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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Keith V. Guinn, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Louis Thomas Manzione, Summit, NJ (US);
Ming-Ju Tsai, Livingston, NJ (US);
Hui Wu, Union, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An electrical connecting element is disclosed comprised of a dielectric substrate having two conductor paths disposed on opposite sides and being substantially aligned with one another. The electrical connecting element employs differential-mode signaling such that the first conductor path carries a signal of opposite polarity to the second conductor path. A virtual ground exists between the differential + and − lines that permits an otherwise “groundless” differential transmission line. The substantial alignment of the first and second conductor paths improves the space constraints, relative to conventional electrical connecting elements. The characteristic impedance of the disclosed differential transmission line depends on the width of the trace lines the thickness of the dielectric substrate.