Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1), a first contact (21) and a second contact (22) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving channel (14). The first contact includes a first retaining portion (211), a first soldering portion (212) bent from the first retaining portion, and a first contacting portion (213) extending from the first retaining portion. The second contact includes a second contacting portion (221) extending into the receiving channel, an upper beam (222) and a lower beam (223) forkedly extending from the contacting portion, a hook portion (224) formed at the distal end of the upper beam and secured with the insulative housing, and a second soldering portion (225) bent from the lower beam. An interspace (226) is defined between the upper beam and the lower beam. The first contacting portion protrudes into the receiving channel via the interspace.

Abstract: An audio jack connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing defines a receiving channel (14) and a number of terminal passageways (121). The contacts include a grounding contact (25, 25?) having a retaining portion (256; 256?) retained in the corresponding terminal passageway, a contacting portion (257; 257?) extending from the retaining portion into the receiving channel, a soldering portion (258; 258?) coplanar with a mounting face of the insulative housing, and a connecting portion (259; 259?) vertically connected between the retaining portion and the soldering portion. The connecting portion forms an auxiliary portion (2591; 2591?). Both the auxiliary portion and the retaining portion engage with the insulative housing.

Abstract: A network connector structure includes an insulating body having a port inwardly formed at a front-end surface of the insulating body, a containing space formed in the insulating body insulating body, and a first circuit board and a second circuit board parallely installed and electrically coupled to each other. A plurality of connecting terminals and a plurality of filter elements are electrically coupled to the first circuit board, and at least one network integrated circuit and a plurality of soldered terminals are electrically coupled to the second circuit board. The network connector is electrically coupled to an external transmission line through the plurality of connecting terminals, and electrically coupled to a motherboard of an external electronic device through the plurality of soldered terminals, so that the network integrated circuit inside the network connector provide network signal encoding/decoding functions directly.

Abstract: A connector mechanism includes a first casing, a second casing, a rotary cover, a circuit board, a socket, a base, a rotary fastener and a resilient component. The rotary cover is connected to the second casing in a rotable manner. The rotary fastener is pivoted to the base. The rotary fastener is pressed by the rotary cover when the rotary cover rotates to a close position. The rotary fastener fastens a plug when the rotary cover rotates to an open position so as not to press the rotary fastener and when the plug is inserted into the socket. The resilient component is connected to the rotary fastener for driving the rotary fastener to fasten the plug when the rotary cover rotates to the open position.

Abstract: An audio jack connector adapted for soldering on a circuit board and engaging with an audio plug connector includes an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals. The insulating housing has a main body, and an insertion portion connecting with one side of the main body. The insertion portion defines an insertion hole for receiving the audio plug connector therein. The main body defines a plurality of terminal grooves with bottoms thereof passing through a bottom surface of the main body. The insulating housing defines a plurality of mouths communicating between the insertion hole and the terminal grooves. The terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves. Each terminal has a contact portion projecting into the insertion hole through the mouth to electrically contact with the audio plug connector, and a soldering portion received in the bottom of the terminal groove to be soldered on the circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical jack is disclosed herein. An example of such an electrical jack includes an enclosure configured to define a space in which the electrical plug is inserted. This example also includes an electrostatic discharge assembly positioned in the enclosure and configured to complete a closed circuit with each of the contacts of the electrical plug during insertion within the space, thereby discharging electrostatic energy present on the contacts of the electrical plug. The electrical plug is further configured to present an open circuit to each of the contacts of the electrical plug upon insertion of the electrical plug within the space to a predetermined point. Additional features of this electrical jack are disclosed herein, as are other examples of electrical jacks. An example of an electrical circuit is also disclosed herein.

Abstract: A USB connector comprises a special USB plug and a USB receptacle mateable with the special USB plug. The special USB plug has a plug ground contact and a plug contact portion as a part of the plug ground contact. The USB receptacle has a plurality of contacts including a ground contact, a detector and a holding member. Each of the contacts has a contact point. Especially the ground contacts has the contact point configured to be brought into contact with the plug ground contact while the detector has a detecting portion configured to be brought into contact with the plug contact portion. The holding member has a plate portion formed with a principal surface. The holding member holds the contacts so that the contact points project from the principal surface of the plate portion while holding the detector so that the detecting portion projects from the principal surface of the plate portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.

