TE 2-406541-2 — Shielded RJ45 Jack, 8P8C, Cat5, Right-Angle Through-Hole
The shielded shell and tab-up orientation make this jack suited for industrial Ethernet drops, panel-mount patch points, or any data connection where the cable enters from above the PCB and EMI bleed needs a low-impedance path to the chassis ground plane.
This jack carries a Cat5 rating, which means it is qualified for 100 MHz baseband signaling — the standard for 100BASE-TX Fast Ethernet and, in many installations, 1000BASE-T Gigabit Ethernet over short cable runs. Cat5 is not Cat5e or Cat6; the tighter crosstalk margins of Cat5e and the 250 MHz ceiling of Cat6 are not guaranteed here. For a control-network drop or a legacy 10/100 link, this is a clean fit. For a new 1 Gb/s structured-cabling run where the cable plant is Cat5e or better, the connector itself is unlikely to be the bottleneck in a short patch, but the system designer should verify the full channel margin if the run is long or the noise floor is high.
Shielded Shell and Grounding
The shielded construction is the feature that separates this jack from a commodity unshielded RJ45. For applications in electrically noisy industrial cabinets or near motor drives, the shielded shell is worth the extra attention during assembly inspection.
Operating Range and Environmental Fit
The thermoplastic housing handles the thermal cycling without cracking, and the gold-over-phosphor-bronze contacts resist corrosion through condensation cycles. The tray packaging (50 pieces typical) suits low-to-medium volume production runs or prototype builds where reel-fed pick-and-place is not required.