Abstract: A signal cable for an AC-coupled link, may include: a signal conductor; a dielectric surrounding the signal conductor; and a ground sheath having a conductive layer disposed at least partially around the conductor such that the dielectric is positioned between the ground sheath and the signal conductor, wherein the conductive layer comprises a first portion extending in a first direction along the cable and a second portion extending in a second direction, opposite the first direction, along the cable and further wherein the first and second portions of the conductive layer are separated from each other by a gap, the gap being dimensioned to provide a determined amount of capacitance in series in the ground sheath. The gap may form a complete separation between the first and second portions of the conductive layer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cable comprising a crosslinked layer obtained from a polymer composition, the polymer composition comprising: a polymer blend comprising an ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer, nitrile rubber (NBR), and an ethylene-methyl acrylate (EMA) copolymer; a crosslinking agent; and a flame-retardant filler.

Abstract: A cable with a non-circular ground wire is provided, including two wires, two ground wires, and an insulating tape; wherein the inner sides of the wires are in contact with each other; the ground wires are respectively arranged on two opposite sides of the wires; each ground wire at least includes a first side surface, a second side surface, and a third side surface; the first and second side surfaces respectively contact the outer surfaces of the two wires, and the shapes of the first side surface and the second side surface respectively correspond to the shapes of the outer surfaces of the two wires; the insulating tape covers the outer surfaces of the wires and the third sides of the ground wires. Thereby, the mechanical properties of the cable of the present invention, such as small impedance variation of high-frequency signal transmission, transmission stability, structural flexibility and bending, can be significantly improved.

Abstract: A differential signal transmission cable includes: an insulating electric wire having a pair of conductive wires and an insulating layer covering the pair of conductive wires; a shield tape wound around an outer periphery of the insulating electric wire; a first tape wound around an outer periphery of the shield tape and having a first resin covering layer; and a second tape wound around an outer periphery of the first tape and having a second covering layer. The second covering layer is made of a high softening point material having a softening point that is higher than a softening point of the first resin covering layer.

Abstract: An FFC coupling a sensor substrate and an AFE substrate includes a configuration in which a ground line is sandwiched between a first lead wire and a second lead wire that are signal lines that transmit a read signal from the sensor substrate to the AFE substrate, and includes a configuration in which a third lead wire having a smaller voltage change than the signal line is sandwiched between two signal lines that are at least one set other than a set of the first lead wire and the second lead wire, wherein each of the signal lines is coupled to a ground pattern of the sensor substrate and is coupled to a ground pattern of the AFE substrate, and the third lead wire is coupled to a ground pattern of the sensor substrate and is coupled to a ground pattern of the AFE substrate.

Abstract: Data/telecommunication cables that include one or more layers of an integral, bonded electromagnetic shield are described. The shield may be configured to form an electrical ground path.

Abstract: A connection structure of a bus bar and a cable has: a bus bar that serves as an external terminal; a cable that has a core wire exposed from an insulation sheath at a terminal, the core wire being joined with the bus bar; a protective member that covers at least a joining portion of the bus bar and the core wire of the cable; and a cut portion that is formed in the core wire at the joining portion with the bus bar.

Abstract: A coaxial cable is composed of a conductor, an insulator around the conductor, a shield layer around the insulator, and a sheath around the shield layer. The shield layer includes a lateral winding shielding portion with metal wires helically wrapped around the insulator, and a batch plating portion covering the lateral winding shielding portion. The shield layer includes a joining portion where adjacent metal wires are joined with each other with the batch plating portion at a gap between the adjacent metal wires, and inner peripheral portions where the metal wires are not being covered with the batch plating portion and plating layers are exposed. The joining portion is provided between adjacent inner peripheral portions. When an elemental analysis is performed in any analysis region having an area of 0.015 mm2 or more and 0.

Abstract: A shielded flat cable includes multiple flat conductors arranged in parallel, a lower insulating layer provided on lower surfaces of the multiple conductors, a lower shield layer provided on a lower surface of the lower insulating layer, a lower protective layer provided on a lower surface of the lower shield layer, a lower contact portion that is exposed from the lower protective layer and provided to contact a second contact member of the connector, and that is electrically coupled to the lower shield layer, a terminal in which the multiple conductors are exposed at an end, and a reinforcing plate provided on the lower surface of the lower insulating layer and the lower surfaces of the multiple conductors at the terminal. The multiple conductors extend along the lower insulating layer and the reinforcing plate, and the lower contact portion and the terminal overlap in a side view.

