EP0182435A2 - Fernmeldekabel mit konzentrischen Lagen von Leitern - Google Patents

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EP0182435A2
EP0182435A2 EP85201861A EP85201861A EP0182435A2 EP 0182435 A2 EP0182435 A2 EP 0182435A2 EP 85201861 A EP85201861 A EP 85201861A EP 85201861 A EP85201861 A EP 85201861A EP 0182435 A2 EP0182435 A2 EP 0182435A2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B11/00—Communication cables or conductors
    • H01B11/02—Cables with twisted pairs or quads
    • H01B11/06—Cables with twisted pairs or quads with means for reducing effects of electromagnetic or electrostatic disturbances, e.g. screens
    • H01B11/08—Screens specially adapted for reducing cross-talk
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01B—CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES
    • H01B11/00—Communication cables or conductors
    • H01B11/02—Cables with twisted pairs or quads
    • H01B11/06—Cables with twisted pairs or quads with means for reducing effects of electromagnetic or electrostatic disturbances, e.g. screens
    • H01B11/10—Screens specially adapted for reducing interference from external sources

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  • This invention relates to transmission cables which have a generally circular cross-section and, in particular, to a transmission line having a generally circular cross-section which utilizes one or more layers of parallel conductors.
  • Round cables are presently used for relatively high speed data transmission between various system components in data processing networks. Such cables utilize twisted pairs of conductors to achieve the necessary electrical characteristics, particularly characteristic impedance and cross-talk control.
  • One such cable arrangement is that manufactured and sold by Hewlett-Packard and sold as the HPIB cable.
  • This cable includes concentrically spaced inner and outer conducting members disposed about a central, axially extending core.
  • the inner member is typically a metallized film sheath while the outer member is a metallized film sheath surrounded by a metallic braid.
  • a first layer of twisted pairs of conductors is interposed in the annular space defined between the core and the inner surface of the inner conducting member while a second layer of twisted pairs of conductors is disposed in the annular space between the outer surface of the inner member and the inner surface of the outer conducting member.
  • the conductors in the inner layer are used as data transmission lines while the conductors in the outer layer serve as control lines.
  • One conductor in each twisted pair carries the appropriate data or control signal while the other of the conductors in that pair serves as the ground for that signal.
  • the inner conducting member is electrically grounded and acts to isolate the data from the control pairs.
  • a round cable assembly as described above is bulky and generally expensive to manufacture due to its complexity. Furthermore, providing the appropriate terminations at each end of each cable is a relatively labor intensive endeavor since before the ends of the conductors can be terminated in a suitable connector each twisted pair must be untwisted so that the axis of each conductor is coplanar with the axis of each adjacent conductor.
  • the increase in the expense and the bulk of such cable can also be attributed to the use of twisted conductor pairs.
  • the twisted conductor pairs result in an overall diameter of the twisted cable that is significantly larger than standard cables.
  • Such a twisted pair cable can range from twenty to fifty percent larger than a standard cable depending upon conductor size and the number of conductors. These factors also result in a relatively stiffer cable construction which must be carefully fabricated in order to prevent failure due to cable flexing.
  • twisted pair cables often do not exhibit a uniform cross-section and can thus present problems when using automatic stripping apparatus.
  • a cable in accordance with the present invention comprises an inner and an outer concentric layer of individual electrical conductors.
  • the present invention is applicable to single layer cable also.
  • the axis of each of the conductors in each layer lies in a generally parallel spiraling configuration along the length of the cable.
  • the cable may be constructed in three different ways. In a first embodiment of the invention, alternate conductors in each layer are connectable as signal carrying conductors while the others in the layer are grounded conductors. In a second embodiment, useful in a balanced system, alternate conductors in each layer are connectable as signal carrying conductors while the others in the layer are signal return conductors. In a third embodiment, all conductors in each layer are signal carrying conductors.
  • each layer may have its conductors connected differently, in accordance with any one of the above-described embodiments.
