat surface of each of said pair of contacts. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A connector for terminating a cable comprising first and second pairs of conductors, the connector comprising:
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a first substantially flat contact interconnected with a conductor of the first pair of conductors; a second substantially flat contact interconnected with a first conductor of the second pair of conductors, said first flat contact substantially at right angles to said second flat contact; and a socket configured to receive an RJ-45 cable plug, said socket comprising a plurality of connector blades disposed therein and wherein a first of said connector blades is interconnected with said first substantially flat contact and a second of said connector blades is interconnected with a said second substantially flat contact.
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35. The connector of 34, further comprising a third substantially flat contact aligned with said second flat contact, said third flat contact interconnected with a second conductor of the second pair of conductors and a third of said connector blades and wherein said second and third contacts are arranged symmetrically about said first contact.
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