A carbon nanotube (CNT) cable includes: a pair of plated twisted wires, each wire comprising one or more sub-cores, at least one sub-core comprising CNT yarn; a dielectric surrounding the plated twisted wires; and an electrical layer surrounding the dielectric, the electrical layer configured to shield the CNT cable. A method for making a CNT cable includes: controlling a deposition rate, depositing plating so as to surround a pair of wires, each wire comprising one or more sub-cores, at least one sub-core comprising CNT yarn; twisting the plated wires together; and surrounding the plated twisted wires with an electrical layer configured to shield the plated twisted wires, thereby creating the CNT cable.

A carbon nanotube (CNT) cable includes: a pair of plated twisted wires, each wire comprising one or more sub-cores, at least one sub-core comprising CNT yarn; a dielectric surrounding the plated twisted wires; and an electrical layer surrounding the dielectric, the electrical layer configured to shield the CNT cable. A method for making a CNT cable includes: controlling a deposition rate, depositing plating so as to surround a pair of wires, each wire comprising one or more sub-cores, at least one sub-core comprising CNT yarn; twisting the plated wires together; and surrounding the plated twisted wires with an electrical layer configured to shield the plated twisted wires, thereby creating the CNT cable.

A cable includes a first metal conductor, a first insulator, a second metal conductor and a second insulator. The first insulator is at least partially wrapped on the first metal conductor. The second insulator is at least partially wrapped on the second metal conductor. The first metal conductor is adapted to transmit a first signal. The second metal conductor is adapted to transmit a second signal. The cable also includes an intermediate layer material at least partially wound on the first insulator and the second insulator. A dielectric constant of the intermediate layer material is lower than that of the first insulator, and the dielectric constant of the intermediate layer material is lower than that of the second insulator. With this arrangement, the cable of the present disclosure is capable of realizing low mode conversion and improving the high frequency characteristics.

A cable assembly configured to electrically connect an active loudspeaker to a source device that comprises a source of electrical power and audio signals. The cable assembly includes a primary sheath, a group of power conductors within the primary sheath and configured to carry electrical power, a group of audio signal conductors within the primary sheath and configured to carry audio signals, a cable-mount connector male plug comprising a first plurality of power pins that terminate a first end of each power conductor and a second plurality of audio signal pins that terminate a first end of each audio signal conductor, wherein the cable-mount connector plug is configured to be coupled to a panel mount connector female socket of the source device, and a cable-mount connector female socket comprising a first plurality of power receptacles that terminate a second end of each power conductor and a second plurality of audio signal receptacles that terminate a second end of each audio signal conductor, wherein the cable-mount connector socket is configured to be coupled to a panel mount connector male plug of the active loudspeaker.

A dual-axial cable may include adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise flat face outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the flat face and electrical conductor of the first and second wires and to maintain the flat faces parallel to one another. The dual-axial cable may also include first and second drain conductors formed respectively on the flat faces of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors.

A dual-axial cable may include adjacent and substantially parallel first and second wires, each wire formed from an electrical conductor surrounded by a respective first and second electrical insulator having a lengthwise flat face outward side and having respective first and second inward sides of an interlocking structure, the first and second inward sides of the interlocking structure of the first and second electrical insulators mutually engaging to prevent a relative transverse displacement of the first and second wires and maintaining planar alignment of the flat face and electrical conductor of the first and second wires and to maintain the flat faces parallel to one another. The dual-axial cable may also include first and second drain conductors formed respectively on the flat faces of the first and second electrical insulators and running adjacent and substantially parallel to the first and second electrical conductors.

A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that generally lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is 1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is 2, and 1/2 is greater than 0.7.

An electrical ribbon cable includes at least one conductor set having at least two elongated conductors extending from end-to-end of the cable. Each of the conductors are encompassed along a length of the cable by respective first dielectrics. A first and second film extend from end-to-end of the cable and are disposed on opposite sides of the cable The conductors are fixably coupled to the first and second films such that a consistent spacing is maintained between the first dielectrics of the conductors of each conductor set along the length of the cable. A second dielectric disposed within the spacing between the first dielectrics of the wires of each conductor set.

A shielded electrical cable includes conductor sets extending along a length of the cable and spaced apart from each other along a width of the cable. First and second shielding films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and include cover portions and pinched portions arranged such that, in transverse cross section, the cover portions of the films in combination substantially surround each conductor set. An adhesive layer bonds the shielding films together in the pinched portions of the cable. A transverse bending of the cable at a cable location of no more than 180 degrees over an inner radius of at most 2 mm causes a cable impedance of the selected insulated conductor proximate the cable location to vary by no more than 2 percent from an initial cable impedance measured at the cable location in an unbent configuration.

A parallel pair cable includes: a pair of insulated wires each of which includes an insulating layer around a conductor; a covering resin layer which is in contact with the pair of insulated wires, and which covers the pair of insulated wires; and a shield layer which is disposed outside the covering resin layer in contact with the covering resin layer, and which includes a metal layer. The pair of insulated wires are in contact with each other and arranged in parallel without being twisted, and the covering resin layer is formed by extrusion of resin.