Electrical cable and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeIxos Limited
InventorIan Harrison
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Abstract
An electrical cable includes a second strand, and a third strand braided together. The first and second strands are electrically conductive and electrically insulated from each other, and the third strand is electrically non-conductive. The geometry imparted to the conductive strands by the braided configuration results in the cable exhibiting improved noise rejection, lower inductance per unit length, reduced signal attenuation and reduced resistance compared with cables having twisted or parallel pairs of conductive strands. The cable is particularly suited to audio, video and computer applications. Cables that have larger numbers of strands braided together, and multilayer cables are also described.
Claims55
An electrical cable comprising a first strand, a second strand, and a third strand, wherein said first and second strands are electrically conductive and electrically insulated from each other, said third strand is electrically non-conductive, and said first, second and third strands are braided together, such that the position of each conductive strand in the cable cross section varies along the cable and the projection of the position on the cross section follows a path which crosses itself at least once and comprises at least two loops, the path generally defining at least one figure of eight form.
A method of manufacturing an electrical cable comprising the steps of braiding together a first conductive strand, a second conductive strand, and a non-conductive strand such that the position of each conductive strand in the cable cross section varies along the cable and the projection of the position on the cross section follows a path which crosses itself at least once and comprises at least two loops generally defining a figure of eight form, and electrically insulating said first conductive strand from said conductive strand.
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