RJ modular connector having printed circuit board having conductive trace to balance electrical couplings between terminals

A RJ modular connector, comprising:

• a housing defining a plug receiving section, and a terminal core receiving section;
• a terminal core received in said terminal core receiving section and including a plurality of terminals;
• a first substrate having a first conductive trace thereon, an electrical connection being established between a first terminal of the plurality of terminals and the first conductive trace, a portion of the first conductive trace being arranged to create a first electrical coupling between the first terminal and a second terminal of the plurality of terminals to balance a second electrical coupling between the first terminal and a third terminal of the plurality of terminals arranged between the first and the second terminals;
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• a second substrate having a second conductive trace thereon, an electrical connection being established between a fourth terminal of the plurality of terminals and the second conductive trace, a portion of the second conductive trace being arranged to create a third electrical coupling between the fourth terminal and a fifth terminal of the plurality of terminals to balance a fourth electrical coupling between the fourth terminal and a sixth terminal of the plurality of terminals arrange between the fourth and the fifth terminals, wherein
• the terminals each comprise a connecting portion sandwiched between the first and the second substrates, and the connecting portion of the second terminal is located adjacent to and far from the connecting portion of the fourth terminal.

A RJ modular connector comprising:

• a housing defining a plug receiving section and a terminal core receiving section;
• and
• a terminal core received in the terminal core receiving section and comprising:
• a first and a second substrates forming a first and a second conductive traces thereon, respectively;
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• a first through fourth terminals attached to the first and the second substrates, the first and the second terminals electrically connecting with the first and the second conductive traces, respectively, the third and the fourth terminals electrically coupling with a first and a second portions of the first and the second conductive traces, respectively and being located between the first and the second terminals, the third terminal electrically coupling with the fourth terminal, the third and the fourth terminals being located adjacent to and far from the first and the second terminals, respectively.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a mating port;
• a terminal core received in the housing communicating with said mating port, said terminal core comprising:
• at least one substrate forming a conductive trace thereon;
• a plurality of terminals each with a slanted contacting portion, a vertical leg portion and a horizontal connection portion therebetween, all of said horizontal connection portions positioned upon said substrate, wherein
• the connection portion of a first one of said terminals is spaced from that of one neighboring second terminal with a larger distance in comparison with those between other adjacent two neighboring terminals for reducing crosstalk therebetween, and the connection portion of said first terminal engages said conductive trace extending toward and close to a third terminal which is another neighboring one of said second terminal opposite to said first terminal to induce additional crosstalk to the first terminal for counterbalancing the crosstalk between said first and second terminals to the first terminal.