Cable connector with improved signal integrity and connector assembly having the same

A cable connector, comprising:

• an insulating body extending along a first direction and a second direction, the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction;
• a plurality of cable conductive terminals comprising a plurality of first cable conductive terminals disposed in a first row along the second direction and a plurality of second cable conductive terminals disposed in a second row along the second direction, the plurality of first cable conductive terminals in the first row and the plurality of second cable conductive terminals in the second row being disposed at intervals along the first direction for two rows, the plurality of first cable conductive terminals in the first row and the plurality of second cable conductive terminals in the second row being misaligned in the first direction, each of the first cable conductive terminals comprising a first mating portion and a first mounting portion, each of the second cable conductive terminals comprising a second mating portion and a second mounting portion, the plurality of first mounting portions of the plurality of first cable conductive terminals being flush with the plurality of second mounting portions of the plurality of second cable conductive terminals;
• a plurality of cables comprising a plurality of first cables connected to the plurality of first mounting portions and a plurality of second cables connected to the plurality of second mounting portions;
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• a grounding shell comprising an isolator extending along the second direction, the isolator being located between the plurality of first cable conductive terminals of the first row and the plurality of second cable conductive terminals of the second row along the first direction;
• wherein the first mounting portions of the plurality of first cable conductive terminals and the second mounting portions of the plurality of second cable conductive terminals are disposed in different rows;
• wherein the plurality of first cable conductive terminals comprise a plurality of first signal terminals and a plurality of second signal terminals, the first signal terminal and the second signal terminal located adjacent to the first signal terminal form a first differential pair;
• wherein the plurality of second cable conductive terminals comprise a plurality of third signal terminals and a plurality of fourth signal terminals, the third signal terminal and the fourth signal terminal locate adjacent to third signal terminal form a second differential pair;
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• wherein the first differential pair and the second differential pair are misaligned in the first direction;
• wherein each first mating portion of the first cable conductive terminal is U-shaped, each first cable conductive terminal comprises a first inclined portion connecting the first mating portion and the first mounting portion, so that a center plane of the first mating portion and a center plane of the first mounting portion are misaligned from each other;
• in the first differential pair, the first inclined portion of the first signal terminal is inclined in a direction away from the second signal terminal, and the first inclined portion of the second signal terminal is inclined in a direction away from the first signal terminal, so that a distance between the first mounting portion of the first signal terminal and the first mounting portion of the second signal terminal along the second direction is greater than a distance between the first mating portion of the first signal terminal and the first mating portion of the second signal terminal along the second direction;
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• wherein each second mating portion of the second cable conductive terminal is U-shaped, each second cable conductive terminal comprises a second inclined portion connecting the second mating portion and the second mounting portion, a center surface of the second mating portion and a center surface of the second mounting portion are misaligned from each other;
• in the second differential pair, the second inclined portion of the third signal terminal is inclined in a direction away from the fourth signal terminal, the second inclined portion of the fourth signal terminal is inclined in a direction away from the third signal terminal, and a distance between the second mounting portion of the third signal terminal and the second mounting portion of the fourth signal terminal along the second direction is greater than a distance between the second mating portion of the third signal terminal and the second mating portion of the fourth signal terminal along the second direction.