Communication plug having a plurality of coupled conductive paths

A communications plug, comprising:

• a housing having a plug aperture;
• a flexible printed circuit board that is at least partly mounted within the housing;
• a first conductive path electrically connecting a first input of the plug and a first output of the plug;
• a second conductive path electrically connecting a second input of the plug and a second output of the plug, wherein the first and second conductive paths comprise a first differential pair of conductive paths;
• wherein the first conductive path includes first and second conductive trace sections on the flexible printed circuit board that are immediately adjacent to each other and that have generally the same instantaneous current direction such that the first and second conductive trace sections self-couple and cause a localized increase in inductance, and
• wherein the first conductive trace section is on a first side of the flexible printed circuit board and the second conductive trace section is on a second side of the flexible printed circuit board that is opposite the first side, and
• wherein the first and second conductive trace sections are configured to both inductively and capacitively couple with each other.

A communications plug, comprising:

• a housing;
• a flexible printed circuit board mounted in the housing, the flexible printed circuit board having a first conductive path and a second conductive path that form a first differential pair of conductive paths and a third conductive path and a fourth conductive path that form a second differential pair of conductive paths;
• a first plug contact that is electrically connected to the first conductive path;
• a second plug contact that is electrically connected to the second conductive path, the second plug contact being immediately adjacent to the first plug contact;
• a third plug contact that is electrically connected to the third conductive path;
• a fourth plug contact that is electrically connected to the fourth conductive path;
• wherein a section of the first conductive path is on a first side of the flexible printed circuit board and a section of the second conductive path is on a second side of the flexible printed circuit board that is opposite the first side, and
• wherein the section of the first conductive path and the section of the third conductive path are configured to inductively couple to provide a first offending inductive crosstalk circuit.