Connector Socket Contact Set With Optional Compensation Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing connection sockets face high production costs due to the need for all components to be present for higher transmission categories, making it difficult to switch between categories efficiently and cost-effectively.
Innovation Solution
A contact set for connection sockets with a compensation element that can be arranged between the contact elements and the insulating body, allowing for easy insertion and removal, which reduces production costs and enables switching between transmission categories by using the same contact set with or without the compensation element.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a compensation circuit is added to achieve higher transmission category (Cat 6A), then transmission performance is improved, but production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The contact set is divided into modular sections: contact elements with connection elements, an insulating body, and an optional compensation circuit board. This segmentation allows manufacturers to produce base contact sets without compensation circuits for lower categories, and add compensation circuits only when Cat 6A performance is required, thereby reducing unnecessary production costs while maintaining the ability to achieve high transmission performance when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The contact set design is made universal by creating a base structure that can function across multiple transmission categories. The same contact elements and insulating body serve as the foundation for both Cat 6 and Cat 6A sockets, with the compensation circuit board serving as an optional enhancement. This multi-functionality allows a single design platform to serve different market segments and performance requirements.
2Reliability
If all components for higher category are present in each socket, then transmission performance can be maximized, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The socket structure is made dynamic and adaptable through the optional compensation circuit board that can be added or omitted based on performance requirements. Rather than forcing all sockets to have a fixed complex structure, the design allows flexibility in configuration, enabling manufacturers to optimize the level of complexity matching the intended application and transmission category.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If compensation circuit is placed close to contact point, then near-end crosstalk is reduced, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The compensation circuit board serves as an intermediary element that can be selectively inserted between the contact elements and the insulating body. This intermediary approach allows the compensation function to be added only when needed, without complicating the basic manufacturing process for standard sockets. The modular nature of this intermediary component simplifies its integration compared to integrating compensation circuits directly into the contact element manufacturing process.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a contact set (10) for a connector socket (50), wherein the contact set (10) has at least two contact elements (20), wherein the contact elements (20) have at least a first section (21), a second section (22) and a third section (23), wherein the first section (21) has a connection element, wherein the contact elements (20) are fixed in their relative position to each other by an insulating body (30) in the second section (22), and wherein the third section (23) has a contact surface for a contact element of a plug to be inserted into the connector socket (50), wherein the contact elements (20) have a fourth section (24) for contacting a compensation element (40) that can be arranged between the fourth section (24) and the insulating body (30).