Abstract: The present disclosure provides techniques for decreasing vertical crosstalk in a stripline. An apparatus may include a conductor bracketed by ground layers. The conductor may have a horizontal crosstalk. A vertical component may be coupled to the conductor. The vertical component may have a vertical crosstalk cancelled by the horizontal crosstalk.

Abstract: A textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members and method of construction thereof are provided. The sleeve has a wall of interlaced monofilament and/or multifilament yarns. Opposite edges of the wall extend along a central axis of the sleeve. The opposite edges are biased into a self-wrapping, overlapping relation with one another to bound a tubular cavity in an in-use first configuration. A plurality of elongate hinges formed with the interlaced yarns extend along the length of the sleeve in substantially parallel relation with the central axis, with the hinges separating relatively rigid, arcuate regions of the wall from one another. The hinges allow the arcuate regions to be moved from the expanded in-use tubular first configuration to a collapsed, second configuration nested with one another to allow significantly increased numbers of the sleeves to be shipped and stowed in a significantly reduced volume of space.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile digital band which is capable of providing a high-speed communication path with surrounding computing devices, through easy and convenient attachment thereof to a conventional garment, and a fabrication method thereof. For this purpose, disclosed herein is a textile digital band comprising a plurality of warps formed parallel to each other in the first direction, and a plurality of wefts formed parallel to each other in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the warp includes at least one digital yarn through which electrical currents can flow.

Abstract: An electrical connecting cable with a flexible electrical cable and with at least one electrical plug connector at one end of the cable, with the electrical cable including a bundle of conductors consisting of insulated stranded wires, a foil shield enclosing the bundle of conductors, and a protective sheath encasing the foil shield and serving as the outer surface of the cable. The plug connector includes a metallic plug connector housing, preferably a round housing, holding insulated contacts and a molded-on shield sleeve with which the stranded wires and the foil shield are connected in an electrically conductive manner. The foil shield includes at least one electrically conductive shield tape and the protective sheath includes at least one electrically non-conductive sheath tape that are both wrapped at an angle spiral-like with a lateral overlap along the stranded wires around the bundle of conductors and the shield sleeve.

Abstract: A shielded electrical wire and device that includes a first folding die configured to fold a first edge of a shield tape a first direction from a central portion of the shield tape and to fold a second edge of the shield tape a second direction opposite to the first direction from the central portion of the shield tape, a second folding die configured to wrap the shield tape around at least two insulated conductors to apply a fold to the first edge of the shield tape so as to fold the first edge back over onto the central portion of the shield tape to form a receiving area, a third folding die configured to tighten the shield tape around the plurality of conductors while positioning the receiving area to receive a drain wire, a wire guide configured to install a drain wire in the receiving area, and a closing die configured to close the shield tape around the plurality of conductors and the drain wire to form an enclosure around the plurality of conductors with the second edge overlapping the receiving area a

Abstract: The present invention relates to a partially-crystalline copolymer comprising tetrafluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene in an amount corresponding to HFPI of from about 2.8 to 5.3, and preferably from about 0.2% to 3% by weight of perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether), said copolymer having less than about 50 ppm alkali metal ion, having a melt flow rate of within the range of about 30±3 g/10 min, and having no more than about 50 unstable endgroups/106 carbon atoms and which can be extruded at high speed onto conductor over a broad polymer melt temperature range to give insulated wire of high quality.

Abstract: A metal sheet tape including magnesium as a major component thereof having high electro-magnetic shield performance, high vibration absorption performance as well as high heat conductivity being wound spirally on an outer circumference of the electric cable may provide a high performance shield layer. Furthermore in an AV cable, original sounds may be recovered by forming a shield layer with winding spirally the metal sheet tape, which includes magnesium as a major component and is wound in the counter clockwise direction in the direction viewed from an IN end to an OUT end of an AV cable.

