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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2005

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2003
Applicant:

Matthew S. Shafer, Ankeny, IA (US);

Inventor:

Matthew S. Shafer, Ankeny, IA (US);

Assignee:

Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R013/648 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and system for configuring the transmit and receive elements or structures in connector such that crosstalk can be reduced. The connector connects serdes modules in first PCB to serdes modules in one or more second PCBs via a backplane. The connector includes: first and second transmit connection positions in a first direction; first and second receive connection positions; and a ground shield positioned in the first direction between the first and second transmit connection positions and the first and second receive connection positions, wherein the first and second transmit connection positions do not have an interposing ground shield in another direction.


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