Abstract: A connector assembly and a method of utilizing a connector assembly to enhance performance, improve reliability and provide ease of assembly of electronic equipment are presented. The connector assembly comprises a rigid bracket capable of holding multiple connectors. The bracket acts as a common ground for all of the connectors. The connector assembly has multiple legs and connector conductors that insert into corresponding apertures on a PCB. The legs of the connector assembly are configured to permit the placement of circuit traces on the PCB in the spaces between the legs. After placement of the connector assembly onto the PCB, soldering or other techniques may be used to secure the connector assembly to the board and to connect the proper circuits to the connectors. Because the connectors are installed on the rigid bracket, repeated physical stresses induced on the ports or jacks do not affect the integrity of the PCB.

Abstract: An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable having a common electrical length among a plurality of twisted pairs for carrying analog signals and a different lay length and lay direction to an additional twisted pair for carrying digital signals is disclosed. The twisted pairs for carrying the analog signals may be bundled together, with the twisted pair for carrying the digital signal placed alongside the bundled pairs during the final jacketing process, during which the outer insulator is formed around all of the pairs. The bundled pairs may be used for the transmission of analog video signals (e.g., R, G and B), with the remaining pair used for transmission of digital control or digital audio signals.

Abstract: An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable having a common electrical length among twisted pairs that carry analog signals and a different lay length and lay direction to a twisted pair that carries digital signal to minimize cross-talk from the digital signal onto the analog signals is presented. A non-conductive filler provides a central core about which the twisted pairs are wound during the bundling process and thus ensures that a minimum distance (i.e., the diameter of the core) is maintained between non-adjacent pairs of conductors for the length of the cable.

Abstract: A connector assembly and a method of utilizing a connector assembly to enhance performance, improve reliability and provide ease of assembly of electronic equipment are presented. The connector assembly comprises a rigid bracket capable of holding multiple connectors. The bracket acts as a common ground for all of the connectors. The connector assembly has multiple legs and connector conductors that insert into corresponding apertures on a PCB. The legs of the connector assembly are configured to permit the placement of circuit traces on the PCB in the spaces between the legs. After placement of the connector assembly onto the PCB, soldering or other techniques may be used to secure the connector assembly to the board and to connect the proper circuits to the connectors. Because the connectors are installed on the rigid bracket, repeated physical stresses induced on the ports or jacks do not affect the integrity of the PCB.

Abstract: An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable minimizes skew delay of analog signals by enforcing a common electrical length among twisted pairs that carry those analog signals. By applying a different lay length and lay direction to the twisted pair that carries the digital signal, cross-talk from the digital signal onto the analog signals is minimized. The twisted pairs for carrying the analog signals may be bundled together, with the twisted pair for carrying the digital signal placed alongside the bundled pairs during the final extraction process, during which the outer insulator is formed around all of the pairs. The bundled pairs may be used for the transmission of analog video signals (e.g., R, G and B), with the remaining pair used for transmission of digital control or digital audio signals.

Abstract: An unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cable minimizes skew delay of analog signals by enforcing a common electrical length among twisted pairs that carry those analog signals. By applying a different lay length and lay direction to the twisted pair that carries the digital signal, cross-talk from the digital signal onto the analog signals is minimized. A nonconductive filler provides a central core about which the twisted pairs are wound during the bundling process. The presence of the nonconductive core ensures that a minimum distance (i.e., the diameter of the core) is maintained between non-adjacent pairs for the length of the cable.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for compensating for video insertion loss due to transmission over long coaxial cable lines is presented. An Electro-Magnetic Interference suppression type filter having a ferrite core is used to simulate and thereby compensate for the effect of the cable insertion loss on video transmitted over long coaxial cables. The Electro-Magnetic Interference suppression filter has a frequency response similar to the insertion loss characteristics of a coaxial cable, especially at the low to mid frequency range, where it has been traditionally difficult both in cost and in complexity to compensate because of the frequency response characteristics of the coaxial cable. High frequency compensation is also added using a voltage variable capacitance diode device to extend the total compensated video bandwidth to beyond 200 megahertz.