Modular plug for high speed data transmission

Claim 1

A modular plug connector for connection to a complementary modular jack connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of wire receiving cavities arranged adjacently for receiving conducting wires therein and a plurality of spaced-apart wall portions positioned above and between the wire receiving cavities to define terminal receiving cavities directly above corresponding wire receiving passageways; and, a plurality of juxtaposed stamped and formed terminals positioned in the terminal receiving cavities of the housing, where each terminal has a body with a wire connection portion that includes a insulation piercing tip a mating portion directly above the wire connection portion that includes a connection surface for contact with a corresponding terminal of the complementary modular jack connector and an upper edge for positioning a tool thereagainst for driving the insulation piercing tip into the corresponding conductive wire therebelow, and a capacitance plate portion connected to the mating portion by a linking: portion and extending behind the mating portion, as defined by the connection direction of the modular plug connector and the complementary modular jack connector, where the capacitance plate portion of at least one of the terminals is aligned with and disposed behind the mating portion of another one of the plurality of terminals than the mating portion to which the capacitance plate portion is connected to by way of the linking portion.