Contact assembly having an integrally formed capacitive element
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorBrian Patrick Costello
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Abstract
A contact assembly includes a conductive body, a dielectric layer and a conductive layer. The conductive body extends along a longitudinal axis between a mating end and a mounting end. The dielectric layer is disposed over the conductive body between the mating end and the mounting end. The conductive layer is disposed over the dielectric layer and is separated from the conductive body by the dielectric layer. The conductive layer, the dielectric layer, and the conductive body form a capacitive element.
Claims22
A contact assembly of a first connector, the contact assembly comprising:
- a conductive body extending along a longitudinal axis between a mating end and a mounting end;
- a first dielectric layer disposed over the conductive body between the mating end and the mounting end;
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- a first conductive layer disposed over the first dielectric layer and separated from the conductive body by the first dielectric layer, wherein the first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer, and the conductive body form a capacitive element, wherein the capacitive element is configured to mate with a mating contact of a second connector to establish a signal propagation path that extends from the second connector and through the first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer, and the conductive body to the first connector, and wherein the conductive body, the first dielectric layer, and the first conductive layer form a contact pin that is receivable into the mating contact of the second connector.
A contact assembly of a first connector, the contact assembly comprising:
- a planar conductive body extending between opposite ends, the conductive body including opposite faces;
- a first dielectric layer disposed over one or more of the faces of the conductive body;
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- a first conductive layer disposed over the first dielectric layer that is disposed over one or more of the faces of the conductive body, the first conductive layer separated from the conductive body by the first dielectric layer and configured to engage a mating contact of a second connector to provide a signal propagation path that extends from the second connector and through the first conductive layer, the first dielectric layer, and the conductive body to the first connector, wherein the conductive layer, the dielectric layer, and the conductive body form a capacitive element, wherein the conductive body, the first dielectric layer, and the first conductive layer form a contact pin that is receivable into the mating contact of the second connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.