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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1996
Jess Britton Ferrill, Madison, NC (US);
Terry Lee Pitts, Greensboro, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
Electrical connector 10 is used to terminate individual wires 6, 8 in two twisted wire pairs 2, 4. The connector includes an insulated housing with terminals 50 located in terminal receiving cavities 34 in the housing. The terminals 50 are inclined relative to parallel wire receiving channels 34 and paired terminals 50 for terminating individual wires of a the same twisted wire pair, 2 or 4 are spaced closer together than adjacent intermediate terminals associated with different wire pairs. Pairing inclined terminals 50 increases the coupling between wires in the same wire pair and increasing the spacing between terminals of different wire pairs reduces the capacitive cross talk between adjacent wire pairs. High frequency performance of the electrical connector 10 is thereby increased. A central cavity between terminal pairs increases the effective dielectric constant to further reduce crosstalk. Inclining the terminals 50 also allows the relative width of the terminals to be increased so that the strength of the housing 12 can be increased and the retention of the terminals 50 in the housing 12 can be improved.