Electrical connectors – Including or for use with tape cable – With shield – ground conductor or ground commoning means
Reexamination Certificate
1998-12-28
2001-03-06
Donovan, Lincoln (Department: 2839)
Electrical connectors
Including or for use with tape cable
With shield, ground conductor or ground commoning means
C439S492000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06196868
ABSTRACT:
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a connector, and more particularly to an IDC connector having additional ground contacts for contacting a ground plane of a cable thereby ensuring reliable signal transmission.
DESCRIPTION OF PRIOR ART
As the speed of signal transmission through a cable assembly increases, the need to isolate and protect the signals from electrical noise becomes important. One existing method for achieving this is performed by using a ground plane ribbon cable which includes a ground plane attached to conductive wires. The ground plane acts as a barrier to shield the signal within the conductive wires from being adversely affected by noise. In addition, a certain number of conductive wires within the cable are grounded to ensure reliable signal transmission.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An objective of this invention is to provide an IDC connector having additional ground contacts for contacting a ground plane of a cable thereby ensuring reliable signal transmission.
In order to achieve the objective set forth, a cable assembly comprises an IDC connector including a dielectric housing having front and rear faces. An array of passageways is defined between the front and rear faces. Each passageway securely receives a terminal therein. Each terminal forms an insulation displacement section extending beyond the rear face and a pin section extending beyond the front face. A cover is assembled to the rear face. A row of ground contacts is assembled to a top face of the cover. Each ground contact includes a connecting section and an insulation displacement section at opposite ends thereof. A ground plane cable is assembled to the housing by means of the cover. The cable includes a plurality of signal and ground conductors terminating at the insulation displacement sections of the terminals, wherein a ground plane of the cable electrically connects with the connecting sections of the ground contacts when the cable is fed around the IDC connector.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4824394 (1989-04-01), Roath et al.
patent: 5967832 (1999-10-01), Ploehn
Chung Wei Te
Donovan Lincoln
Hon Hai Aprecision Ind. Co., Ltd.
Prasad Chandrika
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