Connection strip for high data rate lines, and a resulting connection assembly
AssigneeAlcatel Cable Interface
InventorsVirginie Vermon, Fabrice Audeval
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Abstract
A connection strip for high data rate lines includes an elongate insulating body and two rows of successive sets of insulation-displacement contacts mounted in the body so that they face one another. The connection strip includes a single one of the end contacts of each set, assigned to constituting a grounding screen referred to as a grounding contact in the set, and a grounding collector connected to an external ground, and provided with tongues connected to the various grounding contacts inside said body. Application to connecting 100 Mhz lines.
Claims25
In a connection strip for high data rate lines including an elongate insulating body, two rows of insulation-displacement contacts mounted in the body facing one another, means interconnecting electrically said insulation-displacement contacts in pairs from one row to the other inside said insulating body, said contacts defining successive sets along each row, said contacts of each set in one of the rows being assigned to one of the lines and constituting at least one end grounding screen in the set, the improvement wherein, in each set of contacts, said connection strip includes a single one of two end contacts constituting a single grounding screen and forming a grounding contact, and a ground collector extending along said body, connected to an external ground, and provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced tongues making electrical connection with respective facing grounding contacts in said two rows, inside said body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.