Abstract: Communications connectors include a plurality of input contacts that are arranged as differential pairs of input contacts, a plurality of first output contacts that are electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of input contacts, and a first pair of second output contacts that are electrically connected by a pair of conductive paths to one of the differential pairs of input contacts. The first output contacts are configured to physically contact respective ones of a plurality of first contacts of a second communications connector. Moreover, each contact of the first pair of second output contacts is electrically in parallel to a respective one of the first output contacts when the communications connector is mated with the second communications connector.

Abstract: A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. The first plurality of contacts are symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab is shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations.

Abstract: A connector and method of crosstalk compensation within a connector is disclosed. The method includes determining an uncompensated crosstalk, including an uncompensated capacitive crosstalk and an uncompensated inductive crosstalk, of a wired pair in a connector. The uncompensated crosstalk includes common mode and differential mode crosstalk. The method includes applying at least one inductive element to the wired pair, where the at least one inductive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the inductive crosstalk caused by the one or more pairs. The method further includes applying at least one capacitive element to the wired pair, where the at least one capacitive element is configured and arranged to provide balanced compensation for the capacitive crosstalk caused by the one or more wired pairs.

Abstract: A USB 3.0 socket jack connector structure allows a USB plug connector to conduct working when it is plugged in the jack connector of the present invention positively or oppositely through a two-war sharing grounding transmission conductor, and a first signal transmission conductor, second signal transmission conductor, first differential signal transmission conductor, second differential signal transmission conductor, third grounding transmission conductor, third differential signal transmission conductor, fourth differential signal transmission conductor, first power supply transmission conductor, third signal transmission conductor, fourth signal transmission conductor, second power supply transmission conductor, fourth grounding transmission conductor, fifth differential signal transmission conductor, sixth differential signal transmission conductor, seventh differential signal transmission conductor and eighth differential signal transmission conductor.

Abstract: A universal connector for enabling interoperability between different types of data interfaces and multimedia interfaces comprises a housing; and a plurality of contact pins arranged in the housing, wherein the plurality of contact pins provide connectivity for multimedia display interface signals and data interface signals, wherein the housing includes a first part and a second part coupled together, wherein the first part includes a first group of contact pins and the second part includes a second group of contact pins, wherein the first group of contact pins provides connectivity to a data interface and the second group of contact pins provides, in part, connectivity to a multimedia interface.

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: An electrical connector jack includes an insulation base, a separation piece, a first terminal group, a second terminal group, a third terminal group, and a fourth terminal group. The separation piece is provided in the insulation base. The first terminal group includes a first soldering end set located inside the separation piece. The second terminal group includes a second soldering end set located outside the separation piece. The third terminal group includes a third soldering end set located outside the separation piece. The fourth terminal group includes a fourth soldering end set located outside the separation piece.

Abstract: A terminal holder structure installed in a RJ45 dual-port jack is disclosed to include a plastic intermediate bracket mounted on a middle part of a circuit board to hold the 3rd and 5th terminals of a first set of terminals numbered from 1st through 8th and the 3rd and 5th terminals of a second set of terminals numbered from 1st through 8th in reversed directions so that the distance? between the 3rd and 5th terminals of the first set of terminals and the 3rd and 5th terminals of the second set of terminals is extended for crosstalk compensation to avoid crosstalk interference in the RJ45 dual-port jack.

Abstract: Patch cords are provided that include a communications cable that has at least first through fourth conductors and a plug that is attached to the cable. The plug includes a housing that receives the cable, a printed circuit board, first through fourth plug contacts, and first through fourth conductive paths that connect the first through fourth conductors to the respective first through fourth plug contacts. The first and second conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a first differential transmission line, and the third and fourth conductors, conductive paths, and plug contacts form a second differential transmission line. Each of the first through fourth plug contacts has a first segment that extends longitudinally along a first surface of the printed circuit board, and the signal current injection point into the first segment of at least some of the first through fourth plug contacts is into middle portions of their respective first segments.

