Communications Connectors with Jackwire Contacts and Printed Circuit Boards
First Claim
1. A communications connector having a plurality of signal carrying paths, the communications connector comprising:
- a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of conductive paths that connect at least some of the plurality of contact pads to respective ones of the plurality of output terminals; and
a plurality of contacts, each contact having a plug contact region, wherein a first of the plurality of signal carrying paths extends from the plug contact region of a first of the plurality of contacts to a first of the plurality of output terminals through a first of the contact pads and a first of the conductive paths.
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Abstract
Communications connectors having a plurality of signal carrying paths include a printed circuit board and a plurality of contacts. The printed circuit board has a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of conductive paths that electrically connect at least some of the plurality of contact pads to respective ones of the plurality of output terminals. The contacts each have a plug contact region. In these connectors, a first of the plurality of signal carrying paths extends from the plug contact region of a first of the plurality of contacts to a first of the plurality of output terminals through a first of the contact pads and a first of the conductive paths.
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60 Claims
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1. A communications connector having a plurality of signal carrying paths, the communications connector comprising:
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a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of contact pads, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of conductive paths that connect at least some of the plurality of contact pads to respective ones of the plurality of output terminals; and
a plurality of contacts, each contact having a plug contact region, wherein a first of the plurality of signal carrying paths extends from the plug contact region of a first of the plurality of contacts to a first of the plurality of output terminals through a first of the contact pads and a first of the conductive paths. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 58, 60)
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16. A communications connector, comprising:
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a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of signal carrying paths that connect a plurality of input terminals of the communications connector to respective of a plurality of output terminals;
a plurality of contacts, each of the plurality of contacts having a mounted end at which the contact is mounted within the communications connector and a plug contact region that comprises one of the plurality of input terminals;
wherein at least some of the mounted ends comprise branches off of the signal carrying paths. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A modular jack that is configured to mate with a modular plug, the modular jack comprising:
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a printed circuit board;
a plurality of raised contact pads on a first surface of the printed circuit board;
a first plurality of contacts that are aligned with respective ones of the plurality of raised contact pads;
wherein each of the first plurality of contacts is configured to make electrical contact with a respective one of the plurality of raised contact pads at a point above the first surface of the printed circuit board when the modular plug is inserted in the modular jack. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 59)
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42. A communications connector, comprising:
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a plurality of contacts, each contact having a contact termination that is mounted in a first substrate; and
a second substrate that is distinct from the first substrate, wherein the second substrate comprises a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of contact pads that mate with respective ones of the plurality of contacts, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of conductive paths that electrically connect at least some of the plurality of contact pads to respective ones of the plurality of output terminals. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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50. A modular jack, comprising:
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a printed circuit board that includes a plurality of contact pads at or adjacent a forward edge of the printed circuit board, a plurality of output terminals, and a plurality of conductive paths that electrically connect at least some of the plurality of contact pads to respective ones of the plurality of output terminals; and
a plurality of contacts, each contact having a mounted end, a free end and a middle portion extending between the mounted end and the free end;
wherein each of the plurality of contact pads are mounted to make electrical contact with the middle portion of respective ones of the plurality of contacts when a plug is in place in the modular jack. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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56. A communications connector having at least first, second, third and fourth signal carrying paths, the communications connector comprising:
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a printed circuit board that includes a first contact pad, a second contact pad, a third contact pad and a fourth contact pad, a first output terminal that is electrically connected to the first contact pad via a first interconnection path, a second output terminal that is electrically connected to the second contact pad via a second interconnection path, a third output terminal that is electrically connected to the third contact pad via a third interconnection path, and a fourth output terminal that is electrically connected to the fourth contact pad via a fourth interconnection path;
a first contact, the first contact having a mounted end, a first pad contact region and a first plug contact region, wherein the first signal carrying path extends from the first plug contact region to the first output terminal through the first pad contact region and the first interconnection path;
a second contact, the second contact having a second mounted end, a second pad contact region and a second plug contact region, wherein the second signal carrying path extends from the second plug contact region to the second output terminal through the second pad contact region and the second interconnection path;
a third contact, the third contact having a third mounted end, a third pad contact region and a third plug contact region, wherein the third signal carrying path extends from the third plug contact region to the third output terminal through the third pad contact region and the third interconnection path; and
a fourth contact, the fourth contact having a fourth mounted end, a fourth pad contact region and a fourth plug contact region, wherein the fourth signal carrying path extends from the fourth plug contact region to the fourth output terminal through the fourth pad contact region and the fourth interconnection path;
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Specification