High frequency patch cord data connector
AssigneePorta Systems Corp.
InventorWilliam V. Carney
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Abstract
A patch cable assembly for making patch connections between connector blocks while protecting against cross talk and signal interference. The assembly includes a patch cable with transmit and receive conductors and a surrounding ground sheath and a printed circuit board insert at the end for insertion into a patch connector block. The insert has an electrically conductive shield between transmit and receive conductors
Claims29
A patch cable and connector assembly for making a patch connection into a high wiring density connector block having separable spring finger contacts, said assembly comprising a cable containing transmit and receive signal conductors, a circuit board insert attached to one end of said cable, first and second electrically conductive circuit segments on said circuit board insert and connected, respectively, to said transmit and receive signal conductors and an electrically conductive shield interposed between said first and second circuit segments on said insert to isolate said segments from each other whereby mutual signal interference and crosstalk between said segments at high signal frequencies is substantially reduced.
A patch cable and connector assembly for making a patch connection into a high wiring density connector block having ground connected spring finger contacts, said assembly comprising a cable which includes transmit and receive signal conductors for contacting associated conductors in a patch connector block, a ground sheath surrounding said signal conductors, a circuit board insert, said circuit board insert having a ground segment thereon for contacting a grounded spring finger in said patch connector block and said ground segment being connected to said ground sheath.
A patch connector block and cable assembly comprising a patch connector block having pairs of normally contacting spring finger signal contacts arranged therein and openings in said block for admission of printed circuit board inserts to said spring finger signal contacts, said block further having pairs of spring finger ground contacts located between said signal contacts and said openings, a cable which includes transmit and receive signal conductors, each conductor being connected to one of said spring finger signal contacts, a ground sheath surrounding said signal conductors of said cable and a printed circuit board insert, said printed circuit board insert having a ground segment thereon for contacting one of said spring finger ground contacts, said ground segment being connected to said ground sheath, the length of said insert being sufficient to extend from one of said openings to the associated spring finger ground contacts but not sufficient to extend to said spring finger signal contacts.
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