Cable having shielding tape with conductive shielding segments
AssigneeGeneral Cable Technologies Corporation
InventorsRoy B. Kusuma, Stephen A. Thwaites, Scott M. Brown, James D. Malkemus, David M. Fausz
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Abstract
A cable includes a first twisted pair of insulated conductors, a second twisted pair of insulated conductors, a shielding tape, and an outer jacket surrounding the first twisted pair of insulated conductors, the second twisted pair of insulated conductors and the shielding tape. The shielding tape includes a substrate and a plurality of conductive shielding segments. The plurality of conductive shielding segments is disposed on the substrate. Each conductive shielding segment is spaced from each immediately adjacent conductive shielding segment in a longitudinal direction.
Claims17
A cable comprising:
- a first twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a second twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a third twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a fourth twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a first shielding tape that extends between the first and second twisted pairs of insulated conductors and between the second and third twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the first shielding tape comprising:
- a first substrate;
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- a plurality of first conductive shielding segments disposed on the first substrate, each first conductive shielding segment being spaced from each immediately adjacent first conductive shielding segment in a longitudinal direction;
- a second shielding tape that extends between the third and fourth twisted pairs of insulated conductors and between the first and fourth twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the second shielding tape comprising:
- a second substrate;
- and
- a plurality of second conductive shielding segments disposed on the second substrate, each second conductive shielding segment being spaced from each immediately adjacent second conductive shielding segment in a longitudinal direction;
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- an outer jacket surrounding the first, second, third, and fourth twisted pairs of insulated conductors and the first and second shielding tapes;
- wherein:
- the first shielding tape is joined with the second shielding tape at a joint;
- the first substrate and the second substrate each comprise a pair of opposing surfaces and, for each of the first substrate and the second substrate, one of the opposing surfaces is devoid of any conductive shielding segments;
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- the opposing surfaces that are devoid of any conductive shielding segments face each other.
A cable comprising:
- a first twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a second twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a third twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a fourth twisted pair of insulated conductors;
- a substantially flat separator extending between the first and fourth twisted pairs of insulated conductors and between the second and third twisted pairs of insulated conductors but not extending between the first and second twisted pairs of insulated conductors nor between the third and fourth twisted pairs of insulated conductors, the substantially flat separator comprising:
- a plurality of first conductive shielding segments, each first conductive shielding segment being spaced from each immediately adjacent first conductive shielding segment in a longitudinal direction;
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- a first substrate overlying the plurality of first conductive shielding segments, wherein the first substrate is formed of a dielectric material;
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- an outer jacket surrounding the first twisted pair of insulated conductors, the second twisted pair of insulated conductors, and the substantially flat separator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.