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US 2013/0105195 A1Published application
Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Conductors for Communications Cables and Related Communications Cables and Methods
AssigneeCommScope, Inc.
InventorLuc Walter Adriaenssens
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Abstract
A conductor for a communications cable includes an elongated metal wire and a metal sheet that includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes that at least partially surrounds the elongated metal wire. The metal wire may include copper, and the metal sheet may likewise include copper and may be welded to an outside surface of the metal wire to surround the metal wire. This conductor may be used in a variety of communications cables that carry high frequency signals.
Claims20
A conductor for a communications cable, comprising:
- an elongated metal wire;
- a metal sheet that includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes, the metal sheet at least partially surrounding the elongated metal wire.
A method of forming a conductor of a communications cable, the method comprising:
- forming an elongated metal sheet that includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes;
- providing an elongated metal wire;
- heating at least one of the elongated metal sheet and the elongated metal wire;
- bonding the elongated metal sheet to the elongated metal wire.
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