Methods, systems, and apparatus for reducing electrical arcing in a connector. The connector includes a pin contact having a pin tip end and a pin base end, the pin contact at the pin base end being made of a first material having a first resistance and the plug contact at the tip end being made of a second material having a second resistance greater than the first resistance. The connector also includes a socket contact configured to receive the pin contact, and the socket contact configured to establish an electrical connection with the pin contact to transfer electrical power, the second material of the pin contact configured to prevent electrical arcing by suppressing electrical voltage when the pin contact is mated or unmated from the socket contact while electrical power is being transferred.

A circuit board for a high speed communication jack including a rigid circuit board in the housing having a substrate, a plurality of vias extending through the substrate with each via being configured to accommodate a pin on the housing, a plurality of traces on a middle layer in the substrate, with each trace extending from a corresponding one of the plurality of vias, a first shielding layer on a first side of the middle layer in the substrate, a second shielding layer on a second side of the middle layer in the substrate, and a third shielding layer adjacent to the second shielding layer.

A battery charger and method is disclosed for detecting when a battery has a low state of health while simultaneously charging or maintaining the battery. A battery charger includes a processor; a non-transitory memory device; a power management device to receive an input power and to output a charging current; a pair of electrical conductors to electrically couple with a battery, and a display electrically coupled to the processor. The display being configured to indicate a bad battery indicator when the battery has a low state of health and whether the battery is good to start.

A filter feedthrough for an AIMD includes an electrically conductive ferrule. An insulator hermetically seals a ferrule opening with either a first gold braze, a ceramic seal, a glass seal or a glass-ceramic seal. At least one conductive pathway is hermetically sealed to and disposed through the insulator body in non-conductive relationship with the ferrule. A feedthrough capacitor includes at least one active and ground electrode plate disposed within a capacitor dielectric and electrically connected to a capacitor active metallization and a capacitor ground metallization, respectively. At least a first edge of the feedthrough capacitor extends beyond a first outermost edge of the ferrule. At least a second edge of the feedthrough capacitor does not extend beyond a second outermost edge of the ferrule, or said differently, the second edge is either aligned with or setback from the second outermost edge of the ferrule.

A circuit board of an electrical connector includes two adjacent first touching contacts, two second touching contacts respectively arranged at two opposite outer sides of the two first touching contacts, a plurality of conductive circuits connected to the first and second touching contacts, a first layer-like capacitor, and a second layer-like capacitor, the latter two of which are embedded therein. The first layer-like capacitor includes two coplanar first comb-like portions spaced apart from each other. The second layer-like capacitor includes two coplanar second comb-like portions spaced apart from each other. The two first comb-like portions are respectively and electrically coupled to one of the two first touching contacts and one of the two second touching contacts, which are arranged away from each other. The two second comb-like portions are respectively and electrically coupled to the other first touching contact and the other second touching contact.

Tower systems suitable for use at cellular base stations include a tower, an antenna mounted on the tower, a remote radio head mounted on the tower and a power supply. A power cable having a power supply conductor and a return conductor is connected between the power supply and the remote radio head. A shunt capacitance unit that is separate from the remote radio head that is electrically coupled between the power supply conductor and the return conductor of the power cable.

An adjustable impedance high speed data connector, and methods for assembling and operating thereof. The adjustable impedance high speed data connector of this invention includes a printed circuit board accommodated within, or printed or stamped onto, a tray, the printed circuit board including sets of terminals respectively extending on opposite ends of the printed circuit board. Mounted onto the printed circuit board and electrically connected thereto is at least one electric module having a fixed or adjustable capacitance or a fixed or adjustable inductance, which may be combined in any desired combination to achieve a desired impedance for the connector. By adjusting the variable capacitance or inductance of the electric module (or the variable combinations of capacitance and/or inductance of a plurality of electric modules), the impedance within the connector is adjustable for allowing the connector to operate at various ranges of bandwidths.

An EMI filtering, coaxial power connector may be formed as an inline component or a port of a device. The connector may have dimensions to accept F-type coaxial connectors. The connector includes a conductive outer shell with a first opening and a second opening. A dielectric member is disposed within the shell. A conductive pin is supported by the dielectric member. A feed-through capacitor has a central opening and a first lead formed within the central opening. The pin is electrically connected to the first lead. A second lead of the capacitor is formed at an outer perimeter of the capacitor and is electrically connected to the shell. A metal plate is mounted within the shell. The plate is disk-shaped with a central hole. An outer perimeter of the plate is in electrical contact with the shell. The pin passes through the central hole without making electrical contact with the plate, and the plate resides between the second opening of the shell and the capacitor.

A terminal-equipped capacitor includes: a capacitor element that includes a pair of electrodes and a pair of external electrodes connected to the respective electrodes; and a terminal that includes a bonded portion bonded to one of the external electrodes, the bonded portion includes a first partial bonded portion and a second partial bonded portion, a direction of extension of opposite side edges of the first partial bonded portion intersects a direction of extension of opposite side edges of the second partial bonded portion, and the opposite side edges of the first partial bonded portion and the opposite side edges of the second partial bonded portion are bonded to the one of the external electrodes.

It is an object to provide a cable connector capable of performing reliable communication of digital signals between devices with respect to AC-coupled signals using DC blocking. The inventive cable connector 1 comprises a first connector section 4 having a first connector 10 comprising multiple terminals 12, and a first connector substrate 30 having multiple wires 32 placed thereon; a second connector section 6 having a second connector 16 comprising multiple terminals 18, and a second connector substrate 34 having multiple wires 36 placed thereon; a cable section 2, 2a for electrically connecting the multiple wires 32, 36 to one another; and multiple capacitors 40 for DC blocking provided in the first connector section.