abstract |
A USB cable for transmitting data at superspeed at a frequency of at least 10 GHz is provided, comprising a jacket, and positioned within said jacket at least a power cable and a plurality of shielded insulated conductors for transmitting said data at speeds up to 10 Gbps per channel, the insulation of said insulated conductors exhibiting a dissipation factor of no greater than 0.00035 at 10 GHz, and comprising melt-fabricable perfiuoropoiymer, such as tetrafluoroethylene/hexafluoropropylene copolymer or tetrafluoroethylene/perfluoro(alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer. |