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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Commscope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Richard A. Schumacher, Dallas, TX (US);
Ryan E. Enge, Carrollton, TX (US);
Wayne D. Larsen, Wylie, TX (US);
Bryan S. Moffitt, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Julian Pharney, Indianapolis, IN (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Communications connectors include a housing and a printed circuit board that is at least partially mounted in the housing that has a plurality of conductive paths that are arranged in pairs to form a plurality of differential transmission lines. These connectors further include a plurality of contacts, each of which is electrically connected to a respective one of the conductive paths of the printed circuit board. The printed circuit board further includes at least a first floating image plane that is located between a top surface and a bottom surface thereof, the floating image plane being electrically isolated from the plurality of conductive paths.