US Patent 7621781 Electrical connector with crosstalk canceling features

An electrical connector system includes first and second connector assemblies. Each connector assembly includes contacts arranged in at least two differential pairs wherein one of the pairs is an aggressor pair and one of the pairs is a victim pair. A differential signal carried by the aggressor pair generates far end crosstalk on the victim pair. The contacts are arranged such that, when the first and second connector assemblies are electrically connected to each other, the far end crosstalk on the victim pair in the first connector assembly has a magnitude and a polarity, and the far end crosstalk on the victim pair in the second connector assembly has the same magnitude and an opposite polarity.