Cable systems and related methods
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAndrew Harvey Barr, Jeremy Ian Wilson, Irving McKenzie Birmingham
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Abstract
An embodiment of a cable system includes a cable that has a conductor, a power layer and dielectric material. The conductor is operative to carry a signal, the dielectric material is located at least partially between the conductor and the power layer, and the power layer is operative as ground. The power layer is formed of a conductive material and includes a first region and an adjacent second region. The first region includes a greater amount of the conductive material than the second region so that the power layer is less resistant to bending along the second region than along the first region. Methods and other systems are also provided.
Claims21
A cable system comprising:
- a cable having a conductor, a power layer and dielectric material, the dielectric layer being located at least partially between the conductor and the power layer, the conductor being operative to carry a signal, the power layer being operative as ground, the power layer being formed of a conductive material and having a first region and an adjacent second region, the first region including a greater amount of the conductive material than the second region such that the power layer is less resistant to bending along the second region than along the first region.
A cable system comprising:
- a cable having a power layer operative as ground, the power layer being formed of a conductive material and including multiple first locations and multiple second locations, each of the first locations including an amount of conductive material greater than an amount of conductive material included in the each of the second locations such that the power layer is more resistant to bending at the first locations than at the second locations.
A cable system comprising:
- a flex cable having means for enabling the flex cable to bend preferentially along an axial-bending region, the axial-bending region being offset with respect to a longitudinal axis of the flex cable.
A method for forming a cable system comprising:
- providing a power layer including at least a first region of reduced material content;
- and
- forming a flex cable with the power layer.
A method for electrically interconnecting components comprising:
- providing a flex cable having a power layer that includes at least a first region of reduced material content;
- providing a first component and a second component that are to be electrically interconnected to each other;
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- electrically interconnecting the first component and the second component with the flex cable.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.