  • the first inner layer may. for example, consist of all signal carrying conductors while the second layer may have alternating signal and ground conductors or alternating signal and signal return conductors.
  • each conducting member is connectable to a ground potential.
  • This will define a grounded structure in which each signal carrying conductor is electrically shielded along its entire length.
  • partial shielding is accomplished along the entire length of each signal carrying conductor.
  • the conducting members act both as a shield and in a manner analogous to a ground plane surface in planar cables thereby to impart to a cable formed of layers of individual conductors electrical characteristics (e.g., characteristic impedance and low cross-talk interference) which closely approximate the corresponding characteristics of a cable formed of layers of twisted pairs. The particular electrical characteristics are dependent upon the particular connection effected between the conducting members, the conductors and the ground potential.
  • the cable structure above defined may include three or more layers of conductors with an annular conducting member disposed radially outwardly of each conductor layer. Also, as noted above, the cable structure may consist of only a single layer of conductors with one annular conducting member disposed radially inward and another annular conducting member disposed radially outward of the single layer of conductors. Each conducting member in the single and multiple layer cable structure is connectable to a ground potential.
  • the cable 10 is formed of an integer number M (where M is one or more) concentric layers of individual conductors and is useful, for example, for high-speed signal transmission between constituent system components of a data processing system.
  • M is one or more
  • FIG. 3 shows a three conductor layer arrangement while
  • FIG. 4 illustrates a single conductor layer construction.
  • the cable 10 fabricated in accordance with the present invention eliminates the use of twisted pairs of conductors yet provides substantially equivalent electrical characteristics. Moreover, the cable 10 in accordance with the invention will. as will be developed herein, simplify cable construction and assembly techniques.
  • the cable 10 may be terminated at each end with a suitable connector (not shown). Each connector is receivable in a header whereby the cable may be electrically connected to predetermined signal lines, signal return lines (when used) and other various grounding potentials such as logic and chassis ground.
  • the cable 10 includes an optional inner filler or core 12 fabricated of an elastomer disposed centrally and axially of the cable. Surrounding the core 12 is a first, inner layer 16 of individual electrical conductors. Although in the Figure 2 six individual conductors are used in the inner layer 16, it should be understood that any convenient number of individual conductors may be used to define the inner layer 16 of conductors.
  • the individual conductors in the layer 16 are preferably formed using 26 AWG 7/34 annealed tinned copper 1012 semi-rigid PVC UL1061/CSA SR. Polypropylene or polyethylene are useful as an acceptable jacket for the individual conductors for improving cable capacitance.
  • alternate conductors in layers 16, indicated by the indicia "S" are all signal carrying conductors.
  • the other conductors in layer 16. indicated by the indicia "X”. are in the first embodiment of the invention all connected as ground conductors.
  • conductors "X" are all connected as signal return conductors.
  • conductors "X" are all connected as signal carrying conductors so that all conductors in the layer are then signal carrying conductors.
  • first annular conducting member 18 Spaced radially outwardly of the inner layer 16 is a first annular conducting member 18 in the form of a metallized polyester film shield.
  • the shield is preferably fabricated of an inner aluminized film wrap 18A and an outer aluminized film wrap 18B.
  • Each wrap is shown as comprising an aluminum layer 18A' and 18B' and an insulating film layer. 18A" and 18B" , with aluminum layers being in facing contact with each other.
  • the first conducting member 18 may be implemented using any other suitable metallized polyester film wrap, metallized wrap or braid.
  • a generally spirally wound drain wire 20 Intermediate of each of the wraps 18A and 18B and in contact with the aluminum layers of each is a generally spirally wound drain wire 20.
  • wrap 22 of a polyester film may be provided about the conducting member 18.
  • a second, outer, layer 26 of individual conductors is disposed in substantially concentric arrangement about the inner layer 16.
  • Each of the individual conductors in the outer layer 26 spirals along the length of the cable and is fabricated of a similar material as the conductors in the inner layer 16.
