RJ modular connector having grounding mechanism
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorJames Hyland
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Abstract
A RJ modular connector (1) comprises a housing (10) defining a plug receiving section (11) and a terminal insert receiving section (12). A terminal insert (20) includes a plurality of terminals (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28) and a pair of grounding terminals (30) beside the plurality of terminals. An electrical connection is established between the grounding terminals and grounding traces (351, 371, 381, 391, 451, 471, 481, 491) defined between selected pairs of signal terminals through a grounding layer (31b, 41a) and a pair of ground pads (329, 429) defined on a printed circuit board.
Claims11
A RJ modular connector comprising:
- a housing defining a plug receiving section and a terminal insert receiving section;
- and
- a terminal insert received in said terminal insert receiving section and comprising a printed circuit board (PCB), a plurality of signal terminals mounted to the PCB and a grounding terminal beside the plurality of signal terminals;
- wherein the PCB defines a conductive trace formed on a first side thereof and a plurality of grounding traces on a second side thereof, each grounding trace being defined between a selected pair of signal terminals, a grounding layer and a ground pad being disposed on the PCB for establishing an electrical connection between the grounding terminal and the grounding traces for reducing the noise between the selected pairs of signal terminals.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a terminal module disposed in the housing, said terminal module including:
- a plurality of terminals side by side arranged with one another, each of said terminals including an oblique section for engagement with a plug, and a horizontal section soldered on a corresponding signal trace on a surface of a printed circuit board;
- wherein
- at least a slender grounding trace is formed on said one surface between the two adjacent signal traces for reducing crosstalk between the two adjacent terminals which are soldered on said two adjacent signal traces, respectively.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a cavity for receiving a plug;
- a terminal module disposed in the housing, said terminal module including:
- a plurality of signal terminals side by side arranged with one another, each of said terminals including a horizontal section soldered on a printed circuit board;
- wherein
- at least one grounding terminal positioned by one side of said signal terminals, said grounding terminal defining a horizontal section and a tail mounting section extending downwardly from said horizontal section;
- wherein
- all grounding traces on two opposite surfaces of the printed circuit board are electrically connected to said grounding terminal for grounding to a main printed circuit board on which the housing is seated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.