Shielded electrical cable construction

A shielded cable comprising an elongated conductor wire, a dielectric core over said conductor wire, and a metallic shielding tape over said core, said shielding tape having opposite longitudinally extending first and second edge portions adjacent opposite longitudinally extending first and second edges thereof, respectively, said shielding tape being wrapped over said core so that the second edge portion of said tape overlaps the first edge portion thereof, said tape comprising a metallic layer extending substantially across the width of said tape and having substantially smooth inner and outer metallic surfaces, and an adhesive layer between the inner surface of the portion of said metallic layer in said second edge portion and the outer surface of the portion of said metallic layer in said first edge portion, said adhesive layer being preprinted on the portion of said metallic layer in one of said first or second edge portions to define a plurality of localized metallic contact pads thereon where said metallic layer is not coated by said adhesive layer, said adhesive layer bonding said second edge portion to said first edge portion, the inner and outer surfaces of said metallic layer contacting each other in at least a portion of said contact pads.