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Communication connector with capacitor label
Assignee: Panduit Corp
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Filing: 1996-04-26
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Granted: 1999-08-24
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Expires: 2016-04-26
Abstract
Abstract A communication connector having a plurality of contact pairs for conductive connection to respective communication signal wire pairs is provided with a capacitor label that capacitively couples a first contact of one contact pair to a second contact of a second contact pair to reduce near end cross talk between adjacent contacts. A common conductive lamina disposed closely adjacent to and spaced from more than one of the contacts further improves near end cross talk performance of the communication connector.
Inventors
- 👤 Jack E. Caveney
- 👤 Christopher J. Hayes
- 👤 Joseph Rinchiuso
- 👤 Andrew J. Stroede
- 👤 Donald C. Wiencek
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 21:26
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/719; H01R13/7195; H01R13/646; H01R13/6461; H01R13/6464; H01R13/6608; H01R13/6625; H01R24/00; H01R24/60; H01R24/62; H01R24/64; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/941; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/43; Y10T29/435; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49082; Y10T29/49099
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
101 words
A capacitor label for a communication connector having a plurality of contact pairs disposed in a substantially parallel array for conductive connection to respective communication signal wire pairs, comprising: capacitor means formed on the capacitor label for capacitively coupling a first contact of one contact pair to a second contact of a second contact pair; and a common conductive lamina disposed closely adjacent to an outer insulating surface of the capacitor label, the common conductive lamina being of sufficient extent to extend across and along the contact array of the contact pairs such that crosstalk is reduced between the contact pairs.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
101 words
A capacitor label for a communication connector having a plurality of contact pairs disposed in a substantially parallel array for conductive connection to respective communication signal wire pairs, comprising: capacitor means formed on the capacitor label for capacitively coupling a first contact of one contact pair to a second contact of a second contact pair; and a common conductive lamina disposed closely adjacent to an outer insulating surface of the capacitor label, the common conductive lamina being of sufficient extent to extend across and along the contact array of the contact pairs such that crosstalk is reduced between the contact pairs.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 1, wherein the capacitor means includes a multilayer label having first and second spaced apart conductive lamina separated by a dielectric and wherein the first conductive lamina is conductively joined to the first contact and the second conductive lamina is conductively joined to the second contact.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
30 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 2, including conductive adhesive means for joining each of the first and second contacts to each respective first and second conductive lamina.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 3, wherein the common and first and second conductive laminas are printed layers of conductive silver ink and the dielectric is a printed insulating lamina.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
25 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 4, wherein the capacitor label includes an outer adhesive surface for securing the label to the contacts.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 2, wherein the common conductive lamina is a metal foil.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
73 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 1, wherein the capacitor means includes a multilayer label having a first conductive lamina separated from the contacts by a dielectric with the first conductive lamina being conductively joined to the first contact and the first conductive lamina including an elongate portion that extends along a portion of the second contact a distance sufficient to capacitively couple the first conductive lamina to the second contact.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
23 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 7, including conductive adhesive means for joining the one contact to the first conductive lamina.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 8, wherein the common and the first conductive laminas are printed layers of conductive silver ink and the dielectric is a printed insulating lamina.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 9, wherein the capacitor label includes an outer adhesive surface for securing the label to the contacts.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 7, wherein the common conductive lamina is a metal foil.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
65 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 1, wherein the capacitor means includes a capacitor label having a first conductive lamina separated from the contacts by a dielectric and the first conductive lamina including elongate portions that extend along portions of the first and second contacts a distance sufficient to capacitively couple the first conductive lamina to each of the first and second contacts.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 12, wherein the common and the first conductive laminas are printed layers of conductive silver ink.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 13, wherein the capacitor label includes an outer adhesive surface for securing the label to the contacts.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
18 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 12, wherein the common conductive lamina is a metal foil.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
53 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 1, wherein the capacitor means includes a label having a surface mount capacitor electrically connected between first and second conductive lamina wherein the first conductive lamina is conductively joined to the first contact and the second conductive lamina is conductively joined to the second contact.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
28 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 16, including conductive adhesive means for joining the first and second contact to each respective first and second conductive lamina.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
33 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 17, wherein the common and first and second conductive laminas are layers of printed conductive silver ink and the dielectric is a printed insulating lamina.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
25 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 18, wherein the capacitor label includes an outer adhesive surface for securing the label to the contacts.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
18 words
A capacitor label as set forth in claim 16, wherein the common conductive lamina is a metal foil.
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