Cable connector assembly

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• a connector housing having a mating end and a cable end, the connector housing including cable cavities extending between the mating end and the cable end;
• and
• a plurality of cable assemblies received in corresponding cable cavities and coupled to the connector housing, each cable assembly including a cable and a contact assembly coupled to an end of the cable, the cable extending from the cable end of the connector housing, the cable having an insulator holding a first conductor and a second conductor, the cable having a cable shield surrounding the first and second conductors along a length of the cable, the contact assembly including a contact holder holding a first contact and a second contact, the contact assembly including a contact shield providing electrical shielding for the first and second contacts;
• the contact holder including a first contact channel and a second contact channel, the contact holder extending between a front and a rear, the cable coupled to the rear of the contact holder;
• the first contact received in the first contact channel, the first contact being terminated to an end of the first conductor at a first interface, the first contact having a mating end forward of the front of the contact holder;
• the second contact received in the second contact channel, the second contact being terminated to an end of the second conductor at a second interface, the second contact having a mating end forward of the front of the contact holder;
• and
• the contact shield coupled to the contact holder, the contact shield including a base and a shroud forward of the base, the base located in the corresponding cable cavity, the shroud located at least one of at or forward of the mating end of the connector housing, the base surrounding a base chamber that receives an end of the cable and the contact holder, the base surrounding the first and second contacts and the first and second conductors to provide electrical shielding at the first and second interfaces, the base being electrically connected to the cable shield, the shroud surrounding a shroud chamber that receives the mating ends of the first and second contacts to provide electrical shielding along the mating ends of the first and second contacts.

A communication system comprising:

• a first cable connector assembly including a first connector housing having first cable cavities extending between a mating end and a cable end, the first cable connector assembly including a plurality of first cable assemblies received in corresponding first cable cavities and coupled to the first connector housing, each first cable assembly including a first cable and a first contact assembly coupled to an end of the first cable, the first cable having an insulator holding a first conductor and a second conductor, the first cable having a first cable shield, the first contact assembly including a first contact holder holding a first contact and a second contact, the first contact assembly including a first contact shield providing electrical shielding for the first and second contacts, the first contact shield providing 360° shielding for the first and second contacts along a length of the first and second contacts, the first contact shield electrically coupled to the first cable shield and providing 360° shielding for a length of the first cable shield;
• a second cable connector assembly including a second connector housing having second cable cavities extending between a mating end and a cable end, the second cable connector assembly including a plurality of second cable assemblies received in corresponding second cable cavities and coupled to the second connector housing, each second cable assembly including a second cable and a second contact assembly coupled to an end of the second cable, the second cable having an insulator holding a third conductor and a fourth conductor, the second cable having a second cable shield, the second contact assembly including a second contact holder holding a third contact and a fourth contact, the third contact configured to be electrically connected to the first contact, the fourth contact configured to be electrically connected to the second contact, the second contact assembly including a second contact shield providing electrical shielding for the third and fourth contacts, the second contact shield providing 360° shielding for the third and fourth contacts along a length of the third and fourth contacts, the second contact shield electrically coupled to the second cable shield and providing 360° shielding for a length of the second cable shield, the second contact shield configured to be electrically connected to the first contact shield.