A ribbon cable with a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel insulated conductors. The parallel insulated conductors extend along a length of the cable and arranged along a width of the cable. Each insulated conductor has a central conductor surrounded by a structured insulative material formed directly onto the central conductor along substantially the entire length of the cable. The structured insulative material has a plurality of ridges extending from the central conductor along different azimuthal directions. Each pair of adjacent ridges define an angle there between greater than about 10 degrees.

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.

A twin axial or differential pair cable includes a pair of wires each with an core conductor enclosed in a primary insulator, an insulative inner tape as a secondary insulation spirally wrapping both the pair of wires, a shielding tape longitudinally wrapping the inner tape with an insulative inner layer and a conductive outer layer thereof, a drain wire positioned outside of the shielding tape and at the centerline between the pair of wires, and an insulative outer tape spirally wrapping both the shielding tape and the drain wire. One feature of the invention is to have a seam of the longitudinally wrapping shielding tape located opposite to the drain wire along the centerline in a vertical direction which is perpendicular to the transverse direction defined by two centers of the wires.

Three-wire communication cables useful for operation with a vehicle are disclosed. The cables can meet MIPI C-PHY standard (Version 1.2) as well as ISO 6722-1 (2011) and 14572 (2011). Methods of making and using the cables are also disclosed.

A ribbon cable with a plurality of spaced apart substantially parallel insulated conductors. The parallel insulated conductors extend along a length of the cable and arranged along a width of the cable. Each insulated conductor has a central conductor surrounded by a structured insulative material formed directly onto the central conductor along substantially the entire length of the cable. The structured insulative material has a plurality of ridges extending from the central conductor along different azimuthal directions. Each pair of adjacent ridges define an angle there between greater than about 10 degrees.

The cable attaches a first component and a second component using a quick disconnect connector pair. The cable includes a twisted pair of wires with a separate shield. A portion of the shielding near the connector is removed to expose the wires and assemble the wires to the connector. To reduce the EMI leakage, the inner shell encloses the exposed portions of the wires. In order to maintain the ground path for the shielding of the shielded twisted wire pairs, the shielding for the twisted wire pairs is connected to the shell. The outer shells facilitate the quick disconnect feature. The outer shell includes one or more slots. The slot allows a portion of the outer shell to become a cantilever beam. The beam deflects during disengagement and engagement with the outer shell.

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.

A cable includes a core wire, a shielding layer located on a periphery of the core wire, and an insulating skin at least partially located on a periphery of the shielding layer. The shielding layer includes at least a first metal layer and a second metal layer. The first metal layer and the second metal layer have different metal materials. The first metal layer and the second metal layer are integrally composited. With this arrangement, the shielding effect of the cable is improved.