Backplane connector with improved structural strength

A backplane connector, comprising:

• a housing;
• and
• a plurality of wafers assembled to the housing, each wafers comprising:
• a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal comprising a contact portion and a connection portion connected to the contact portion;
• an insulating frame fixed with the connection portions of the conductive terminals, the contact portions extending beyond the insulating frame;
• a metal shield disposed at least on one side of the insulating frame;
• wherein the housing comprises an insulating housing and a metal shell fixed to the insulating housing, the insulating housing comprises a plurality of slots for positioning the wafers, the metal shell comprises a mating surface and a plurality of terminal receiving grooves extending through the mating surface, and the contact portions of the conductive terminals are exposed in corresponding terminal receiving grooves.