Abstract: Communications plugs are provided which include a printed circuit board having a plurality of elongated conductive traces and a plurality of plug blades. Each plug blade has a first section that extends along a top surface of the printed circuit board and a second section that extends along a front edge of the printed circuit board. Additionally, each plug blade may have a thickness that is at least twice the thickness of the elongated conductive traces. The plug blades may be low profile plug blades that are manufactured separately from the printed circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector including a contact sub-assembly having a plurality of mating conductors that are configured to transmit signal current. Each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion of the respective mating conductor. The engagement portions are located proximate to one another at a first nodal region. The interior portions are located proximate to one another at a second nodal region. The electrical connector also includes first open-ended conductors that are electrically connected to the engagement portions of corresponding mating conductors. The electrical connector also includes second open-ended conductors that are electrically connected to the interior portions of corresponding mating conductors. The first open-ended conductors are capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductors.

Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a printed circuit and an array of mating contacts. Each mating contact includes a terminating end portion and a mating interface. The contact sub-assembly also includes an array of circuit contacts that is discrete from the array of mating contacts. Each circuit contact is engaged with and electrically connected to the printed circuit. Each circuit contact is separably engaged with and electrically connected to the terminating end portion of a corresponding one of the mating contacts such that the array of circuit contacts electrically connects the array of mating contacts to the printed circuit.

Abstract: A terminal holder structure installed in a RJ45 dual-port jack is disclosed to include a plastic intermediate bracket mounted on a middle part of a circuit board to hold the 3rd and 5th terminals of a first set of terminals numbered from 1st through 8th and the 3rd and 5th terminals of a second set of terminals numbered from 1st through 8th in reversed directions so that the distance' between the 3rd and 5th terminals of the first set of terminals and the 3rd and 5th terminals of the second set of terminals is extended for crosstalk compensation to avoid crosstalk interference in the RJ45 dual-port jack.

Abstract: An electrical connector, an electronic apparatus using the same, and an assembling method of the electrical connector are introduced herein. The electrical connector includes first set terminals, second set terminals, and an insulated housing which has a plurality of first set terminal passages and second set terminal passages for respectively disposing said first and second terminals therein.

Abstract: A multiple contact connector comprises a plurality of terminal pieces arranged linearly in the lengthwise direction, and an insulating provided with a plurality of dividing walls extending between the terminal pieces for supporting the terminal pieces and for insulating between adjacent terminal pieces, having the insulating pieces inserted into terminal supporting spaces between the separating walls.

Abstract: A connector system includes a jack module mounted to a circuit board, which is connected to at least one processor. The jack module is configured to receive a plug connector having a first set of contacts spaced from a second set of contacts. The jack module includes a first contact arrangement configured to engage the first set of contacts of the plug and a second contact arrangement configured to engage the second set of contacts of the plug. The second contact arrangement is provided on a media reading interface, which may provide presence sensing. The first and second contact arrangements engage landings on the circuit board. One example jack module defines a right-angle jack.

Abstract: A keystone jack includes a main body, a printed circuit board, a terminal base, and a plurality of terminals. Both sides of the main body have two first troughs and two second troughs. The printed circuit board is inserted into the main body and has two first hooks engaged with the two first troughs on its both sides. The terminal base is disposed on the printed circuit board and assembled with the main body. Both sides of the terminal base are formed with two second hooks engaged with the two second troughs. Both ends of each terminal are fixedly inserted into the printed circuit board and the terminal base respectively. By these two engaging means, the engagement strength of the components of the keystone jack is increased to thereby prevent the keystone jack from suffering damage.

Abstract: An advanced modular plug connector assembly incorporating an insert assembly disposed in the rear portion of the connector housing. In one embodiment, the connector has a plurality of ports in multi-row configuration, and the insert assembly includes a substrate adapted to receive one or more electronic components such as choke coils, transformers, or other signal conditioning elements or magnetics. The substrate also interfaces with the conductors of two modular ports of the connector, and is removable from the housing such that an insert assembly of a different electronics or terminal configuration can be substituted therefor. In this fashion, the connector can be configured to a plurality of different standards (e.g., Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100). In yet another embodiment, the connector assembly comprises a plurality of light sources (e.g., LEDs) received within the housing. Methods for manufacturing the aforementioned embodiments are also disclosed.

Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a receptacle and a plug. The receptacle includes a housing defining two vertical stacked mating slots and a plurality of wafers loaded in the housing. Each wafer includes an upper pair and a lower pair of contacting portions, the upper pairs and the lower pairs of the wafers expose to the slots respectively. Each of the wafers further defines a ground contact with a contacting portion between the upper pair and lower pair of the contacting portions. The plurality of wafers includes pairs of differential signal wafers and ground wafers which are arranged in an alternating sequence in the connecting housing. The plug includes two card edges and a ground plate with a row of contacting pin between the card edges. The contacting pins of the ground plate touch with pairs of ground contacts formed with two adjacent ground contacts in two adjacent wafers.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical plug connector including a pin-shaped plug and a sleeve-shaped coupling which encloses the plug with an intermediary cavity and open washer shaped spring elastic contact elements which are arranged in the cavity. In order to provide a good electrical contact the invention proposes two inward protruding knobs of the contact elements, wherein the knobs are arranged opposite to one another. Outward protruding knobs limit a maximum deformation of the contact elements and thus prevent a mechanical overload of the contact elements.

Abstract: A twisted pair communications device and associated twisted pair communications system are disclosed. One twisted pair communications device includes a plurality of twisted pair connectors each associated with a different twisted pair communication channel, and a multi-channel connector communicatively connected to each of the plurality of twisted pair connectors. The multi-channel connector is configured to transmit and receive communication signals associated with each of the twisted pair communication channels on a multi-channel twisted pair cable and includes a plurality of wire pairs disposed in a plurality of rows within the connector. Fewer than all of the plurality of wire pairs are communicatively connected to twisted pair connectors, and wherein unassociated wire pairs in the multi-channel connector separate at least two groups of wire pairs associated with different twisted pair communication channels.

Abstract: An electrical connector socket includes an outer frame, an insulating base, first socket terminals, and second socket terminals. The outer frame includes a first and second insert space which respectively meets a first and second standard. The insulating base has a tongue including a first and second tongue portion. The thickness of the first tongue portion is different from that of the second tongue portion. One end of the first socket terminals is embedded in the base, and the other end is disposed at the first tongue portion and faces the first insert space. One end of the second socket terminals is embedded in the base, the other end of part of second socket terminals is disposed at the second tongue portion and faces the first insert space, and the other end of the other part is disposed at the second tongue portion and faces the second insert space.

Abstract: A keystone jack includes a main body, a printed circuit board, a terminal base, and a plurality of terminals. Both sides of the main body have two first troughs and two second troughs. The printed circuit board is inserted into the main body and has two first hooks engaged with the two first troughs on its both sides. The terminal base is disposed on the printed circuit board and assembled with the main body. Both sides of the terminal base are formed with two second hooks engaged with the two second troughs. Both ends of each terminal are fixedly inserted into the printed circuit board and the terminal base respectively. By these two engaging means, the engagement strength of the components of the keystone jack is increased to thereby prevent the keystone jack from suffering damage.

Abstract: A USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector capable of dual-side insertion includes a USB socket and a USB plug. The USB socket includes a socket housing (1), a group of conductive pins provided in the socket housing, and joint plates (4) supporting the group of conductive pins. The group of conductive pins include a first set of conductive pins (2) and a second set of conductive pins (3). The joint plates (4) include an upper joint plate (4.1) and a lower joint plate (4.2). The opposite sides of the upper and lower joint plates are provided with grooves respectively, the number of grooves being equal to the number of conductive pins in the corresponding set of conductive pins. The first and second sets of conductive pins are embedded in the grooves of upper and lower joint plates with the mirrorimage of the first and second sets of conductive pins staggered along the central axis of the socket housing. The socket housing is further provided with a misplug-proof mechanism (1.1,1.2).

Abstract: Disclosed are a digital band connector, a receptacle, and a connector assembly for easily connecting digital bands formed of digital yarns to an external circuit. The digital band connector includes connect pins spaced apart from each other in a direction, passing through the digital bands made of digital yarns and to fix the digital bands, and electrically connected with the digital bands, a lower housing fixing the digital bands and the connect pins in a lower part and exposing one end of each of the connect pins through a lower surface, and an upper housing coupled with an upper part of the lower housing to fix the digital bands and the connect pins.

