|Publication number||US6962503 B2|
|Application number||US 09/968,616|
|Publication date||Nov 8, 2005|
|Filing date||Oct 1, 2001|
|Priority date||Jan 10, 2000|
|Also published as||US20020151208|
|Publication number||09968616, 968616, US 6962503 B2, US 6962503B2, US-B2-6962503, US6962503 B2, US6962503B2|
|Inventors||Robert A. Aekins|
|Original Assignee||Ortronics, Inc.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (51), Referenced by (28), Classifications (8), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The subject application is a continuation-in-part of commonly owned, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/479,484, filed Jan. 10, 2000, of Aekins et al., now U.S. Pat. No. 6,319,048 issued Nov. 20, 2001, and also claims the benefit of commonly owned, U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/237,759, filed Sep. 29, 2000, the disclosures of which are herein incorporated by reference.
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to devices for interfacing with high frequency data transfer media and, more particularly, to wire stabilizers, such as those that are used when installing a communication plug on an Unshielded Twisted Pair (“UTP”) media, that advantageously compensate for and reduce electrical noise.
2. Background Art
In data transmission, the signal originally transmitted through the data transfer media is not necessarily the signal received. The received signal will consist of the original signal after being modified by various distortions and additional unwanted signals that affect the original signal between transmission and reception. These distortions and unwanted signals are commonly collectively referred to as “electrical noise,” or simply “noise.” Noise is a primary limiting factor in the performance of a communication system. Many problems may arise from the existence of noise in connection with data transmissions, such as data errors, system malfunctions and/or loss of the intended signals.
The transmission of data, by itself, generally causes unwanted noise. Such internally generated noise arises from electromagnetic energy that is induced by the electrical energy in the individual signal-carrying lines within the data transfer media and/or data transfer connecting devices, such electromagnetic energy radiating onto or toward adjacent lines in the same media or device. This cross coupling of electromagnetic energy (i.e., electromagnetic interference or EMI) from a “source” line to a “victim” line is generally referred to as “crosstalk.”
Most data transfer media consist of multiple pairs of lines bundled together. Communication systems typically incorporate many such media and connectors for data transfer. Thus, there inherently exists an opportunity for significant crosstalk interference.
Crosstalk can be categorized in one of two forms. Near end crosstalk, commonly referred to as NEXT, arises from the effects of near field capacitive (electrostatic) and inductive (magnetic) coupling between source and victim electrical transmissions. NEXT increases the additive noise at the receiver and therefore degrades the signal to noise ratio (SNR). NEXT is generally the most significant form of crosstalk because the high-energy signal from an adjacent line can induce relatively significant crosstalk into the primary signal. The other form of crosstalk is far end crosstalk, or FEXT, which arises due to capacitive and inductive coupling between the source and victim electrical devices at the far end (or opposite end) of the transmission path. FEXT is typically less of an issue because the far end interfering signal is attenuated as it traverses the loop.
Unshielded Twisted Pair cable or UTP is a popular and widely used type of data transfer media. UTP is a very flexible, low cost media, and can be used for either voice or data communications. In fact, UTP is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for Local Area Networks (“LANs”) and other in-building voice and data communications applications. The wide acceptance and use of UTP for data and voice transmission is primarily due to the large installed base, low cost and ease of new installation. Another important feature of UTP is that it can be used for varied applications, such as for Ethernet, Token Ring, FDDI, ATM, EIA-232, ISDN, analog telephone (POTS), and other types of communication. This flexibility allows the same type of cable/system components (such as data jacks, plugs, cross-patch panels, and patch cables) to be used for an entire building, unlike shielded twisted pair media (“STP”).
There are typically four pairs of copper wires that are used, with each pair forming a twisted pair. The four pairs are used in horizontal cabling as well as for patch cabling or patch cordage. Patch cordage in terms of this disclosure is any unspecified length of UTP cable that is assembled by pressure crimping onto a RJ45 plug.
At present, UTP is being used for systems having increasingly higher data rates. Since demands on networks using UTP systems (e.g., 100 Mbit/s and 1200 Mbit/s transmission rates) have increased, it has become necessary to develop industry standards for higher system bandwidth performance. As the speeds have increased, so too has the noise. Systems and installations that began as simple analog telephone service and low speed network systems have now become high speed data systems. In particular, the data systems in the past used standard plug to cable assembly technique, which achieved reasonable Near-end Crosstalk (NEXT) and Far-end crosstalk (FEXT) noise levels and noise variability. The standard plug to cable assembly methods were used for the ANSI/TIA/EIA 568A “Commercial Building Telecommunications Cabling Standards” category 5 patch cords.
