Ultra thin and flexible SCSI cable and method for making same

A SCSI external cable, comprising:

• an inner non-conducting fiber;
• a first layer of twisted pairs, each of the first layer twisted pairs being concentrically wrapped around the inner non-conducting fiber;
• a second layer of twisted pairs, each of the second layer twisted pairs being concentrically wrapped around the first layer of twisted pairs;
• an inner shield being concentrically wrapped in a first direction around the second layer of twisted pairs;
• an outer shield being concentrically wrapped in a second direction around the inner shield, the second direction being opposite the first direction of the inner shield, wherein the outer shield is divided into a plurality of flat copper filaments, the plurality of flat copper filaments provide the SCSI external cable an increased degree of flexibility;
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• a jacket configured to wrap around the outer shield.

A SCSI external cable for interconnecting external peripheral devices to a host computer system or other peripheral devices, comprising:

• an inner non-conducting fiber;
• a first layer of twisted pairs, each of the first layer twisted pairs being concentrically wrapped around the inner non-conducting fiber;
• a second layer of twisted pairs, each of the second layer twisted pairs being concentrically wrapped around the first layer of twisted pairs;
• an inner shield being concentrically wrapped in a first direction around the second layer of twisted pairs, the inner shield being in the form of a tape strip having a polyester tape texture that is in contact with the second layer of twisted pairs;
• an outer shield being concentrically wrapped in a second direction around the inner shield, the second direction being opposite the first direction of the inner shield, and the outer shield is in the form of a plurality of flat copper filaments, the plurality of flat copper filaments provide the SCSI external cable an increased degree of flexibility;
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• a jacket configured to wrap around the outer shield.

A method for making a SCSI external cable, comprising:

• providing a starting non-conductive fiber;
• wrapping a first plurality of twisted pairs in a first concentric orientation around the starting non-conductive fiber;
• wrapping a second plurality of twisted pairs in a second concentric orientation around the first plurality of wrapped twisted pairs;
• wrapping an inner shield in the first concentric orientation around the second plurality of wrapped twisted pairs;
• wrapping an outer shield in the second concentric orientation around the inner shield wherein the outer shield is in the form of a plurality of flat copper filaments;
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• enclosing the starting non-conductive fiber, the first plurality of twisted pairs, the second plurality of twisted pairs;
• the inner shield;
• and the outer shield in a cabling jacket.