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bob-smith United States Patent 5,321,372 Smith June 14, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apparatus and method for terminating cables to minimize emissions and susceptibility Abstract In a computer network having a cable for transmission of electrical signals between data terminal equipment and a device used to control and route data in the network, an apparatus for terminating the cable to minimize emissions radiating from the cable and susceptibility of the cable to outside interferences. The cable is comprised of unshielded twisted pairs of wires. Each twisted pair is individually terminated into a matching input impedance. The difference signals being conducted in each twisted pair produces common mode currents which sets up standing waves through the cable. Consequently, at each end of the cable, the common mode of the twisted pairs is terminated into a load having an impedance approximately equal to the common mode impedance of the twisted pairs. These loads effectively dissipate the energy from the standing waves, thereby minimizing emissions. Reciprocally, susceptibility is likewise minimized. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inventors: Smith; Robert W. (Los Altos, CA) Assignee: SynOptics Communications, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA) Appl. No.: 08/001,809 Filed: January 8, 1993 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current U.S. Class: 333/1 ; 174/34; 333/12; 333/22R; 379/416 Current International Class: H03H 7/38 ; H03H 007/00 () Field of Search: 333/1,12,22R 307/89-91 174/32-34,36 379/398,416 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References Cited [Referenced By] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U.S. Patent Documents 1998960 April 1935 Kaar 2026308 December 1935 Ganz 2222406