The ANSI/TIA/EIA 568A standard defines electrical performance for systems that utilize the 1 to 100 MHz frequency bandwidth range. Exemplary data systems that utilize the 1-100 MHz frequency bandwidth range include IEEE Token Ring, Ethernet10Base-T and 100Base-T. EIA/TIA-568 and the subsequent TSB-36 standards define five categories, as shown in the following Table, for quantifying the quality of the cable (for example, only Categories 3, 4, and 5 are considered “datagrade UTP”).
Alarm systems and other non-critical
Voice, EIA-232, and other low speed data
10BASE-T Ethernet, 4-Mbits/s Token Ring,
100BASE-T4, 100VG-AnyLAN, basic rate
ISDN. Generally the minimum standard for
16-Mbits/s Token Ring. Not widely used.
TP-PMD, SONet, OC-3 (ATM),
100BASE-TX. The most popular for new
Underwriter's Laboratory defines a level-based system, which has minor differences relative to the EIA/TIA-568's category system. For example, UL requires the characteristics to be measured at various temperatures. However, generally (for example), UL Level V (Roman numerals are used) is the same as EIA's Category 5, and cables are usually marked with both EIA and UL rating designations.
Since the beginning of the ANSI/TIA/EIA 568A standard there has been no category 5 patch cord standard, but there has been a channel link standard. The channel link is a completely installed UTP cabling system that contains the patch cordage, connecting hardware and horizontal cables used for media connection of two or more network devices. The TIA/EIA is developing a patch cord standard as well as a plug level standard that will become requirements for development of category 5e (enhanced) and category 6 connecting hardwares.
Additionally, the EIA/TIA-568 standard specifies various electrical characteristics, including the maximum cross-talk (i.e., how much a signal in one pair interferes with the signal in another pair—through capacitive, inductive, and other types of coupling). Since this functional property is measured as how many decibels (dB) quieter the induced signal is than the original interfering signal, larger numbers reflect better performance.
Category 5 cabling systems generally provide adequate NEXT margins to allow for the high NEXT associated with use of present UTP system components. Demands for higher frequencies, more bandwidth and improved systems (e.g., Ethernet 1000Base-T) on UTP cabling, render existing systems and methods unacceptable. The TIA/EIA category 6 draft addendum related to new category 6 cabling standards illustrates heightened performance demands. For frequency bandwidths of 1 to 250 MHz, the draft addendum requires the minimum NEXT values at 100 MHz to be −39.9 dB and −33.1 dB at 250 MHz for a channel link, and −54 dB at 100 MHz and −46 dB at 250 MHz for connecting hardware. Increasing the bandwidth for new category 6 (i.e., from 1 to 100 MHz in category 5 to 1 to 250 MHz in category 6) increases the need to review opportunities for further reducing system noise.
By increasing the bandwidth from 1-100 MHz (cat 5) to 1-250 MHz (cat 6), tighter control of the components'noise variability is necessary. With the development of the new standards, the new plug noise variability will need to be better controlled than plugs that used old assembly methods.
Furthermore, the TIA/EIA Unshielded Twisted Pair Cabling task groups have developed a working draft for a UTP Connecting Hardware plug measurement parameter called NEXT de-embedding. The de-embedded NEXT procedure measures the pure NEXT and FEXT contributions of the plug and all other noise contributions are factored out of the final result. This method has become the de facto standard for RJ45 plug NEXT and FEXT characteristic measurement for plugs that are used to test connecting hardware performance. Plug de-embedded NEXT and FEXT variability was not an issue with category 5 connecting hardware or channel link systems, so upper and lower ranges were not specified. The TIA/EIA connecting hardware working groups have since realized that the plug de-embedded NEXT and FEXT must be controlled so the proper development of category 5e and category 6 connecting hardware/systems can become possible. The plug de-embedded NEXT and FEXT directly relates to the performance of the patch cordage and the connecting hardware that connects to it. Controlling the plug de-embedded NEXT and FEXT will enable control of the category 5, 5e and 6 NEXT performance. One method of category 5 connecting hardware crosstalk noise reduction and controlling is addressed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,618,185 to Aekins, the subject matter of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The plug assembly crimping procedure heavily distorts the plug's de-embedded NEXT associated with patch cordage. This procedure is the final assembly method that forces the Insulation Displacement Contacts and the plug cable holding bar (also called strain relief) into their final resting positions. The plug cable holding bar is one of the main de-embedded NEXT disturbers since it distorts the wire pattern differently during the crimping stage.
