摘要 |
A fully shielded flexible ribbon cable having transmission line electrical characteristics and flexible ribbon cable mechanical characteristics capable of easy mass termination. The cable has a plurality of circular uniformly spaced signal conductors lying in a single plane encased in insulation having an effectively uniform dielectric constant of not more than 3.0. A sheet conductor is bonded to the insulation providing both transverse and longitudinal electrical continuity. The ratio of the diameter of the signal conductors to the distance between centers of the signal conductors is between 0.16 and 0.42. The ratio between the thickness of the cable at the inner surface of the sheet conductor to the distance between centers of the signal conductors is not more than 1.5.
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