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Communication cables incorporating separator structures

  • US 9,928,943 B1
  • Filed: 08/03/2016
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A cable comprisingfour twisted pairs of individually insulated electrical conductors that extend along a longitudinal direction;

  • a separator positioned between the twisted pairs, the separator comprising only two tape structures, wherein;

    a first of the two tape structures comprises electromagnetic shielding material and has a first width in a width dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, a first longitudinally extending widthwise edge, and a second longitudinally extending widthwise edge opposite the first edge; and

    a second of the two tape structures comprises electromagnetic shielding material and has a second width in the width dimension, a third longitudinally extending widthwise edge, and a fourth longitudinally extending widthwise edge opposite the third edge,the first tape structure and the second tape structure are bonded together along a longitudinally extending line positioned between the first and second edges of the first tape structure and between the third and fourth edges of the second tape structure,the first tape structure extends from the longitudinally extending line in a first direction between a first and a second of the four twisted pairs and in a second direction between the first and a third of the four twisted pairs without extending between the second and a fourth of the four twisted pairs or between the third and a fourth of the four twisted pairs, andthe second tape structure extends from the longitudinally extending line in a third direction between the second and the fourth of the four twisted pairs and in a fourth direction between the third and the fourth of the four twisted pairs without extending between the first and the second of the four twisted pairs or between the first and the third of the four twisted pairs; and

    a jacket formed around the twisted pairs and the separator.

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