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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2010
Filed:
May. 04, 2009
Danny Louis Cornelius Morlion, Ghent, BE;
Stefaan Hendrik Josef Sercu, Velddriel, NL;
Danny Louis Cornelius Morlion, Ghent, BE;
Stefaan Hendrik Josef Sercu, Velddriel, NL;
FCI, Versailles, FR;
Abstract
A method including providing a connector having a plurality of signal contacts and non-signal contacts. A circuit trace element is provided to be disposed within the connector. The circuit trace element has a ground structure. The circuit trace element has at least two non-signal traces, a first one of the non-signal traces being electrically connected to the ground structure by a connection within the circuit trace element and a second one of the non-signal traces being connectable to the ground structure through a separate electrical component. The second non-signal trace may serve to power an active signal conditioning element within the second connector or, in the absence of the active signal conditioning element, may be connected to the ground structure through the separate electrical component.