In view of the increasing performance demands being placed on UTP systems, e.g., the implementation of category 6 standards, it would be beneficial to provide a device and/or methodology that is able to protect against wire distortion to reduce de-embedded NEXT and FEXT noises associated with patch cordage assembly.
The present disclosure provides a stabilizer device for controlling de-embedded NEXT and FEXT variations that are produced during patch cordage assembly. Such stabilizer device advantageously reduces variations by receiving a data transfer media cable having data elements therein, protecting against distortion of the elements which usually occurs during installation with a media plug, and guiding the elements into proper alignment to be easily connected with a media plug.
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a stabilizer for protecting data transmitting elements in a connection between data transmission media having a plurality of pairs of data transmitting elements and a media plug having a female receiving port and a connecting end are disclosed.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, the stabilizer includes a support member body having a media receiving port, a plurality of guides for insulating and separating each pair of data transmitting elements, and a male media plug insertion end. The plurality of guides protect the pairs of elements from distortion and direct the pairs of elements into the connecting end of the media plug during installation with the media plug. Preferably, a means for crimping the pairs of elements is also included in the support member body.
In another aspect of the present disclosure, a data transmission plug assembly for protecting against distortion of data transmitting elements from data transmission media is disclosed. Generally, the data transmission media, such as UTP, has an outer sheath and a plurality of pairs of data transmitting elements within the outer sheath. The assembly includes a media plug having a connecting end and conduits for aligning the data elements to connect with other types of components. The media plug also has a female receiving port for receiving an advantageous stabilizer. The stabilizer has a media receiving port for engaging the data transmission media, a means for crimping the plurality of pairs of data transmitting elements, and a male insertion end for engaging the female receiving port of the media plug. The insertion end also generally includes a means for arranging the plurality of pairs of data transmitting elements to substantially conform with the alignment of data elements in the connecting end of the media plug. Preferably, the means for arranging the plurality of pairs to conform with the desired alignment is a plurality of insulative conduits for each pair of the plurality of pairs of data transmitting elements.
Other features and benefits of the disclosed stabilizer device and associated system/method will be apparent from the detailed description and accompanying figures which follow.
So that those having ordinary skill in the art to which the subject disclosure appertains will more readily understand how to construct and employ the subject disclosure, reference may be had to the drawings wherein:
These and other features of the exemplary stabilizer systems according to the subject disclosure will become more readily apparent to those having ordinary skill in the art from the following detailed description of preferred and exemplary embodiments.
The following detailed description of preferred and/or exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure is intended to be read in the light of, or in context with, the preceding summary and background descriptions. Unless otherwise apparent, or stated, directional references, such as “up”, “down”, “left”, “right”, “front” and “rear”, are intended be relative to the orientation of a particular embodiment of the disclosure as shown in the first numbered view of that embodiment. Also, a given reference numeral should be understood to indicate the same or a similar structure when it appears in different figures.
First and second housing portions 104 and 106 mate with each other via hooks 108 in the interior of housing 106 which fit into latches 110 in the interior of housing 104. Matable portions to surround cable 10 functions to aid in installation of stabilizer 100 and to facilitate mass production, among other things. The mating system may comprise a fastener device, or other conventional snap-fit mechanism, or re-attachable locking means.
When mated, first and second housing portions 104 and 106 form body 102, and generally define a cable receiving port 112, a plug insertion end 114 and an adapter section 116. Thus, receiving port 112, insertion end 114 and adapter section 116 each have a first and second portion defined on the first and second housing portions 104 and 106, respectively. Plug insertion end 114 is sized to fit within the cable receiving cavity 17 of plug 16.
