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          Interference No. 103,987                                                    



          improved near end crosstalk performance.  The improved                      
          crosstalk performance is obtained by providing a conductive                 
          trace disposed in spatial registry with one of the connector                
          contacts so as to generate mutual inductance and capacitance                
          in the trace and the contact.                                               





                    The interference count reads as follows:                          
          Count 1                                                                     
                    An electrical connector comprising:                               
                    an insulative housing;                                            
                    a plurality of elongate electrical contacts                       
          supported on said housing, said contacts being disposed in a                
          mutually spaced side-by-side arrangement;                                   
                    a dielectric substrate overlying said contacts;                   
                    a conductive trace having an extent supported by                  
          said dielectric substrate, said trace being disposed in                     
          spatial registry with a longitudinal portion of one of said                 
          contacts and being of configuration to define with said one                 
          contact and with the permeability and the dielectric constant               
          of said dielectric substrate a predetermined mutual inductance              
          and capacitance.                                                            
                    The claims of the parties that correspond to the                  
          count                                                                       

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