US Patent 7828601 Data transmission connector system with free floating potential ring

The invention relates to a connector system for the transmission of high-frequency signals, in particular on twisted-pair lines, wherein the connector system has a socket for accommodating a plug, a terminal for the connection of an at least two-conductor cable and a printed circuit board with at least two electric signal conductors for connecting the socket to the terminal, wherein at least one conductor path section with free floating potential is provided in the area of the printed circuit board, which section is coupled capacitively and/or inductively to at least two different signal conductors.