An angle connector for differential transmission of data signals, having first and second conductor pair ends in a first and second flat angle connector end surface, respectively, wherein the connector end surfaces are tilted spatially relative to one another, wherein, between the angle connector end surfaces, the angle connector has at least one first curved section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are arranged with the respective longitudinal axes parallel to one another and all longitudinal axes follow a curved line, wherein in the first curved section, the longitudinal axes of at least one conductor pair follow differently curved lines, which are curved to varying degrees in such a way that, in the first curved section, two conductors have different geometric lengths relative to one another, wherein the angle connector has at least one second section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are twisted for a predetermined fraction of a lay length in such a way that all conductors of the conductor pair(s) have an identical geometric length.

An angle connector for differential transmission of data signals, having first and second conductor pair ends in a first and second flat angle connector end surface, respectively, wherein the connector end surfaces are tilted spatially relative to one another, wherein, between the angle connector end surfaces, the angle connector has at least one first curved section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are arranged with the respective longitudinal axes parallel to one another and all longitudinal axes follow a curved line, wherein in the first curved section, the longitudinal axes of at least one conductor pair follow differently curved lines, which are curved to varying degrees in such a way that, in the first curved section, two conductors have different geometric lengths relative to one another, wherein the angle connector has at least one second section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are twisted for a predetermined fraction of a lay length in such a way that all conductors of the conductor pair(s) have an identical geometric length.

A connector includes a wafer having first, second, third, and fourth communication channels. The first and second communication channels form a first differential pair, and the third and fourth communication channels form a second differential pair. The wafer includes a plug and a receptacle. The plug includes a first portion of the first, second, third, and fourth communication channels. The receptacle includes a second portion of the first, second, third, and fourth communication channels. A first crisscross is located at a first predetermined location of the first and second communication channels of the first differential pair. The first crisscross changes a first polarity of a first signal to be transmitted on the first differential pair. A second polarity of a second signal to be transmitted on the second differential pair remains the same throughout an entire length of the second differential pair.

Coupling between terminals can be properly arranged and the effect of crosstalk and noise can be surely and significantly reduced. Including a pair consisting of a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the first terminal and the second terminal includes a contact part extending in the anteroposterior direction, an upper plate and a lower plate extending in the vertical direction, a link section extending in the lateral direction and linking up with the upper plate and the lower plate, the contact part of the first terminal is opposite the contact part of the second terminal in the vertical direction, the upper plate of the first terminal is opposite the upper plate of the second terminal in the lateral direction, the lower plate of the first terminal is opposite the lower plate of the second terminal in the lateral direction, and the positional relationship between the upper plate of the first terminal and the upper plate of the second terminal in the lateral direction is opposite the positional relationship between the lower plate of the first terminal and the lower plate of the second terminal in the lateral direction.

A communication jack has a housing with a printed circuit board mounted partially within the housing, a plurality of jackwire contacts mounted on the printed circuit board and a flexible printed circuit board mounted on at least two of the jackwire contacts, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a crosstalk compensation circuit and has at least one fold and/or slit.

A communication jack has a housing with a printed circuit board mounted partially within the housing, a plurality of jackwire contacts mounted on the printed circuit board and a flexible printed circuit board mounted on at least two of the jackwire contacts, wherein the flexible printed circuit board includes a crosstalk compensation circuit and has at least one fold and/or slit.

A high performance plug has a housing, eight contacts contained within the font of the housing, and a termination block that is symmetric about its axis. In one embodiment, the termination block has contact interfaces configure to electrically engage the plug contacts and arranged such that the contact interfaces which are connected to plug contacts 1-8, become connected to plug contacts 8-1 when the termination block is rotated 180 degrees. In one embodiment, the coupling from the paths for contact 3 to contacts 1, 2, 4, and 5, respectively, is the same as the coupling for contact 6 to contacts 7, 8, 5, and 4, respectively.

A high performance plug has a housing, eight contacts contained within the font of the housing, and a termination block that is symmetric about its axis. In one embodiment, the termination block has contact interfaces configure to electrically engage the plug contacts and arranged such that the contact interfaces which are connected to plug contacts 1-8, become connected to plug contacts 8-1 when the termination block is rotated 180 degrees. In one embodiment, the coupling from the paths for contact 3 to contacts 1, 2, 4, and 5, respectively, is the same as the coupling for contact 6 to contacts 7, 8, 5, and 4, respectively.

A signal transmission cable of the present invention comprises a terminal part electrically connectable to an external device, and a cable including metal wires of eight or more channels that are electrically connectable to the terminal part, the terminal part has a substrate including a plurality of connection parts that are electrically connectable to the external device and connected respectively to the metal wires of the individual channels included in the cable, and the metal wires of the mutually different channels that are adjacently connected at the plurality of connection parts are arranged so as not to be adjacent to each other inside the cable.

A signal transmission cable of the present invention comprises a terminal part electrically connectable to an external device, and a cable including metal wires of eight or more channels that are electrically connectable to the terminal part, the terminal part has a substrate including a plurality of connection parts that are electrically connectable to the external device and connected respectively to the metal wires of the individual channels included in the cable, and the metal wires of the mutually different channels that are adjacently connected at the plurality of connection parts are arranged so as not to be adjacent to each other inside the cable.