Mellanox Technologies, Ltd.

Dor Oz

Nimer Khazen

Jamal Mousa

Boris Sharav

David Fischer

Uri Goffer-Dor

A connector backshell for accommodating and protecting rows of twisted pairs of cables is provided. The backshell includes four sidewalls and a printed circuit board (PCB) with a first group of conductive pads printed on the top side of the PCB and located at the rear side of the PCB, for receiving rows of corresponding wires of insulated cables, to be connected to the conductive pads, such that one row is located below the PCB and the other rows are located on top of each other above the top surface of the PCB. A second group of conductive pads are printed on the bottom side of the PCB and located at the rear side of the PCB, for receiving corresponding wires of insulated cables, to be connected to the conductive pads, such that at least one row is located below the PCB.

QSFP-DD connector backshell with vertically arranged rows of cables

Apparatuses and associated methods are described that provide networking connections that reduce cross-talk and other interference in communications systems. The network connection includes a printed circuit board (PCB) that defines a first end, a second end, and a grounding region on a surface of the PCB proximate the first end. The network connection includes network connectors proximate the first end, soldering pad pairs proximate the second end, and electrical traces therebetween. At least a first soldering pad pair is offset from a second soldering pad pair with respect to an edge of the PCB at the second end, such that, in an operational configuration in which at least the first soldering pad pair and the second soldering pad pair receive a differential signal cable, each differential signal cable is supported by the PCB in a corresponding offset configuration thereby reducing cross-talk between the differential signal cables.

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