High speed electrical connector

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a housing comprising a mating surface exposing a slot and a mounting surface;
• a plurality of conductive elements held in the housing, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a mating end, a mounting end, and an intermediate portion joining the mating end and the mounting end, wherein the mating end comprises a mating contact portion curving into the slot of the housing, the mounting end comprises a mounting contact portion extending out of the housing, the intermediate portion comprises a projection towards a conductive shell, and the plurality of conductive elements comprises signal conductors and ground conductors;
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• the conductive shell covering one or more sides of the housing, wherein the conductive shell is coupled to the ground conductors, wherein:
• the conductive shell comprises a plurality of holes;
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• the projections of the intermediate portions of the ground conductors extend through respective holes of the conductive shell.

An electrical connector, comprising:

• a housing comprising a mating surface exposing a slot and a mounting surface;
• a plurality of conductive elements aligned in a row direction, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a mating end having a mating contact portion curving into the slot of the housing, a mounting end comprising a mounting contact portion extending out of the mounting surface of the housing, and an intermediate portion joining the mating end and the mounting end;
• a conductive shell extending from the mating surface to the mounting surface, wherein a subset of the plurality of conductive elements are coupled to the conductive shell;
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• a lossy member held in the housing and disposed adjacent the mounting surface of the housing, wherein the lossy member comprises protrusions contacting respective ones of the subset of the plurality of conductive elements.