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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Amid I. Hashim, Plano, TX (US);
Scott Lynn Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Ryan Enge, Carrollton, TX (US);
Amid I. Hashim, Plano, TX (US);
Scott Lynn Michaelis, Plano, TX (US);
Ryan Enge, Carrollton, TX (US);
CommScope, Inc. of North Carolina, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Methods of detecting a plug insertion into a plug aperture of a communications connector are provided in which a control signal is transmitted to a control signal input circuit of the connector that includes a reactive coupling element. The control signal is electromagnetically coupled through the control signal input circuit. The electromagnetically coupled control signal is thereafter detected on a first differential pair of conductive paths that are included in the connector. A determination is made that a plug is present in the plug aperture based at least in part on detecting the electromagnetically coupled control signal on the first differential pair of conductive paths.