Abstract: A dry mica tape includes a base material, a binder resin layer A formed on the base material and including an epoxy resin and an accelerator, a mica paper layer formed in contact with the binder resin layer A, and a binder resin layer B formed in contact with the mica paper layer, including an epoxy resin, and providing a cured resin with a higher glass transition point than that of a cured resin of an impregnating varnish only by reacting with an impregnating varnish including an epoxy resin impregnated into the dry mica tape wound around a conductor.

Abstract: In order to be able to industrially produce a transposed conductor with jointly transposed partial conductors located one atop the other and in order to be able to further process such a transposed conductor to form a winding, the invention proposes that two adjacent single conductors (11) located one atop the other be connected to one another on their contact surfaces (16) in a non-positive fashion, preferably that they be adhered to one another.

Abstract: Vibration resistant cables containing a first conductor and a second conductor, each having a diameter d, are disclosed. The second conductor is twisted around the first conductor at a particular lay length to eliminate bagging of the vibration resistant cable.

Abstract: A power cable (10) has a metal conductor encased in a first outer sheath (11), and further encased, partially along the length of the cable, in a second outer sheath (12, 13, 14) which influences the pattern of deformation of the cable under mechanical stress.

Abstract: A shield sleeve for shielding an electric wire includes a tensile strength fiber that has an approximately circular section and on which a metal-plating layer is formed. A plurality of the tensile strength fibers is braided to form a tubular shape. Braid density of the braided tensile strength fibers is 85% or more and 98% or less and resistance between the braided tensile strength fibers is 0.096 ?/m or less.

Abstract: A coaxial cable includes a core, an insulating layer, a shielding layer, and a sheathing layer. The core includes a carbon nanotube wire-like structure and at least one conductive material layer is disposed on the outside surface of the carbon nanotube wire-like structure. The carbon nanotube wire-like structure includes a plurality carbon nanotubes orderly arranged.

Abstract: A strand of section of no more than 0.35 mm2 is provided having one or more electrical conductor wires, where each electrical conductor wire is constituted by an alloy of copper and tin. The tin content is not less than 1500 ppm and not more than 2500 ppm the oxygen content is not more than 400 ppm the inevitable impurities content is not more than 100 ppm and the balance of the content of the alloy is copper with the electrical conductor wire(s) being exempt from heat treatment during fabrication of the strand.

Abstract: A cable for high speed data communications that includes a first inner conductor enclosed by a first dielectric layer and a second inner conductor enclosed by a second dielectric layer. The inner conductors and the dielectric layers are disposed within the cable in parallel with a longitudinal axis of the cable. The cable also includes drain conductors disposed within the cable laterally to the inner conductors adjacent to the dielectric layers along the longitudinal axis of the cable and within thirty degrees of a horizontal axis through the inner conductors. The cable also includes a conductive shield composed of a strip of conductive shield material wrapped in a rotational direction along and about the longitudinal axis around the inner conductors, the dielectric layers, and the drain conductors.

Abstract: A high speed cable with terminating assemblies at the respective ends of the cable includes a ground wire, one or more signal wires, and a conductive layer enclosing the ground wire and the signal wires. The ground wire as well as the signal wires and the conductive layer extend into the terminating assemblies, in each of which corresponding inductive elements are coupled between the conductive layer and the ground wire. In each terminating assembly, the ground wire is shunted to the conductive layer by inductive elements, thus providing added low frequency connectivity in the cable, while at the same time blocking high frequency noise energy that may be present in the ground wire and preventing it from being coupled into, and transmitted through, the conductive layer.

Abstract: Insulated wires for use in electronic equipment have an electrically conductive core and an insulating layer and/or a insulating jacket formed of a flame retardant thermoplastic composition surrounding the electrically conductive core. The flame retardant thermoplastic composition includes (A) a thermoplastic copolyester elastomer and/or a copolyamide elastomer as a thermoplastic polymer component, (B) a metal salt of a phosphinic acid and/or a diphosphinic acid and/or a polymer thereof, (C) a nitrogen containing flame retardant synergist and/or a phosphor/nitrogen containing flame retardant as a flame retardant component, and (D) an inorganic compound chosen from basic and amphoteric oxides, hydroxides, carbonates, silicates, borates, stannates, mixed oxide-hydroxides, oxide-hydroxide-carbonates, hydroxide-silicates and hydroxide-borates, and mixtures thereof.

