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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1995
Stephen Taylor Zerbs, Gretna, NE (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
The preferred embodiment of the cable disclosed includes seven groups of twisted-pairs, outlined in dashed lines in FIG. 1. Groups 12, 14, 17 and 19 have four pairs each, and groups 13, 16 and 18 have three pairs each. Six of the groups, namely 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 18 are referred to herein as the outer groups since they are collectively twisted and wound helically about the seventh group 19 which is centrally located throughout the length of the cable. Each of the groups of twisted pairs may be held together by a cable binder such as nylon yarn 22. The core thus formed is enclosed within a jacket 23, and the entire assembly is referred to in the art as a 'honeycomb' structure. In accordance with the present invention, the twisted pairs of each of the six outer groups are insulated with a fluorinated ethylene-propylene copolymer (FEP) material such as, for example, Teflon.RTM., while the twisted pairs of the central group are insulated with a high density polyethylene (HDPE) material. Both the FEP material and the HDPE material have the low dissipation factor and low dielectric constant mentioned heretofore, which insures optimum electrical performance, especially at high frequencies. In addition, both materials present a smooth surface of substantially uniform thickness, approximately six (6) to ten (10) mils, thereby insuring a low structural return loss (SRL).