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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2008
Paul John Pepe, Clemmons, NC (US);
Shawn Phillip Tobey, Trinity, NC (US);
Sheldon Easton Muir, Whitsett, NC (US);
Steven Richard Bopp, Jamestown, NC (US);
Paul John Pepe, Clemmons, NC (US);
Shawn Phillip Tobey, Trinity, NC (US);
Sheldon Easton Muir, Whitsett, NC (US);
Steven Richard Bopp, Jamestown, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of contacts within the housing configured for mating engagement with mating contacts of a mating connector. The electrical connector also includes a compensation component housed within the housing. The compensation component has a substrate with a first trace plane and a second trace plane, and the compensation component has a plurality of traces arranged on the first trace plane. The traces are electrically connected to selected ones of the contacts. At least one of the traces includes a compensation loop arranged on the first trace plane, and at least one of the traces includes a compensation loop arranged on the second trace plane. The compensation loop provides at least one of electrical and thermal compensation.