Abstract: Magnet wire including extruded insulation formed from multiple layers of different materials is described. A magnet wire may include a conductor and insulation formed around the conductor. The insulation may include a first layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation formed around the conductor and a second layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation formed around the first layer of extruded thermoplastic insulation. The first layer may be formed from a first polymeric material having a first thermal index, and the second layer may be formed from a second polymeric material having a second thermal index higher than the first thermal index.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy contains at least 0.03 mass % and at most 1.5 mass % of Mg, at least 0.02 mass % and at most 2.0 mass % of Si, and a remainder composed of Al and an inevitable impurity, a mass ratio Mg/Si being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 3.5. In a transverse section of the aluminum alloy wire, a rectangular surface-layer void measurement region having a short side of 30 ?m long and a long side of 50 ?m long is taken from a surface-layer region extending by up to 30 ?m in a direction of depth from a surface of the aluminum alloy wire. A total cross-sectional area of voids present in the surface-layer void measurement region is not greater than 2 ?m2.

Abstract: A sealing device and method for sealing an electrical terminal. The sealing device includes a heat shrinkable tubing having an inner wall. A first sealant/adhesive is configured to cooperate with the heat shrinkable tubing. The first sealant/adhesive has a first sealant/adhesive first surface and an oppositely facing first sealant/adhesive second surface. The second surface of the first sealant/adhesive is bonded to the inner wall of the heat shrinkable tubing. A second sealant/adhesive is configured to cooperate with free ends of electrical conductors which are in electrical engagement with the electrical terminal. The second sealant/adhesive has a second sealant/adhesive first surface and an oppositely facing second sealant/adhesive second surface. The second sealant/adhesive first surface is provided in engagement with the electrical conductors. The second sealant/adhesive second surface is provided in engagement and bonded with the first sealant/adhesive first surface.

Abstract: Flexible cables may include multiple power, ground, and signal traces, and include EM interference suppression devices within the cable itself. Signal traces may be shielded by ground traces. The body of a cable may be divided into lateral portions through which different types of traces extend. One lateral side of a cable body may include a stack of power traces, while another lateral side of the cable body may include ground and signal traces. EBG patterns may be incorporated into ground traces. Capacitors may be positioned within the cable along its length, mounted between power and ground traces, for decoupling.

Abstract: Provided are an insulated wire material including: a conductor including a single core conductor or a plurality of divided conductors placed in parallel to each other or helically placed; a peripheral insulating layer with which a periphery of the conductor is coated; and a welding member provided at least one end portion of the conductor and joined, via a welded portion welded to the single core conductor or divided conductors, to at least a peripheral surface of the welded portion, a manufacturing method thereof, a coil including the insulated wire material, and electrical/electronic equipment including the coil.

Abstract: A power cord assembly having a total recycled and renewable content of at least 25 wt. % is described. The power cord assembly can contain a plug at a first end of the power cord configured to be connected to a power source, a connector part at a second end of the power cord opposite to the plug and configured to be connected to an electrical or electronic device, one or more electrically conductive wires extending from the plug to the connector part, one or more insulators surrounding the one or more electrically conductive wires, and an outer jacket extending from the plug to the connector and surrounding the one or more insulators, where at least one of the plug, the connector part, the insulator, or the outer jacket contains a chemically recycled and/or renewably sourced thermoplastic block co-polymer elastomer.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes cable cuffs. A cable cuff may include a first half including a main body with a first cable recess and a first securing feature, and a second half including a main body with a second cable recess and a second securing feature. The first cable recess may include a first flex retention section and the second cable recess may include a second flex retention section. The first half and the second half may be connected via a hinge. The first half is mated with the second half such that the first and second cable recesses form a pocket for receiving and grasping a cable. The first and second securing features engage to maintain the first half and the second half in a mated condition. The first and second flex retention sections reside within and extend into the pocket to engage a cable grasped therein. Cable management systems are also provided herein.

Abstract: A terminal assembly is disclosed. The terminal assembly comprises a main body having a welding platform and a first electrical conductive member having a connection terminal. According to the present invention, a welded structure is formed between the main body and the first electrical conductive member by making the connection terminal be welded on the welding platform. Briefly speaking, when utilizing this terminal assembly to make two electrical nodes be electrically connected to each other, one electrical conductive end of the main body and the first electrical conductive member are firstly connected to the two electrical nodes, respectively. Next, a welding process is applied to the welding platform and the connection terminal, such that an electrical connection is therefore established between the two electrical nodes.

Abstract: A cable has a tensile armor having a number of elongated polymeric tensile elements. At least one of the elongated polymeric tensile elements includes a bundle of high tensile fibers and a jacket tightly retaining the bundle of fibers. The elongated polymeric tensile elements are arranged with a lay loss of 1.5% at most. A method of manufacturing such a cable is also disclosed.

Abstract: A method can include extruding polyethylene about a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about a conductor to form an assembly; and armoring at least one of the assemblies with metallic armor to form a cable. A power cable can include a conductor; a lead (Pb) barrier layer disposed about the conductor; a cushion layer disposed about the lead (Pb) barrier layer where the cushion layer includes crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE); and metallic armor wrapped about the cushion layer.

Abstract: A cable is provided having at least one elongated conductor surrounded by at least one cross-linked layer, said layer being obtained from a polymer composition comprising a polymer, a crosslinking agent, and an amine as co-crosslinking agent, wherein said amine has a nucleophilic value (N) of 14 or more.