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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 25, 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
An electrical connector includes a housing and a plurality of contacts within the housing that are configured to engage with mating contacts of a mating connector. The contacts form at least a first differential pair and a second differential pair. The electrical connector also includes a circuit board housed within the housing. The circuit board has a substrate body formed from a dielectric material and includes a first trace electrically coupled to a contact of the first differential pair and a second trace electrically coupled to a contact of the second differential pair. At least one of the first and second traces is an open-ended trace. The circuit board also has a non-ohmic plate that is positioned adjacent to the traces. The plate is positioned to electromagnetically couple the first and second traces to each other and the non-ohmic plate and traces are configured for a desired electrical performance.