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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Robert A. Wessels, Jr., Hickory, NC (US);
David A. Wiebelhaus, Hickory, NC (US);
Trent M. Hayes, Hickory, NC (US);
Wayne C. Hopkinson, Hickory, NC (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
A cable includes a jacket surrounding first and second insulated conductors and a first dielectric tape, wherein the first insulated conductor is twisted with the second insulated conductor with the first dielectric tape residing therebetween to form a first twisted pair. The cable's jacket may also surround additional twisted pairs, which are similarly formed. In alternative or supplemental embodiments of the invention, the first dielectric tape has a hollow core possessing a gas or material with a lower dielectric constant and/or at least a first side of said first dielectric tape facing to said first insulated conductor includes a plurality of ridges and valleys.