A cable connector includes an insulative housing, a number of contacts, an internal circuit board and a flat cable. The contacts are arranged in two rows. Each contact has a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, a contact portion and a connecting portion extending from two ends of the retaining portion. The internal circuit board has a plurality of first golden fingers at one end thereof and a plurality of second golden fingers at another end thereof. The first golden fingers connect with the connecting portions of the contacts. The second golden fingers electrically connect with the first golden fingers. The flat cable has a plurality of wires corresponding to and connecting with the second golden fingers and a coating retaining at outside of the wires. All wires are arranged in a row.

A transmission structure includes a first conductor and a second conductor interwoven with the first conductor. A plurality of portions of the first conductor pass through a corresponding plurality of openings in the second conductor. A plurality of portions of the second conductor pass through a corresponding plurality of openings in the first conductor.

Data/telecommunication cables that include one or more layers of an integral, bonded electromagnetic shield are described. The shield may be configured to form an electrical ground path.

Assemblies for terminating shielded cables to printed circuit boards are described. An example assembly includes a printed circuit board (PCB), a cable having a signal conductor and a shield layer surrounding the signal conductor, and a conductive strap. The conductive strap includes a top conductive element, a bottom conductive element, and a plurality of legs between the top conductive element and the bottom conductive element. The top conductive element includes a top notch, and the bottom conductive element includes a bottom notch. The assembly also includes a top solder element positioned between the top notch and the shield layer of the cable and a bottom solder element positioned between the bottom notch and the PCB.

A data communication cable includes a jacket layer surrounding a cable core, which includes at least one pair of twisted electric conductors electrically insulated with a flame-retardant polypropylene (FRPP)-based material. The FRPP-based material includes a char enhancer, a halogenated flame retardant; and a flame retardant additive. The FRPP-based material is free from flame-retardant hydrated mineral filler.

Multi-Gigabit Ethernet communication over shielded cables have challenging electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems. Circuitry on-board Ethernet physical layer (PHY) transceivers cannot adequately address these problems. In some cases, some circuitry may pose constraints on the transceiver design, making these problems more difficult to address. To improve EMC and increase tolerance to EMI, an improved shielded cable can be used to connect Ethernet PHY transceivers. In particular, a microwave-absorbing material is added to wrap one or more segments of the shielded cable. The microwave-absorbing material can be applied at or near the cable connectors attached to the ends of the shielded cable. One or more parameters of the microwave-absorbing material can be chosen or optimized for a particular type of shielded cable and sensitivity of the Ethernet PHY transceiver to EMC and EMI problems.