Abstract: A connector mechanism includes a base and a casing. An opening is formed on a side of the base and the casing. The connector mechanism further includes a circuit terminal installed on the base, and a sliding socket connected to the base in a slidable manner and disposed on a side of the circuit terminal. The connector mechanism further includes a contacting terminal installed on the sliding socket for contacting with the circuit terminal. The connector mechanism further includes a sliding cover pivoted to the sliding socket, and at least one resilient component. The resilient component drives the sliding cover to separate from the sliding socket when the sliding socket slides to a position relative to the base where the casing does not constrain the sliding cover so as to generate a distance between the sliding cover and the sliding socket greater than a height of the opening.

Abstract: A socket and a plug for a high-speed connector configured to implement communication and transmission of multiple channels of high-speed signals are disclosed. The socket according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a shell and pins; the shell has an opening configured to accommodate a plug for the high-speed connector; the pins include upper-layer pins and lower-layer pins; the upper-layer pins are set at one side of an inner wall of the opening, the lower-layer pins are set at the other side of the inner wall of the opening corresponding to positions of the upper-layer pins, the upper-layer pins are arranged in at least two rows of pin groups, and the at least two rows of pin groups are distributed in a staggered manner along a length direction of the pins.

Abstract: Communications interfaces are provided that include a connector port that has housing that defines a plug aperture and at least first through eighth contacts that extend into the plug aperture. These communications interfaces further include an Ethernet interface (e.g., an Ethernet switch) and a multi-drop communication interface (e.g., an RS-485 transceiver). First through fourth conductive paths are provided that electrically connect the respective first through fourth contacts of the connector port to the Ethernet interface, Fifth and sixth conductive paths are provided that electrically connect the respective fifth and sixth contacts of the connector port to the multi-drop communication interface.

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a housing, a plurality of terminals received in the housing and divided into several terminal groups and a cable electrically connected with the plurality of terminals. Each terminal group comprises a pair of signal terminals and a grounding terminal. Each terminal defines a body portion, a mating portion extending forwardly from a front end of the body portion, and a terminating portion extending rearwardly from a rear end of the body portion. The two mating portions of the pair of signal terminals and a mating portion of the grounding terminal of each terminal group are located on two different rows, and two terminating portions of the pair of signal terminals and a terminating portion of the grounding terminal of each terminal group are located on a same row.

Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention is a communication connector, comprising a compensation circuit for providing a compensating signal to approximately cancel an offending signal over a range of frequency, the compensation circuit including a capacitive coupling with a first magnitude growing at a first rate over the range of frequency and a mutual inductive coupling with a second magnitude growing at a second rate over the range of frequency, the second rate being greater than the first rate (e.g., the second rate approximately double the first rate).

Abstract: A cable assembly comprises a housing defining a receiving space; a spacer assembled to a rear end of the housing; a plurality of terminals integrated with the spacer, and arranged into two rows and received into the housing. And each row of terminals comprises at least two grounding terminals and a connecting piece connecting with rear ends of at least two grounding terminals. A metallic plate is received into the spacer and contacted to the connecting piece. And a cable is electrically connected with the plurality of terminals.

Abstract: A dual orientation connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts includes a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. Each individual contact in the first plurality of contacts is electrically connected within the tab or body to a corresponding contact in the second plurality of contacts. In some embodiments contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are directly opposite each other are coupled together. In some other embodiments, contacts in the first and second pluralities of contacts that are in a cater cornered relationship with each other are coupled together.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a top and a bottom. An upper connector portion is formed at the top of the housing. The upper connector portion has upper contacts. A lower connector portion is formed at the bottom of the housing. The lower connector portion has lower contacts. A card slot is formed between the upper connector portion and the lower connector portion. The card slot is configured to receive a substrate having upper plug contacts and lower contacts. The upper contacts of the upper connector portion are configured to engage the upper plug contacts of the substrate. The lower contacts of the lower connector portion configured to engage the lower contacts of the substrate. A biasing member is coupled to the lower connector portion. The biasing member is configured to bias the substrate toward the upper connector portion to align the upper plug contacts of the substrate with the upper contacts of the upper connector portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (11), a terminal module received in the insulative housing and a shielding shell (17) enclosing the insulative housing. The terminal module having an inner circuit board (130) and a number of magnetic coils (132). The inner circuit board defines a groove (1300). Each of magnetic coils includes a core and a number of wires wound on the core and electrically connected with the inner circuit board. Each magnetic coil is at least partially received in the groove to save space for reducing profile of the connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a connector housing and first and second differential contacts. A contact cavity is defined between opposed sides and opposed endwalls. First support members and second support members extend from the opposed sides into the contact cavity. Each of first support members is shorter than each of the second support members. The first and second differential contacts define a differential pair retained within the contact cavity. The first and second differential contacts are retained between two of the first support members. At least a portion of the first and second differential contacts extends past a level of the first support members. The portion(s) of the first and second differential contacts that extends past the level of first support members is exposed to air.

