Low-crosstalk data cable and method of manufacturing

A low-crosstalk data cable comprising:

• a cable housing jacket made from a flexible insulating material;
• a shielding tape longitudinally disposed through said cable housing jacket, said shielding tape having two overlapping lateral ends that form a substantially hollow center and said shielding tape having length-wise indentations which form a plurality of channels in said cable housing jacket;
• and
• a plurality of insulated twisted pair conductor wires longitudinally disposed through said cable housing jacket, such that each insulated twisted pair conductor wire is contained within an individual channel.

A method of manufacturing a low-cross-talk data cable comprising:

• forming a multi-channel shielding member with a substantially hollow center from a single, flat, self-adapting shielding tape by overlapping two lateral ends of said shielding tape;
• forming longitudinal indentations in said multi-channel shielding member to form channels;
• forming a cable core by combining said multi-channel shielding member with a plurality of conductive wires, wherein said plurality of conductive wires are placed into said channels of said multi-channel shielding member;
• and
• encapsulating said cable core in a flexible insulating cable housing.

A method of manufacturing a low-crosstalk data cable comprising:

• pulling a plurality of conductor wires into a cable forming device, said conductor wires acquired from their respective payoff rolls;
• pulling a flat-self-adapting shielding tape into a tapefolding tool of the cable forming device, said flat self-adapting shielding tape acquired from a tape let-off roll;
• folding the flat self-adapting shielding tape into a substantially tubular-shaped shielding tape having a substantially hollow center via said tape folding tool by overlapping two lateral ends of said shielding tape;
• pulling the tubular-shaped shielding tape through an indentation die to form a multi-channel shielding member having a plurality of longitudinal channels;
• forming a cable core by combining the multi-channel shielding member with said plurality of conductor wires, wherein individual conductor wires are placed into separate longitudinal channels;
• and
• coating said cable core with a flexible insulating material.