Connection housings for single-pair ethernet cables and associated wired ethernet networks

A connection housing for single-pair Ethernet cables, said connection housing comprising:

• a base and a removable cover delimiting with the base an internal housing;
• at least one printed circuit board extending in the internal housing parallel to the base;
• at least one main pair of electrical contacts and a first secondary pair of electrical contacts borne by said at least one printed circuit board, each pair of electrical contacts comprising a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact;
• a first set of conductive tracks borne by said at least one printed circuit board and electrically coupling the first electrical contacts of the first main pair and of the first secondary pair, and a second set of conductive tracks borne by said at least one printed circuit board and electrically coupling the second electrical contacts of the first main pair and of the first secondary pair;
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• a first and a second main way for access to the housing, and a first secondary way for access to the housing,
• wherein the first and the second electrical contacts of the first main pair are two perforation or insulation displacement contacts extending at right angles above said at least one printed circuit board and configured to transversely receive and directly electrically connect two insulated conductors of a same main single-pair Ethernet cable entering and exiting from the housing by the two main ways for access to the housing, said connection housing further comprising a first and a second metal connection element borne by and extending at right angles above said at least one printed circuit board, each first and second metal connection element being positioned between a main access way and said first main pair of perforation or insulation displacement contacts,
• wherein each first and second metal connection element forms a cradle to transversely receive said main single-pair Ethernet cable, and in that the connection housing further comprises an additional set of conductive tracks borne by said at least one printed circuit board and electrically coupling together the metal connection elements, and in that said at least one printed circuit board further bears an impedance matching circuit with passive elements linked between the first set and the second set of conductive tracks.