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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2000
Brian Samuel Beaman, Apex, NC (US);
Joseph Curtis Diepenbrock, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A terminator assembly for a twinax wire. According to this embodiment, a PCB is provided which receives the twinax wire and provides a positive connection between a grounding bar of the PCB and the drain wide of the twinax pair. The drain wire is extended in an orthogonal direction to the twinax pair, and is engaged using an interference fit with the grounding bar. The grounding bar assembly also provides improved shielding for the twinax pair, where the integral shielding of the twinax wire has been removed to provide the connection. In an alternate embodiment, the terminating end of the twinax wire itself is encased in a termination clip. This clip provides shielding for the twinax pair, while electrically connecting with the twinax drain wire. The twinax wire, with the terminating clip, can then be easily attached to a connector PCB adapted to receive the terminator clip.