Abstract: An inexpensive, easily assembled electrical connector provides simultaneous secure connection of both center and outer conductors in a bundle of coaxial wires and includes a conductive housing having a cylindrical bore for each wire of the bundled cable. Each bore has a small diameter constriction adjacent a rear surface of the housing and a dielectric insert is disposed in each cylindrical bore from the constriction forward to a front surface of the housing. A conductive pin is attached to the end of each coaxial wire and is inserted into one of the inserts, carrying the coaxial cable into the rear end of a housing bore until the outer conductor meets the constriction, electrically coupling all of the outer conductors to the conductive housing and precisely positioning each of the center conductors relative to a mating center conductor. A connector assembly has a pair of mating connectors that may be electrically connected.

Abstract: A low cost high signal frequency multiwire cable and method of manufacture includes a stack of wire pairs fan folded from a flat ribbon cable to form columnated wire pair layers. The flat ribbon cable is folded together with a flexible conductive shield which extends around and between each layer to provide high quality signal isolation of each layer. The cable may be clad with multiple layers providing additional shielding and physical protection.