Abstract: A sheath is disclosed which provides protection against radiation. The sheath surrounds or is configured to surround at least a neutral cable, a earth cable and a phase cable which are all connected to the power grid. The sheath includes an outer layer made from electrically insulating plastic which covers an inner layer made from electrically conductive material, elements being provided to connect the layer of electrically conductive material to an electrical conductor intended to be earthed. The conductor to be earthed takes the form of a wire, all or part of which is made from electrically conductive material that extends internally along the entire length of the sheath and which is in electrical contact, at least along part of the length thereof, with the inner layer of electrically conductive material.

Abstract: A high speed video cable carries signals according to the High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) or DisplayPort standards, and includes a raw cable and a boost device. The raw cable is exclusively constructed with either Shielded Twisted Pairs (STP) or coaxial lines which carry all signals on either shielded wires or their shields. The high speed signals are carried on the shielded wires to the boost device where any common mode noise induced by the signals on the shields is removed. Some auxiliary signals including power are carried on ungrounded shields.

Abstract: A protective cover for lengths of materials used in environments in which the lengths of material are moved and pulled around and subjected to abrasion, chemicals, and weather extremes. The protective cover includes a sleeve that surrounds the length of material to be protected. The sleeve has open ends and is formed of a fabric made substantially of high performance yarns.

Abstract: A high voltage direct current (DC) tether for an airborne wind turbine includes one conductor in the center of the feeder and the shielding of the feeder as a second conductor. A mechanical strength element is disposed in between the center conductor and the shielding. In this configuration, the mechanical strength element acts also as an insulator. The center conductor and the shielding can be made of aluminum or copper. The strength element can be a high strength fiber composite, woven such as VECTRAN® or SPECTRA®. The shielding is typically used as the return conductor.

Abstract: A tape can comprise a dielectric film that has a pattern of electrically conductive areas adhering thereto. The conductive areas can be electrically isolated from one another. The tape can utilize means to obscure the metallic finish and can contain indicators to deter installers from grounding the tape at either end. The tape can be wrapped around one or more conductors, such as wires that transmit data, to provide electrical or electromagnetic shielding for the conductors. The resulting cable can have a shield that is electrically discontinuous between opposite ends of the cable.

Abstract: An electrical wire includes a plurality of first conductors. The plurality of first conductors includes at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power and at least one signal conductor for delivering a communications signal. Second and third conductors are respectively formed on opposing sides of the plurality of first conductors, such that each of the plurality of first conductors is at least substantially entrapped by the second and third conductors. A distance between the at least one electrifiable conductor and each of the second and third conductors is no greater than approximately 0.030 inches.

Abstract: Preferred assemblies are directed to a cable assembly that includes a first electrical wire and a second electrical wire; with a thermo-resistant material that is molded around the wires. Zipper teeth are molded to the thermo-resistant material of both of the wires. The zipper teeth on the first wire are releasably attached to the zipper teeth on the second wire, and at least one reinforcing fiber is encapsulated with one of the wires.

Abstract: A tape can comprise a strip of dielectric material, with adhering patches of electrical conductive material. The patches can be substantially electrically isolated from one another. The strip can be disposed in a communication cable to provide a shield that is electrically discontinuous or has high resistance between opposite cable ends. Each patch can interact with electromagnetic radiation associated with electrical signals transmitting over the cable. The patches can collectively interact with the transmitting electrical signals in a cumulative or resonant manner to produce a spike in return loss at a particular frequency of the transmitting signals. The frequency location of the spike can depend upon the sizes of the patches, with size impacting manufacturability. The patches can be sized such that the spike falls within an operating frequency of the transmitting signal but is suppressed, so the cable meets return loss specifications while offering manufacturing advantage.

