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 3Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007