COMMUNICATION PLUG WITH BALANCED WIRING TO REDUCE DIFFERENTIAL TO COMMON MODE CROSSTALK

摘要

A communications plug includes: a mounting substrate (60); a plurality of pairs of output terminals (34-38) attached to the mounting substrate; and first (1), second (2), third (3) and fourth (4) pairs of conductors. The first, second and fourth pairs of the output terminals are arranged in immediately adjacent relationship, and a third pair (36) of output terminals includes output terminals (36a, 36b) that are separated from each other such that a first output terminal (36a) of the third pair is positioned between the first (32) and second (34) pairs of output terminals, and such that a second output terminal (36a) of the third pair is positioned between the first and fourth (38) pairs of output terminals. Each of the first, second, third and fourth pairs of conductors is attached for electrical communication with a respective one of the output terminals. The third pair of conductors has at least two locations (45) in which the conductors of the pair cross each other, and is arranged such that, between the crossover locations, the third pair of conductors forms an expanded loop (48) that brings segments (50a, 50b) of the third conductor into closer proximity to the second and fourth pairs of conductors than to the first pair of conductors.