Abstract: A polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition contains polybutylene naphthalate resin, a polyester block copolymer, and magnesium hydroxide; and an electric wire uses a polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition, with an insulated coating layer formed on a conductor, by using a polybutylene naphthalate-based resin composition containing polybutylene naphthalate resin, a polyester block copolymer, and magnesium hydroxide as an insulating material.

Abstract: Alien crosstalk suppression cores are used to decrease alien crosstalk in communications channels. Electrical communication cables may be provided with alien crosstalk suppression cores. The alien crosstalk suppression cores, which may be ferrite suppression cores, are placed separately on some or all of the twisted pairs within a communication cable. The alien crosstalk suppression cores reduce ANEXT and AFEXT in high-frequency communications when communication cables are installed near one another. Alien crosstalk suppression cores may also be incorporated into other communication channel components, such as on a PCB within a communication jack.

Abstract: A gesture based headphone for controlling a media player device and method for using thereof. The headphone comprises a cord with a gesture sensitive region in the cord, and an interface for connecting to the media player device. A user gesture interacts with the gesture sensitive region and generates a control input for controlling the media player device, wherein the user gesture includes at least one gesture generating a control input.

Abstract: An electric wire including a core wire having element wires consisting of aluminum or aluminum alloy is provided, by which stable electrical connection between the core wire of the electric wire and the terminal fitting can be attained. The electric wire 1 includes: a core wire 3 including a plurality of element wires 5a, 5b, 5c bundled up, each element wire consisting of aluminum or aluminum alloy; and an electrically insulating coating 4 which coats the core wire 3. At least one element wire 5b, situated inside the element wires 5a situated on a most outer periphery of the core wire 3, is provided with an unevenness 14 on an outer surface of at least one element wire 5b. Concave parts 14a and convex parts 14b are arranged on the outer surface of at least one element wire 5b in a circumferential direction of at least one element wire 5b.

Abstract: A wire material includes at least two branch structures disposed so as to be continuous with each other, each of the branch structures including a conductor and a pair of branching conductors connected to the conductor. The branching conductors may be connected to a front surface and a back surface of an end of the conductor. The conductors may be in the form of a foil.

Abstract: An improved cable assembly includes at least a first elongated signal-carrying cable and a protector that has an elongated covering apparatus that is connected with the signal-carrying cable. The covering apparatus has a resilient portion having a number of corrugations. The signal-carrying cable is received within the covering apparatus, and the resilient portion is moved from a free state to a collapsed state. The signal-carrying cable and the covering apparatus are received at least partially in an uncured quantity of potting compound, and the compound is then permitted to cure.

Abstract: A tape can comprise a dielectric film that has a pattern of electrically conductive areas adhering thereto. The conductive areas can be electrically isolated from one another. The tape can utilize means to obscure the metallic finish and can contain indicators to deter installers from grounding the tape at either end. The tape can be wrapped around one or more conductors, such as wires that transmit data, to provide electrical or electromagnetic shielding for the conductors. The resulting cable can have a shield that is electrically discontinuous between opposite ends of the cable.

Abstract: A Ni plating is applied on a base metal in a metal strip form, and a brightener-free Sn-(1 to 4% by mass)Cu plating is applied on the Ni plating. The metal strip is heat-treated at a temperature at or above the melting point (solidus line) of a Sn-(1 to 4% by mass)Cu alloy to form a Cu-Sn compound layer or a Cu—Ni—Sn-compound layer on the Ni plating layer and a Sn layer or a Sn—Cu-ally layer on the Cu—Sn compound layer or the Cu—Ni—Sn-compound layer. The metal strip is further fabricated into a connector.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for keeping headphone and earpiece cables from tangling is disclosed. The apparatus may include a flexible sleeve capable of moving relative to a headphone cord to restrict the movement of earpiece cables associated with the headphone cord.

