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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Wenbo Cui, Bothell, WA (US);
Jon Clark Riley, Redmond, WA (US);
Bret Taylor, Seattle, WA (US);
Kenn Peterson, Bothell, WA (US);
Stephen M. Morton, Bothell, WA (US);
Phil R. Mansur, Bothell, WA (US);
Ryan C. Moore, Mill Creek, WA (US);
LEVITON MANUFACTURING CO., INC., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A communication plug configured to be mated with a communication outlet. The plug has first contacts configured to physically contact and form electrical connections with second contacts of the outlet. The plug also includes a substrate with wire contacts and first, second, third, and fourth layers. The first layer includes first conductors connecting a first portion of the first contacts with a first portion of the wire contacts. The fourth layer includes second conductors connecting a second portion of the first contacts with a second portion of the wire contacts. The second layer includes a first plurality of capacitor plates electrically connected to first selected ones of the first contacts. The third layer includes a second plurality of capacitor plates electrically connected to second selected ones of the first contacts. Each of the first plurality of capacitor plates forms a capacitor with at least one of the second plurality of capacitor plates.