AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND AN ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR COMPENSATING FOR CROSSTALK BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF CONDUCTORS

摘要

An electrical connector which provides compensation for crosstalk includes a number of conductors positioned at least partially within an internal cavity defined by a housing. The elongate conductors are generally substantially parallel and laterally spaced and include a resilient contact portion at a first end and an insulation displacement contact portion at a second end. The elongate conductors include a pair of conductors, at least a portion of which are positioned in an overlapping, vertically spaced relationship. The portions of the pair of conductors which overlap are generally wider than the substantially parallel, laterally spaced portions of the conductors so as to thereby define respective compensating segments. The length of the compensating segments as well as the width of the portion of the compensating segments which overlap can be selected to establish capacitive coupling between the compensating segments so as to thereby compensate for crosstalk between the conductors. The elongate conductors can also include first and second conductors which extend in a substantially parallel, laterally spaced relationship from the respective first and to a predetermined crossover location. At the crossover location, the first and second conductors laterally cross without establishing electrical contact therebetween.