Cable connector for high speed in interconnects

A cable assembly, comprising:

• a cable comprising a conductive element;
• and
• a signal conductor comprising a contact tail, a mating contact portion opposite the contact tail in a first direction, and an intermediate portion extending between the contact tail and the mating contact portion, the contact tail and the intermediate portion each comprising first and second broadsides and first and second edges joining the broadsides, the first edge of the contact tail extending from the first edge of the intermediate portion and the second edge of the contact tail extending from the second edge of the intermediate portion, wherein:
• the conductive element of the cable is attached to the first edge of the contact tail of the signal conductor at an attachment location;
• the first edge of the contact tail of the signal conductor is offset in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, relative to the first edge of the intermediate portion such that the attachment location is offset with respect to the first edge of the intermediate portion;
• the conductive element of the cable is a first conductive element of the cable, and the cable comprises a second conductive element;
• the signal conductor is a first signal conductor and the cable assembly comprises a second signal conductor adjacent the first signal conductor, wherein the second signal conductor comprises a contact tail, a mating contact portion opposite the contact tail in a first direction, and an intermediate portion extending between the contact tail and the mating contact portion, the contact tail and the intermediate portion each comprising first and second broadsides and first and second edges joining the broadsides, the first edge of the contact tail extending from the first edge of the intermediate portion and the second edge of the contact tail extending from the second edge of the intermediate portion;
• the first edge of the first signal conductor faces the second edge of the second signal conductor;
• the second conductive element of the cable is attached to the second edge of the contact tail of the second signal conductor;
• and
• the first edge of the contact tail of the first signal conductor and the second edge of the contact tail of the second signal conductor taper away from each other.

A cable assembly, comprising:

• a plurality of signal conductors, each signal conductor of the plurality of signal conductors comprising a contact tail, a mating contact portion opposite the contact tail, and an intermediate portion extending between the contact tail and the mating contact portion, the contact tail comprising broadsides and edges joining the broadsides, the edges extending between the broadsides and in parallel to each other, and the edges being narrower than the broadsides;
• a plurality of cables, each of the plurality of cables comprising at least one conductive element attached to only one of the edges of the contact tail of a respective signal conductor of the plurality of signal conductors;
• and
• a housing molded over at least a portion of each of the plurality of signal conductors, holding the plurality of signal conductors in a column.

A cable assembly, comprising:

• a cable comprising a conductive element;
• a signal conductor comprising a contact tail, a mating contact portion opposite the contact tail, and an intermediate portion extending between the contact tail and the mating contact portion;
• and
• a joint between the conductive element and the signal conductor, wherein:
• the contact tail of the signal conductor comprises broadsides and edges, the edges being narrower than the broadsides and joining the broadsides,
• the conductive element of the cable is attached to an edge of the edges of the contact tail of the signal conductor to form the joint,
• the joint is a weld,
• the mating contact portion is at an end of the signal conductor that is opposite the contact tail in a first direction,
• the intermediate portion of the signal conductor comprises first and second broadsides and first and second edges joining the broadsides,
• first and second broadsides and first and second edges of the contact tail of the signal conductor extend from respective first and second broadsides and first and second edges of the intermediate portion of the signal conductor,
• the joint is formed at a first edge of the contact tail, and
• the joint is offset, in a direction perpendicular to the first direction, from the respective first edge of the intermediate portion of the signal conductor.