  • the axis of each of the individual conductors in the layer 26 is substantially parallel along the axial length of the cable 10. Any convenient number of conductors may be used in the layer 26.
  • alternate conductors in layer 26. indicated by the indicia "S" are all signal carrying conductors.
  • the other conductors in layer 26, indicated by the indicia "X”. are in the first embodiment of the invention, all connected as ground conductors.
  • conductors "X" are all connected as either signal return conductors or all signal carrying conductors, respectively. It should be understood that the conductors in one layer need not be connected in the same manner as conductors in the other layer(s). For example, the conductors in layer 16 may be connected as alternating signal and ground conductors while the conductors in layer 26 may be connected as all signal conductors or as alternating signal and signal return conductors.
  • a second annular conducting member 32 Surrounding the outer layer .26 of conductors is a second annular conducting member 32.
  • the member 32 takes the form of a shield 28 fabricated of metallized film comprising a metal layer 28A and an insulating layer 28B, similar to the wraps 18A, 18B.
  • Shield 28 is surrounded by a metallic braid 30.
  • the braid 30 and the shield 28 together define the electrical conducting member 32 disposed about the radially outer surface of the outer layer 26 of individual conductors.
  • a jacket 34 Surrounding the entire structure as above described is a jacket 34 preferably of thirty-five mil PVC per UL2464 at 80°C. 300 volts.
  • a cable 10' constructed as described above may be expanded to three (or more) layers of individual conductors. However many layered arrays of conductors are disposed within the cable, an electrical conducting member is disposed about the radially outer surface of each layer of conductors in the array. To expand the cable 10' an additional electrically conducting member 38 similar to conducting member 18 is provided about the layer 26. Radially outwardly therefrom an additional layer 40 of individual conductors is provided. Additional layers are similarly provided using an added conducting member and a conductor layer. Radially outwardly of the outermost layer of conductors is the conducting member 30.
  • each conductor layer 16, 26 (and in Figure 3 40) are arranged circumferentially, alternating signal carrying conductors indicated by the indicia "S” and other conductors indicated by the indicia "X".
  • conductors "S” and “X” are alternating signal carrying conductors and grounded conductors, respectively according to their connection with the appropriate signal and ground lines of the circuitry via the connector/header.
  • all conductors designated "X" in a given layer may alternatively all be connected as either all signal return conductors or all signal carrying conductors.
  • Each of the electrically conducting members 18, 32 are connected to a suitable ground, again via the connector/header.
  • the inner conducting members 18 (and 38) are connected to the signal return conductors (i.e., logic ground potential) while the outer conducting member 32 is connected to chassis ground potential.
  • the conducting members and the ground conductors together define a grounded structure that provides electrical shielding for each signal carrying conductor in each layer throughout its entire axial length.
  • conductors "X" are either all signal return or signal carrying conductors
  • the conducting members define a grounded structure that provides partial electrical shielding for each signal carrying conductor in each layer along its entire axial length.
  • the cable 10 as above described in which the members 18 and 32 are respectively connected to logic and chassis ground has been demonstrated to provide electrical characteristics (specifically characteristic impedance and cross-talk interference) substantially equivalent to or better than a cable formed with a plurality of twisted wire pairs such as used in the above-described commercially available cable.
  • the cable in accordance with the present invention is less expensive and easier to fabricate and, due to the concentric lay of the layers, more flexible than the described commercially available.
  • the electrical characteristics of the cable 10 may vary dependent upon the particular interconnection effected between the conducting members 18, 32 (and 38), the conductors and ground potentials. However, it is the use of the conducting members in the dual capacity as both a shield and as a ground surface that permits a cable 10 or 10' fabricated of individual conductors to exhibit electrical characteristics comparable or superior to those exhibited by a cable fabricated of twisted conductor pairs.
  • the conducting members define ground potential surfaces which behave analogously to the ground plane potential surfaces in ribbon cables to impart the particular electrical characteristics to the cable 10 (or 10').
