Communication connector

摘要

A communication connector including elongated contacts, and an optional flexible compensation circuit. The elongated contacts include a plurality of contact pairs. Each pair includes first and second contacts configured to transmit a differential signal. The elongated contacts may each have first and second portions with first and second heights, respectively. The first height is greater than the second height. The first portion of the first contact is positioned alongside the first portion of the second contact to capacitively couple the first and second contacts together. The optional flexible compensation circuit includes compensation circuity configured to at least partially reduce crosstalk between the elongated contacts.

主权项

1. A circuit assembly for use with a plurality of outlet contacts, a sixth of the plurality of outlet contacts inducing crosstalk in a fifth of the plurality of outlet contacts, the sixth outlet contact and a third of the plurality of outlet contacts conducting a differential signal, the assembly comprising:
a flexible substrate having a first side opposite a second side; a plurality of contacts positioned on the second side of the substrate, each of the plurality of contacts being configured to be physically connected to a different one of the plurality of outlet contacts; and a plurality of electrically conductive traces formed on at least one of the first and second sides of the substrate, a third of the plurality of electrically conductive traces being connected to the third outlet contact, a fifth of the plurality of electrically conductive traces being connected to the fifth outlet contact, end portions of the third and fifth traces being positioned alongside one another such that the end portion of the third trace irradiates a crosstalk canceling signal to the end portion of the fifth trace, a capacitive coupling being distributed along the third and fifth traces and applying the crosstalk canceling signal to the fifth trace.