Cable card assembly of an electrical connector

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 opposite the cable end, the circuit card having mating conductors at the mating end for mating with a mating electrical connector, the circuit card having circuit conductors at the cable end, the circuit card having a ground plane;
• cables terminated to the circuit card, the cables including signal conductors and cable shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors;
• a cable yoke holding the cables in fixed positions relative to each other, the cable yoke including an inner yoke member and an outer yoke member coupled to the inner yoke member, the inner yoke member including inner cable troughs receiving the corresponding cables, the outer yoke member including outer cable troughs receiving the corresponding cables, the inner yoke member including inner connecting walls between the inner cable troughs, the outer yoke member including outer connecting walls between the outer cable troughs, the inner connecting walls being laser welded to the outer connecting walls to form the cable yoke, the cable yoke being electrically connected to the cable shields;
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• a ground bus coupled to the ground plane of the circuit card, the ground bus having cable pockets receiving the cable yoke and the corresponding cables, wherein the cable yoke positions the cables in the cable pockets relative to the ground bus, the ground bus being electrically connected to the cable yoke to electrically connect the cable shields of the cables to the ground plane of the circuit card.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing having walls forming a cavity, the housing having a mating end at a front of the housing configured to be mated with a mating 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, cables terminated to the circuit card, a cable yoke holding the cables, and a ground bus providing shielding for the cables, the circuit card having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit card having a cable end and a mating end opposite the cable end, the circuit card having mating conductors at the mating end for mating with the mating electrical connector, the circuit card having circuit conductors at the cable end, the circuit card having a ground plane and the ground bus being coupled to the ground plane, the cables including signal conductors and cable shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors, the cable yoke including cable troughs receiving the corresponding cables and holding the cables in fixed positions relative to each other, the cable yoke being electrically connected to the cable shields, the ground bus having cable pockets receiving the cable yoke and the corresponding cables, wherein the cable yoke positions the cables in the cable pockets relative to the ground bus, the ground bus being electrically connected to the cable yoke to electrically connect the cable shields of the cables to the ground plane of the circuit card.