Abstract: An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a contact body and a lossy material located on the contact body. An electrical connector includes contacts with a lossy material located on the contact body. A method of applying a lossy material to a contact for an electrical connector includes providing a contact and applying the lossy material to the contact.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector body, a plurality of rows and columns of conductive pins disposed along the length direction and the width direction of the connector body so as to form an array of signal pins located in a pin field, at least two rows of ground pins arranged along at least two sides of the pin field, with no ground pins being arranged in the pin field or between adjacent signal pins. The signal pins are arranged in a stretched pitch and/or staggered configuration to minimize cross-talk and maximize signal pin density and signal-to-ground ratio.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contact pins, and at least one shield plane provided on the outside of the housing. Some of the contact pins are electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define shield contact pins and some of the contact pins are not electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define signal contact pins. In one embodiment, the shield plate includes deformable finger portions to be pressed against selected contact pins. In another embodiment, the contacts include shield engaging contact arms, some of which are to be removed while others remain. The removal may be performed while the contacts are on a carrier strip.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector body, a plurality of rows and columns of conductive pins disposed along the length direction and the width direction of the connector body so as to form an array of signal pins located in a pin field, at least two rows of ground pins arranged along at least two sides of the pin field, with no ground pins being arranged in the pin field or between adjacent signal pins. The signal pins are arranged in a stretched pitch and/or staggered configuration to minimize cross-talk and maximize signal pin density and signal-to-ground ratio.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, a plurality of contact pins, and at least one shield plane provided on the outside of the housing. Some of the contact pins are electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define shield contact pins and some of the contact pins are not electrically connected to the at least one shield plane to define signal contact pins.

Abstract: An electrical shielded data connector includes an inner terminal support housing (4, 404, 520) carrying a plurality of electrical terminals such as (30, 560) where the terminal support housing includes shield members (130, 160; 330, 360; 460; 516, 518) surrounding the terminal support housing (4, 404, 520). The shielded sub-assembly is insertable into an outer housing (70; 512, 514) and is latchably attached therein and a rear support plate (95) and cable support member (110) can be assembled around a cable after the termination of the multi-conductor cable. The cable support member (110) can be positioned in one of two orientations to provide for either a straight through or an angled cable exit. A cross talk shield (200, 524) is positioned in a stuffer cap (180, 522) and is situated between adjacent terminals (30, 560) when in the final position. Another cross talk shield (220, 320) is positioned in a slot (50, 450) intermediate the terminals (30) at the lower side thereof.

Abstract: An electrical shielded data connector includes an inner terminal support housing (4, 404, 520) carrying a plurality of electrical terminals such as (30, 560) where the terminal support housing includes shield members (130, 160; 330, 360; 460; 516, 518) surrounding the terminal support housing (4, 404,520). The shielded sub-assembly is insertable into an outer housing (70; 512, 514) and is latchably attached therein and a rear support plate (95) and cable support member (110) can be assembled around a cable after the termination of the multi-conductor cable. The cable support member (110) can be positioned in one of two orientations to provide for either a straight through or an angled cable exit. A cross talk shield (200, 524) is positioned in a stuffer cap (180, 522) and is situated between adjacent terminals (30, 560) when in the final position. Another cross talk shield (220, 320) is positioned in a slot (50, 450) intermediate the terminals (30) at the lower side thereof.

Abstract: The invention provides improved high voltage, low pass filtering connectors. The connectors described herein comprise an assembly having a low impedance path to ground for use in the connector. The assembly comprises a plurality of circuit elements which contribute a fixed amount of impedance to the ground path, a printed circuit board adapted to house the circuit elements, the printed circuit board further having a corresponding plurality of traces in electrical communication with the plurality of circuit elements wherein the traces are adapted to minimize in-line insertion loss to the circuit elements, and a plurality of ground planes in the printed circuit board electrically interfaced in the ground path for providing a low impedance path to ground for the signals bussed to the connector. Connectors described herein ensure efficient low pass filtering of signals at frequencies above the resonant frequency of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical shielded data connector includes an inner terminal support housing (4, 404, 520) carrying a plurality of electrical terminals such as (30, 560) where the terminal support housing includes shield members (130, 160; 330, 360; 460; 516, 518) surrounding the terminal support housing (4, 404, 520). The shielded sub-assembly is insertable into an outer housing (70; 512, 514) and is latchably attached therein and a rear support plate (95) and cable support member (110) can be assembled around a cable after the termination of the multi-conductor cable. The cable support member (110) can be positioned in one of two orientations to provide for either a straight through or an angled cable exit. A cross talk shield (200, 524) is positioned in a stuffer cap (180, 522) and is situated between adjacent terminals (30, 560) when in the final position. Another cross talk shield (220, 320) is positioned in a slot (50, 450) intermediate the terminals (30) at the lower side thereof.

Abstract: This invention is directed to an improved system for reducing crosstalk in an electrical connector, where a typical connector is a multi-contact electrical connector comprising a pair of intermatable connector members, where each connector member is adapted to be terminated to plural conductors. A typical connector comprises a housing formed of an insulative material having a conductor receiving side, a mating side, and a plurality of contact receiving cavities extending from the conductor receiving side to said mating side. The cavities are arranged in rows on a spaced-apart parallel axes, where adjacent rows are separated by an insulative housing wall. An array of electrical contact terminals are provided in the cavities. A preferred system hereof is the provision of an electronic device in the form of a thin dielectric film, having plural discrete electrically conductive traces along a first surface thereof, where the first surface is arranged adjacent the insulating wall underlying the contact terminals.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an improved electrical connector of the type disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 3,760,335. Though the invention hereof is not limited to the specific construction of such prior art connector, it exemplifies the type of electrical connector that can be modified by the teachings of this invention. Such connector comprises a pair of intermatable housing members, where each said housing member is adapted to be terminated to plural conductors. Each housing is formed of an insulative material and includes a conductor receiving side and a mating side, a plurality of contact receiving cavities extending from the conductor receiving side to the mating side. The cavities are arranged in rows on spaced-apart parallel axes, where adjacent rows are separated by an insulative housing wall.

Abstract: This invention relates to electrical connector terminal arrays, having interference canceling characteristics that meet or exceed the performance requirements of Category 5 components. The arrays are suited for producing connectors of the type for mounting to a printed circuit board. The connectors comprise a dielectric housing into which are mounted four pairs of electrical conductors. The conductors are arranged essentially in parallel fashion where the respective one ends thereof are spaced apart a first uniform distance, and the other respective ends thereof are spaced apart a second uniform distance greater than the first uniform distance. The conductors are further characterized by being arranged in a non-contact overlapping arrangement with the respective conductors of each outer pair in a single overlap of each other. The respective conductors of the center pair cross each other and then each crosses the adjacent conductor twice.

Abstract: A device for reducing or eliminating differential mode cross-talk between data communication channels (CH1 and CH2) in a balanced communication system by coupling one or more auxiliary capacitances (C100) across the transmission lines (A, A, B, and B) between the two channels (CH1 and CH2), thereby augmenting the intrinsic capacitive couplings (CA.sub.AB, C.sub.AB, C.sub.BA, and C.sub.BA) and leakage between the channels in order to net the differential cross talk signal to zero.