Cable card assembly of an electrical connector having capacitors

A cable card assembly for an electrical connector comprising:

• a circuit card having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit card having a cable end and a mating end, the circuit card having circuit conductors defining signal transmission paths through the circuit card, the circuit conductors including cable pads at the cable end and capacitor pads adjacent the corresponding cable pads, the circuit card having a ground plane;
• twin axial cables electrically coupled to the circuit card, each twin axial cable including a pair of signal conductors and a cable shield surrounding the pair of signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the corresponding signal conductors, the signal conductors configured to be electrically connected to the circuit conductors of the circuit card, the twin axial cable extending along a cable axis;
• a ground bus mounted to the circuit card, the ground bus being electrically connected to the cable shields to electrically connect the cable shields of the twin axial cables, the ground bus being electrically connected to the ground plane of the circuit card, the ground bus including a shell having pockets and separating walls between the pockets, each pocket receiving an end of the corresponding twin axial cable, the separating walls providing shielding between the ends of the twin axial cables;
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• capacitors coupled to the circuit card in the pockets, each capacitor connected between the corresponding cable pad and the corresponding capacitor pad, the capacitors being surrounded by the shell to provide shielding for the capacitors.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing having walls forming a cavity, the housing having a mating end configured to be mated with a second electrical connector;
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• a cable card assembly received in the cavity of the housing, the cable card assembly including a circuit card, twin axial cables electrically connected to the circuit card, capacitors electrically connected to the circuit card, and a ground bus coupled to the circuit card over ends of the twin axial cables and the capacitors to provide electrical shielding for the twin axial cables and the capacitors, the circuit card having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit card having a cable end and a mating end, the circuit card having circuit conductors defining signal transmission paths through the circuit card, each circuit conductor including a cable pad at the cable end and a capacitor pad adjacent the corresponding cable pad, the circuit card having a ground plane, each twin axial cable including a pair of signal conductors and a cable shield surrounding the pair of signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the corresponding signal conductors, the signal conductors configured to be electrically connected to the circuit conductors of the circuit card, the ground bus being electrically connected to the cable shields to electrically connect the cable shields of the twin axial cables, the ground bus being electrically connected to the ground plane of the circuit card, the ground bus including a shell having pockets and separating walls between the pockets, each pocket receiving an end of the corresponding twin axial cable and the corresponding capacitors, the separating walls providing shielding between the ends of the twin axial cables and the capacitors, each capacitor connected between the corresponding cable pad and the corresponding capacitor pad.