Communications jack with printed wiring board having paired coupling conductors

摘要

A method of increasing localized inductance in a conductor (62a) of a communications connector (10) is described. The connector comprises a plurality of conductors (62a,62b;64a,64b;66a,66b;68a,68b), and the conductors are electrically connected with electrical terminals (22a,22b;24a,24b;26a,26b;28a,28b) that are arranged in pairs. The method comprises coupling sections (70,72) of two of the conductors (62a,62b) that are electrically connected with a pair of electrical terminals, the sections being immediately adjacent to each other and having the same instantaneous current direction The method further comprises selecting the portions of the two conductors that travel immediately adjacent to each other, in order to provide a pre-selected improvement in a return loss of the two conductors.