Any reference made herein to cable receiving port 112, plug insertion end 114 and adapter section 116, or any other elements defined on cable receiving port 112, plug insertion end 114 and adapter section 116 which consist of first and second opposing portions defined on the first and second housings 104 and 106, is a reference to those elements as formed by the mated configuration of stabilizer 100 (i.e., when housing portions 104 and 106 are connected together), unless otherwise indicated.
Preferably, cable receiving port 112 has an aperture 118 which is of size and shape to substantially correspond to the size and shape of cable 10. In this exemplary embodiment, and typically in the field, the cable is round. Adapter section 116 provides a crimping bar 120 and chamber 122 for providing room for conductive wire pairs 12 a, 12 b, 12 c and 12 d which have been removed from cable 10, among other things. Wire pairs 12 a and 12 d are extended through chamber 122 and into two side wire guide channels 124 extending along the longitudinal axis of body 102, each located at opposing sides of plug insertion end 114. Wire pairs 12 b and 12 c are extended through a central wire guide 126 between side channels 124. Central wire guide 126 has a first central channel 128 and a second central channel 130 extending along the longitudinal axis of body 102 within insertion end 114 to accommodate the remaining two wire pairs 12 b and 12 c in cable 10. First channel 128 is located on first housing portion 104 and second channel 130 is located on second housing portion 106. The side channels 124 and first and second channels 128 and 130 are arranged in insert 114 so that the emerging wires are essentially in the same level plane which are then easily fit through plug 16 and into contacts 20.
Preferably, either first channel 128 or second channel 130 is fully insulated from the others, as shown by channel 130 in the embodiment depicted herein, to avoid increasing electromagnetic interference between any or all of the wire pairs. A hook member 132 which aids installation with plug 16, among other things, protrudes from the exterior of body 102 around the area of receiving port 112 in the direction of insertion end 114 from only second housing portion 106.
To install a cable in stabilizer 100, outer insulation is stripped from cable 10 exposing the paired wires 12 a, 12 b, 12 c and 12 d, and cable 10 is placed through aperture 118 into port 112 prior to connecting first and second housing portions 104 and 106. Wire pairs 12 a, 12 b, 12 c and 12 d are extended into adapter section 116 over crimping bar 120 and through chamber 122. Wire pairs 12 a and 12 d are each placed individually in the two side wire guides 124. Either wire pair 12 c or 12 d may be inserted into either first or second channel 128 or 130. Once the placement of cable 10 and wire pairs 12 a, 12 b, 12 c and 12 d is complete throughout stabilizer 100, first and second housing portions 104 and 106 are mated together to secure the installation. Crimping bar 120 and the interior walls of chamber 122 crimp the wire pairs of cable 10 to secure cable 10 and the wire pairs in place. After the twisted wire pairs 12 a, 12 b, 12 c, 12 d exit stabilizer 100 into the intermediate section of the plug 16, they may be untwisted and straightened for seating within individual guide channels of the plug in which they are aligned correctly to connect with an IDC. When crimping pressure is applied to insert 114 while installing insert 114 in plug 16, wire pairs 12 a, 12 b, 12 c and 12 d are protected from distortions in their respective channels, that is, side channels 124 and first and second channels 128 and 130, respectively, and hook member 132 engages the plug latch 13, as shown in
By stabilizing the wire pairs in stabilizer 100 prior to insertion into plug 16 and protecting against the crimping operation that follows, the wire pairs are not distorted or separated. As a result, the de-embedded NEXT and FEXT is controlled without any need for radical redesigning or over-molding of the standard plug. The specific configuration and dimensions may vary depending upon the recess in the plug into which it will be inserted so that it and can be utilized with existing plugs without requiring redesign and expensive retooling.
Thus, it can be seen from the foregoing detailed description and attached drawings that the novel plug and stabilizer of the present disclosure enables secure engagement of the wire pairs therein without distortion or excessive pressure upon the wire pairs to reduce and control crosstalk. The disclosed system facilitates the assembly of the wire pairs of the cable into the plug and transition from the round cross section of the cable into the desired perpendicular orientation of the lay of the wire pairs in a common plane and then the individual wires in the channels for engagement by the insulation displacement contacts. The novel assembly requires only the addition of stabilizer 100, which maintains cable pair perpendicularity in a low cost and easily mounted design.
Although the disclosed stabilizer and associated system have been described with respect to preferred embodiments, it is apparent that modifications and changes can be made thereto without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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