  • Figure 4 illustrates the present invention for a cable 40 having only a single layer 42 of alternating conductors indicated by the indicia "S" and "X".
  • the conductors designated "S” are connected as signal carrying conductors.
  • the conductors designated "X” are connected either as all grounded conductors, as all signal return conductor or as all signal carrying conductors, depending upon which of the three embodiments of the invention is utilized.
  • an inner conducting member 44 surrounds an inner filler or core 46.
  • An outer conducting member 48 surrounds the conductor layer 42 so that the conducting layer 42 is located in the annular space between the outer surface of the inner conducting member 44 and the inner surface of the outer conducting member 48.
  • Conducting member 44 may be similar to conducting member 18 and 38 in Figures 1-3 while conducting member 48 may be similar to outer conducting member 32.
  • Surrounding the entire structure is a jacket 50 similar to jacket 34 of Figures 1 and 2.
  • a suitable drain wire 52 is provided within the inner conducting member 44 similar to drain wire 20 described earlier.
  • the conducting members are each connected to a suitable ground via the connector/header to define a grounded structure with a grounded plane so as to electrically shield the signal carrying conductors of the layer along its length, and thereby reduce cross-talk between the signal conductors.

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EP0257855A2 (de) * 1986-08-04 1988-03-02 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Kabel mit einem gewellten Verschlag
EP0269314A2 (de) * 1986-11-26 1988-06-01 Picker International, Inc. Messkopf für Ultraschallabbildung
WO1993000687A1 (en) * 1991-06-26 1993-01-07 Attila Bese Interconnection cable for low frequency signal transmission
FR2771278A1 (fr) * 1997-11-25 1999-05-28 Whitaker Corp Assemblage d'une sonde de diagnostic par ultrasons
WO2000070626A1 (fr) * 1999-05-13 2000-11-23 J. S. T. Mfg. Co., Ltd. Cable blinde assurant une transmission equilibree
EP1239493A2 (de) 2001-03-09 2002-09-11 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Elektronische Vorrichtung und Verbindungskabel für elektronische Vorrichtung
CN103943183A (zh) * 2013-09-29 2014-07-23 安徽航天电缆集团有限公司 一种自控温加热特种电缆

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GB768828A (en) * 1954-04-30 1957-02-20 Siemens Ag Improvements in or relating to high-frequency multi-layer transmission lines
GB1289553A (de) * 1968-11-22 1972-09-20
DE2048401A1 (de) * 1969-10-01 1972-08-03 Thomas & Betts Corp Flachband-Koaxialkabel
DE2237985A1 (de) * 1972-07-28 1974-02-07 Siemens Ag Nachrichtenkabelstrecke zur uebertragung von pcm-signalen
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EP0257855A2 (de) * 1986-08-04 1988-03-02 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Kabel mit einem gewellten Verschlag
EP0257855B1 (de) * 1986-08-04 1993-09-29 E.I. Du Pont De Nemours And Company Kabel mit einem gewellten Verschlag
EP0269314A2 (de) * 1986-11-26 1988-06-01 Picker International, Inc. Messkopf für Ultraschallabbildung
EP0269314A3 (de) * 1986-11-26 1989-04-26 Picker International, Inc. Messkopf für Ultraschallabbildung
WO1993000687A1 (en) * 1991-06-26 1993-01-07 Attila Bese Interconnection cable for low frequency signal transmission
FR2771278A1 (fr) * 1997-11-25 1999-05-28 Whitaker Corp Assemblage d'une sonde de diagnostic par ultrasons
WO2000070626A1 (fr) * 1999-05-13 2000-11-23 J. S. T. Mfg. Co., Ltd. Cable blinde assurant une transmission equilibree
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EP1239493A2 (de) 2001-03-09 2002-09-11 Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Elektronische Vorrichtung und Verbindungskabel für elektronische Vorrichtung
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CN103943183A (zh) * 2013-09-29 2014-07-23 安徽航天电缆集团有限公司 一种自控温加热特种电缆

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