Guarded coaxial cable assembly

A thin format crush resistant electrical cable comprising:

• at least one bundle, wherein said at least one bundle comprises a central conductor, an insulator or dielectric, and an outer conductor;
• the insulator or dielectric surrounds the central conductor and the outer conductor surrounds the insulator or dielectric forming central conductor shielding;
• the central conductor, insulator or dielectric, and outer conductor are concentrically aligned as a cylinder with a circular cross section;
• a jacket encapsulating the at least one bundle;
• a connector coupled with said central conductor and said shielding;
• the at least one bundle comprises a characteristic impedance based on a dielectric permittivity value of said dielectric and a distance between said conductor and said shielding that yields approximately 75 Ohm impedance and wherein said at least one bundle is configured to transmit high frequency signals of at least 2 GHz;
• and,
• wherein a ground sheath comprises electrical conductors, wherein with respect to a cross-section of said jacket, a height of said jacket is smaller than a width of said jacket, and
• wherein a width of said at least one bundle is less than half of said width of said jacket.

A guarded coaxial cable assembly comprising:

• spaced apart rails with a micro-coaxial cable therebetween;
• the rails and the micro-coaxial cable embedded in a jacket;
• with respect to a cross-section of the jacket, a jacket height is less than a jacket width and the height is ⅛ inch or less;
• the micro-coaxial cable is configured small enough in diameter to enable a bending radius that allows 90 degree bends and 180 degree turns as low as the height or width of the jacket;
• the jacket includes a pair of generally opposed bearing surfaces for bearing transverse loads;
• when transverse loads are applied to the bearing surfaces
• the rails reduce jacket deformations;
• the orientation of the rails and the micro-coaxial cable within the jacket reduces micro-coaxial cable deformations;
• and,
• when a portion of the assembly is bent in a direction perpendicular to a bearing surface, the assembly substantially maintains the bent shape.

A thin format crush resistant electrical cable comprising:

• at least one bundle including a central conductor, an insulator or dielectric, and an outer conductor;
• the insulator or dielectric surrounds the central conductor;
• the outer conductor surrounds the insulator or dielectric;
• the central conductor, insulator or dielectric, and the outer conductor are concentrically aligned as a cylinder with a circular cross section;
• the bundle electromagnetic properties suited for conducting radio frequency signals in cable television and satellite television systems;
• a pair of conductive rails extend parallel to the bundle along the cable length;
• and,
• a jacket encapsulating the at least one bundle;
• wherein a) with respect to a cross-section of the jacket, a height of the jacket is smaller than a width of the jacket, b) the cable has a cable length, and c) the bundle and the jacket extend along the cable length.