Crosstalk compensation for connector jack

摘要

A crosstalk compensating connector jack assembly (14) has a dielectric spring block (15) having a staggered configuration of lead frames (24,26). The conductors (1,2,4,6) of one of the lead frames (24) are maintained at a first level in the block (15) and the conductors (3,5,7,8) of a second one of the lead frames (26) are maintained at a second level within the block (15). The two levels are spaced apart a distance that permits the formation of interacting inductive loops. For at least two pairs of conductors, one of the conductors is in the first lead frame and the other conductor is in the second lead frame, thereby forming two inductive loops which interact with each other to reduce crosstalk. The spring block is made of two substantially identical halves (22,23) adapted to be latched together to hold the conductors in place.