Abstract: A communication jack, system using the jack, and method of fabricating the jack are disclosed. The jack includes a cavity configured to accept a communication plug to form a communication connector. The jack includes a plurality of plug interface contacts that extend into the cavity such that a plug inserted into the cavity makes electrical contact with the plug interface contacts at plug/jack interfaces of the plug interface contacts. One or more of the plug interface contacts is formed from multiple conductive layers. The conductive layers are movable relative to each other at at least one end. A dielectric layer or flexible printed circuit board may be disposed between the conductive layers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a plug-in connector (1), comprising a housing, a printed circuit board (2) and RF contacts (K1-K8), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being electrically connected to the printed circuit board (2), the RF contacts (K1-K8) being formed by an integral, flexible printed circuit board (4), from which the individual contacts (K1-K8) are cut free, the flexible printed circuit board (4) being prestressed by a spring-elastic element (6).

Abstract: An electrical connector that includes a circuit board having a board substrate that has opposite board surfaces and a thickness measured along an orientation axis that extends between the opposite board surfaces. The circuit board has associated pairs of input and output terminals and signal traces that electrically connect the associated pairs of input and output terminals. The input and output terminals being configured to communicatively coupled to mating and cable conductors, respectively. Each associated pair of input and output terminals is electrically connected through a corresponding signal trace that has a conductive path extending along the board substrate between the corresponding input and output terminals. At least two signal traces form a broadside-coupling region in which the conductive paths of the at least two signal traces are stacked along the orientation axis and spaced apart through the thickness and extend parallel to each other for a crosstalk-reducing distance.

Abstract: A spring assembly for a communications jack including a plurality of jack contacts each electrically connectable to a corresponding plug contact of a communications plug. First and second jack contacts carry a first differential signal. Fifth and sixth jack contacts carry a second differential signal. The jack contacts carrying the first differential signal are adjacent a third jack contract and the jack contacts carrying the second differential signal are adjacent a fourth jack contract. For each jack contact, the assembly has a conductive spring member electrically connected to the jack contact that biases the jack contact against a corresponding plug contact. To reduce crosstalk, the spring members connected to the first and second jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the fourth jack contact, and the spring members connected to the fifth and sixth jack contacts are each capacitively coupled to the third jack contact.

Abstract: A contact sub-assembly is provided for an electrical connector. The contact sub-assembly includes a base having a base surface, and an array of contacts that extend along the base surface of the base. Each contact extends along a length from a terminating end to a tip end. Each contact has a mating interface located along the length of the contact between the terminating end and the tip end. The contact sub-assembly also includes a spacing member formed separately from the base. The spacing member engages at least some of the contacts for positioning the contacts relative to each other within the array. The spacing member includes first and second spacing segments that are discrete from each other and that are configured to move relative to each other.

Abstract: A communications cable for use with a communications connector having eight contacts arranged in a series. The cable has first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth wires configured to be connected to first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth contacts, respectively, of the series. The fourth and fifth wires are twisted together to form a first twisted wire pair (“twisted pair”). The first and second wires form a second twisted pair. The third and sixth wires form a third twisted pair. The seventh and eighth wires form a fourth twisted pair. The twisted pairs extend alongside one another and are arranged such that the first twisted pair is closer to the second and third twisted pairs than to the fourth twisted pair, and the second twisted pair is closer to the first and fourth twisted pairs than to the third twisted pair.

Abstract: A dual orientation plug connector having a connector tab with first and second major opposing sides and a plurality of electrical contacts carried by the connector tab. The plurality of contacts may include a first set of external contacts formed at the first major side and a second set of external contacts formed at the second major side. The first plurality of contacts may be symmetrically spaced with the second plurality of contacts and the connector tab may be shaped to have 180 degree symmetry so that it can be inserted and operatively coupled to a corresponding receptacle connector in either of two insertion orientations. A receptacle connector corresponding to the plug connector.