Header assembly for mounting to a circuit substrate
AssigneeBerg Technology, Inc.
InventorStanley W. Olson
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Abstract
An electrical connector has a base defining a plurality of aperture spaces therein. A plurality of contacts are received and secured within the aperture spaces, and include signal contacts and ground contacts. In addition, a plurality of ground shields are received and secured within the aperture spaces. The ground shields are positioned to shield selected ones of the signal contacts from noise and/or cross-talk generated by other signal contacts within the base. Each ground shield has an electrical contact site at which the ground shield is in physical and electrical contact with a ground contact. The electrical contact site is flexible.
Claims54
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a base defining a plurality of aperture spaces therein;
- a plurality of contacts received and secured within the aperture spaces, including signal contacts and ground contacts;
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- a plurality of ground shields received and secured within the aperture spaces, the ground shields being positioned to shield selected ones of the signal contacts from noise and/or cross-talk generated by other signal contacts within the base, each ground shield having an electrical contact site at which the ground shield is in physical and electrical contact with a ground contact, the electrical contact site being flexible.
A ground shield for being received and secured within an electrical connector comprising a base defining a plurality of aperture spaces therein and a plurality of contacts received and secured within the aperture spaces, including signal contacts and ground contacts, the ground shield for being received and secured within one of the aperture spaces and for being positioned to shield selected ones of the signal contacts from noise and/or cross-talk generated by other signal contacts within the base, the ground shield having an electrical contact site at which the ground shield is to be in physical and electrical contact with a ground contact, the electrical contact site being flexible.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.