Modular connector with reduced termination variability and improved performance
A telecommunications connector including a connector housing; a plurality of connector contacts in the connector housing; a substrate having first plated through holes for receiving termination ends of the connector contacts, the first plated through holes arranged in an area on the substrate; a plurality of termination contacts, the plurality of termination contacts positioned in second plated through holes in the substrate; the second plated through holes intersecting the area on the substrate.
1. A telecommunications connector comprising:
a connector housing;
a plurality of connector contacts in the connector housing;
a substrate having first plated through holes for receiving termination ends of the connector contacts, the first plated through holes arranged in an area on the substrate;
a plurality of termination contacts, the plurality of termination contacts positioned in second plated through holes in the substrate;
at least two of the second plated through holes intersecting the area on the substrate;
wherein the substrate is rectangular, at least four of the second plated through holes being arranged along a diagonal of the substrate.
2. The telecommunications connector of claim 1 wherein:
each termination contact has a lateral axis, the substrate having a reference axis in a plane of the substrate, a first angle between the lateral axis of a first termination contact and the reference axis being different than a second angle between the lateral axis of a second termination contact and the reference axis.
3. The telecommunications connector of claim 2 wherein:
all termination contacts have a lateral axis at either the first angle with respect to the reference axis or a the second angle with respect to the reference axis.
4. A telecommunications connector comprising:
a connector housing;
a substrate having a plurality of connector contacts;
at least four termination contacts extending along a diagonal of the substrate, the substrate including traces electrically connecting the termination contacts and the connector contacts;
a termination block receiving a cable having a plurality of conductors, the termination block having a base with an opening therein for receiving the cable and a termination bar positioned above the opening;
the conductors arranged in a plurality of tip and ring pairs, the conductors laced into slot in the termination bar extending along an axis for termination with the termination contacts;
the conductors laced in the termination bar such that no pair of conductors crosses an other pair of conductors;
wherein at least four termination contacts extend along a single axis connector housing, the connector housing is rectangular and the single axis is a diagonal of the connector housing.
5. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the conductors are laced in the termination bar such that the lay of conductors in the cable is maintained in the termination bar.
6. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
no pair of conductors crosses an other pair of conductors from exiting a cable to the termination bar.
7. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
all the conductors are laced in the termination bar from one side of the termination bar.
8. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
a first set of conductors are laced in the termination bar from one side of the termination bar and a second set of conductors are laced in the termination bar from an other side of the termination bar.
9. The telecommunications connector of claim 8 wherein:
the termination bar includes openings positioned within each slot, the openings receiving the termination contacts.
10. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the connector housing defines an outlet for receiving a plug.
11. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the slots include barbs formed on the interior walls of the slots to retain conductors in the slots.
12. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the slots having differing heights relative to the termination block base.
13. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the termination bar includes a plurality of teeth for separating pairs of conductors into individual conductors.
14. The telecommunications connector of claim 4 wherein:
the termination bar includes fins extending away from the termination bar to separate adjacent pairs of twisted conductors.
15. A telecommunications connector comprising:
a connector housing;
aplurality of termination contacts;
a termination block for receiving a cable having a plurality of conductors, the termination block having a base with an opening therein for receiving the cable and a termination bar being positioned above the opening;
the conductors arranged in a plurality of tip and ring pairs, the conductors laced into the termination bar of the termination block for termination with the termination contacts;
the conductors laced in the termination bar such that no pair of conductors crosses an other pair of conductors;
wherein the termination block includes a base having a cable recess and an arm pivotally mounted to the base, the arm covering the cable recess in a closed position.
16. The telecommunications connector of claim 15 wherein:
the arm includes a spring clip on an inside surface thereof wherein when the arm is in the closed position, the spring clip contacts a shield of a cable in the cable recess.
17. The telecommunications connector of claim 16 wherein:
wherein the spring clip applies pressure on the cable to provide strain relief.
18. A telecommunications connector comprising:
a connector housing;
a plurality of termination contacts on a substrate;
a termination block for receiving a cable having a plurality of conductors, the termination block having a base with an opening therein for receiving the cable and a termination bar positioned above the opening;
the conductors arranged in a plurality of tip and ring pairs, the conductors laced into slots in the termination bar extending along an axis for termination with the termination contacts;
the conductors laced in the termination bar such that no pair of conductors crosses an other pair of conductors;
wherein at least four termination contacts extend along a single axis of the connector housing, the connector housing is rectangular and the single axis is a diagonal of the connector housing;
each termination contact has a lateral axis, the substrate having a reference axis in a plane of the substrate, a first angle between the lateral axis of a first termination contact and the reference axis being different than a second angle between the lateral axis of a second termination contact and the reference axis.