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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1994
Julian J Ferry, Kernersville, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention is directed to an improved system for reducing crosstalk in an electrical connector, where a typical connector is a multi-contact electrical connector comprising a pair of intermatable connector members, where each connector member is adapted to be terminated to plural conductors. A typical connector comprises a housing formed of an insulative material having a conductor receiving side, a mating side, and a plurality of contact receiving cavities extending from the conductor receiving side to said mating side. The cavities are arranged in rows on a spaced-apart parallel axes, where adjacent rows are separated by an insulative housing wall. An array of electrical contact terminals are provided in the cavities. A preferred system hereof is the provision of an electronic device in the form of a thin dielectric film, having plural discrete electrically conductive traces along a first surface thereof, where the first surface is arranged adjacent the insulating wall underlying the contact terminals. By this arrangement capacitive coupling of energy between selected pairs of contact terminals is achieved.