Abstract: A duplexer includes first and second filters, and a first shielding bondwire. The first filter includes a first bondwire connecting the first filter to a printed circuit board, the first bondwire forming a portion of a first virtual loop having a first virtual area, where first current passing through the first bondwire generates a first magnetic field. The second filter includes a second bondwire connecting the second filter to the printed circuit, the second bondwire forming a portion of a second virtual loop having a second virtual area. The first shielding bondwire includes first and second ends connected to a conductor of the printed circuit board to form a closed electrical first shielding loop having a corresponding first shielding area. The magnetic field induces shielding current in the first shielding loop, which generates a first compensating magnetic field that attenuates the first magnetic field.

Abstract: A coaxial transducer that uses lead zirconate titanate ceramic or other suitable material as an isolator between the conductors in a coaxial cable to transmit acoustic power at useful levels. The lead zirconate titanate ceramic is diced into thin disks and placed in between spacers made of much stronger insulating material. The coaxial cable is then integrated into a conventional double-armored steel tow cable with a typical diameter of 1?. This provides substantial longitudinal strength and provides crushing resistance to the lead zirconate titanate ceramic when the cable is being deployed or retrieved over a sheave under tension.

Abstract: An assembly for conducting an electronic signal. The assembly includes a substrate and an electronic cable. The substrate has distinct first and second regions to enable connection to first and second circuit boards, respectively. First and second through-holes are formed in the substrate in the first and second regions, respectively. The electronic cable is disposed within the first through-hole and extends out of the first through hole, adjacent the substrate and into the second through-hole.

Abstract: A coaxial transducer that uses lead zirconate titanate ceramic or other suitable material as an isolator between the conductors in a coaxial cable to transmit acoustic power at useful levels. The lead zirconate titanate ceramic is diced into thin disks and placed in between spacers made of much stronger insulating material. The coaxial cable is then integrated into a conventional double-armored steel tow cable with a typical diameter of 1?. This provides substantial longitudinal strength and provides crushing resistance to the lead zirconate titanate ceramic when the cable is being deployed or retrieved over a sheave under tension.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided. The apparatus generally comprises a plurality of pairs of differential transmission lines. The plurality of pairs of differential transmission lines includes a set of pairs of differential transmission lines with each pair of differential transmission lines from the set of pairs of differential transmission lines including at least one twist to alternate current direction. Also, the plurality of differential transmission lines are arranged such that alternating current directions substantially eliminate cross-talk across the plurality of pairs of differential transmission lines.

Abstract: A semiconductor-device bonding wire includes a core member formed of an electrically-conductive metal, and a skin layer mainly composed of a face-centered cubic metal different from the core member and formed thereon. An orientation ratio of <111> orientations in crystalline orientations <hkl> in a wire lengthwise direction at a crystal face of a surface of the skin layer is greater than or equal to 50%, and the <111> orientations have an angular difference relative to the wire lengthwise direction, the angular difference being within 15 degrees.

Abstract: A shielded wire includes a carbon nanostructure (CNS)-shielding layer including a CNS material in a matrix material, the CNS-shielding layer being monolithic and disposed about a dielectric layer and a conducting wire, wherein the dielectric layer is disposed between the CNS-shielding layer and the conducting wire. An extruded thermoplastic jacket includes a CNS material, the extruded thermoplastic jacket being configured to protect at least one wire. A thermoplastic article includes a CNS-infused fiber material and a flexible thermoplastic.

Abstract: A pull tool for handling an elongate article comprises a panel having opposing panel sides and opposing panel ends and a fastening mechanism extending along at least a portion of the panel sides. The fastening mechanism is configured to join the panel sides to form the panel in a sleeve configuration for encasing the elongate article therewithin. The panel of the pull tool has inner and outer surfaces with the outer surface having a substantially low coefficient of friction.

Abstract: A power device for an electronic device, such as a charger for a portable rechargeable device and/or an AC adapter. The power device includes switching circuitry for de-powering at least a portion of the power device.

