Connector for transmitting high-speed signals
AssigneesTE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
InventorsLiang (Vincent) Huang, Eric David Briant
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Abstract
A connector includes a housing, a plurality of transmission terminals disposed within the housing, and a grounding strip disposed within the housing and arranged on one side of the plurality of transmission terminals. The grounding strip includes a plurality of grounding terminals and a plurality of extensions. The plurality of grounding terminals each extend from at least one end of the grounding strip. The plurality of extensions each extend from the grounding strip and are arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of grounding terminals. At least one of the plurality of extensions faces towards corresponding ones of the plurality of transmission terminals.
Claims22
A connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of transmission terminals disposed within the housing;
- and
- a grounding strip disposed within the housing and arranged on one side of the plurality of transmission terminals, and comprising:
- a plurality of grounding terminals each extending from at least one end of the grounding strip and including first grounding terminals, each first grounding terminal includes a first extending arm extending from a first end of the grounding strip and a first connecting arm extending from the first extending arm, the first connecting arm has a first free end bent from a vertical direction towards a horizontal direction, the first free end having a width gradually decreasing along a path bent 90 degrees from the vertical direction towards the horizontal direction;
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- a plurality of extensions each extending from the grounding strip and arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of grounding terminals, at least one of the plurality of extensions faces towards corresponding ones of the plurality of transmission terminals.
A connector assembly comprising:
- a circuit board;
- and
- a connector including:
- a housing,
- a plurality of transmission terminals arranged within the housing and welded to the circuit board;
- and
- a grounding strip arranged within the housing on one side of the plurality of transmission terminals, including:
- a plurality of grounding terminals each extending from at least one end of the grounding strip, the plurality of grounding terminals including first grounding terminals extending from a first end of the grounding strip and welded to the circuit board, each first grounding terminal includes a first extending arm extending from the first end of the grounding strip and a first connecting arm extending from the first extending arm, the first connecting arm has a first free end bent from a vertical direction towards a horizontal direction, the first free end having a width gradually decreasing along a path bent 90 degrees from the vertical direction towards the horizontal direction;
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- a plurality of extensions each extending from the grounding strip and positioned between two adjacent ones of the plurality of grounding terminals, the plurality of extensions including first extensions extending from the first end of the grounding strip.
A connector comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of transmission terminals disposed within the housing;
- and
- a grounding strip disposed within the housing and arranged on one side of the plurality of transmission terminals, and comprising:
- a plurality of grounding terminals each extending from at least one end of the grounding strip and including first grounding terminals and second grounding terminals, each first grounding terminal includes a first extending arm extending from a first end of the grounding strip and a first connecting arm extending from the first extending arm, the first connecting arm has a first free end bent from a vertical direction towards a horizontal direction, each second grounding terminal includes a second extending arm extending from a second end of the grounding strip, and a second connecting arm extending from the second extending arm in the horizontal direction and parallel to the second end of the grounding strip;
- and
- a plurality of extensions each extending from the grounding strip and arranged between two adjacent ones of the plurality of grounding terminals, at least one of the plurality of extensions faces towards corresponding ones of the plurality of transmission terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.