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Claims (14)

A communication plug for making electrical contact between a communication cable and a communication jack,
The plug body having a cavity for receiving the communication cable entering the plug body along an axis;
A circuit board located in the cavity, having a plurality of traces and having at least one surface angled with respect to the axis;
A first contact for electrically contacting the trace on the circuit board and the communication cable, wherein a contact of a specific wire pair is equidistant from both of the contacts of a plurality of other wire pairs The first contacts are arranged in a staggered manner, and the first contacts,
A second contact for making electrical contact between the trace on the circuit board and the contact on the jack to which the plug forms an interface;
A communication plug.   The communication plug of claim 1, wherein the plurality of traces are arranged to provide a coupling between at least two of the plurality of traces.   The communication cable has eight wires arranged in four pairs, and the first contact is in four IDC pairs for making electrical contact with a corresponding one of the eight wires. Eight insulated displacement contacts (IDC) arranged, the second contact is eight contacts, and the circuit board has eight traces extending between the IDC and the eight contacts. The communication plug according to claim 1, comprising:   The communication plug according to claim 3, wherein the IDC is press-fitted into a hole of the circuit board.   The communication plug according to claim 4, wherein the first subset of the IDC is press-fitted into the top side of the circuit board, and the second subset of the IDC is press-fitted into the bottom side of the circuit board.   The communication plug of claim 3, wherein the holes are arranged in a staggered configuration to provide a balanced connection to adjacent IDC pairs.   The communication plug according to claim 1, wherein the second contact is press-fitted into a hole on the circuit board.   The communication plug of claim 7, wherein the subset of holes for the second contact is staggered.   The communication plug according to claim 8, wherein the first subset of the second contacts has a shape different from the shape of the second subset of the second contacts.   The communication plug of claim 1, wherein the at least one surface is angled with respect to the axis in a range of about 1 to 10 degrees.   The circuit board has a length, the cavity has a length, a width, and a height; each of the length, width, and height of the cavity is shorter than the length of the circuit board; The communication plug according to claim 1.   The communication of claim 1, wherein the circuit board includes a plurality of layers, the plurality of traces are arranged on the plurality of layers, and the circuit board includes at least two crossovers of the plurality of traces. plug.   The communication plug of claim 1, wherein the circuit board includes a common mode choke for each pair of traces on the circuit board. The communication plug according to claim 13 , wherein the common mode choke is a surface mount choke.