Abstract: A flat wire extension cord includes an elongated cord, a first connected attached to a first end of the elongated cord, and a second connected attached to an opposite end of the elongated cord. The elongated cord includes at least one electrifiable conductor for delivering electrical power, first and second insulating layers formed on opposing sides of the at least one electrifiable conductor, and first and second return conductors formed on the first and second insulating layers, respectively, such that said at least one electrifiable conductor is at least substantially entrapped by said first and second return conductors. The first connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a line side input, and the second connector is operable to connect the conductors of the elongated cord to a load.

Abstract: An interconnection structure is disposed between a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer substantially parallel to each other. The conductive layer includes a signal trace. The interconnection structure includes a conductor pillar and a shielding wall pillar. The conductor pillar goes through between the two conductive layers and is electrically connected to the signal trace of the first conductive layer. The shielding wall pillar is also disposed between the two conductive layers and located at a portion of an external region surrounding the conductor pillar and electrically coupled to the conductor pillar. The conductor pillar and the shielding wall pillar are disposed in pair or in group. The shielding wall pillar with a shape different from that of the conductor pillar would make the conductor pillar serve as a connection with a designed impedance and the capability of controlling impedance based on the special shape design thereof.

Abstract: A cable assembly may have a conductor core and a binding element. The binding element may be configured helically around the conductor core. In addition, the binding element may be configured to, when the cable assembly is pushed through a conduit having at least one sweep, eliminate buckling of the cable assembly. The binding element may be made of a material configured to be stretched to a predetermined percentage of a length of the material without breaking.

Abstract: A mirror image shielding structure is provided, which includes an electronic element and a ground shielding plane below the electronic element. The shape of the ground shielding plane is identical to the projection shape of the electronic element, and the horizontal size of the ground shielding plane is greater than or equal to that of the electronic element. Thus, the parasitic effect between the electronic element and the ground shielding plane is effectively reduced, and the vertical coupling effect between electronic elements is also reduced. Furthermore, the vertical impact on the signal integrity of the embedded elements caused by the layout of the transmission lines is prevented.

Abstract: An extra-fine copper alloy twisted wire including a plurality of copper alloy wires with a wire diameter of 0.010 to 0.025 mm twisted together, each of the copper alloy wires including 1 to 3 weight % of silver (Ag) and a balance consisting of a copper and an inevitable impurity, the copper alloy twisted wire further including a tensile strength of not less than 850 MPa, and an electrical conductivity of not less than 85% IACS. The extra-fine copper alloy twisted wire includes a solid insulation with a thickness of not more than 0.07 mm formed on an outer circumference of the extra-fine insulated wire.

Abstract: A cable shield tape can comprise patches of electrically conductive material disposed adjacent a strip of dielectric material, with the patches electrically isolated from one another. An attachment system can mechanically attach the patches to the dielectric material, for example to avoid flammable adhesives. The attachment system can comprise one or more mechanical fasteners, rivets, staples, clips, clamps, metallic members, nonorganic materials, nonflammable materials, holes, holes with flared or mushroomed rims, protrusions, etc. The attachment system can also or alternatively comprise technology for knolling, punching, seating, surface patterning, peening, embossing, etc. The tape can be wrapped around one or more cable conductors, such as wires that transmit data, to provide electrical or electromagnetic shielding. The resulting cable can have a shield that is electrically discontinuous between opposite ends of the cable.

Abstract: A shield for a communication cable can comprise a narrow substrate of electrically insulating material extending lengthwise along the cable. Patches of electrically conductive material can be disposed on, in, or adjacent the substrate, with the patches electrically isolated from one another. The substrate can comprise holes, apertures, openings, and/or areas in which substrate material has been eliminated, reduced, thinned, or removed. Reducing substrate material can benefit the communication cable, for example imparting the cable with an improved burn, flammability, or smoke characteristic or performance rating/score, for example. The resulting cable can comprise a shield that is electrically discontinuous between opposite ends of the cable.