Patent 7700882 was granted and assigned to Sony on April, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The cable device includes a signal line portion electrically connecting an electronic circuit board having an electronic circuit operating at a clock signal having a high frequency with the other electronic circuit board. The cable device further includes a shield portion shielding the signal line portion having a plurality of through-holes located at intervals in the length direction of the signal line portion such that the shield portion includes a plurality of length portions differing in length from the signal line portion.