Modular plug having improved crosstalk characteristics

摘要

A modular telephone-style plug features a substantially three sided intermediate section which integrally connects the cable receiving end with the contact mating end of the plug. The intermediate section has an opening which spans virtually all of the fourth side of this section. The resultant three sided intermediate section provides for a reduced dielectric constant in the interior space in which the critical conductor transition from jacketed cable to contact termination occurs. This produces lower crosstalk and higher data propagation to allow this modular plug to be capable of a higher frequency for data transmission. The intermediate section features an expanded interior to lower crosstalk between twisted pairs of conductors over a wide range of data transmission rates. The intermediate section's expanded interior space permits greater freedom in the placement and relative positioning of any conductor pair to any other conductor pair. This interior space allows conductor pairs to be located a greater distance apart which reduces crosstalk substantially at higher frequencies. By utilizing the larger interior space, conductor pairs may also be placed angularly to each other so that conductor pairs are not co-planar, which further reduces crosstalk.