Anti crosstalk electrical connector and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing an electrical connector comprising the steps of:

• providing an insulative housing;
• providing a contact insert, this step including the sub-steps of:
• stamping a sheet of metal plate to form a contact carrier having a plurality of contacts and a carrier strip connecting the contacts together;
• providing a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of conductive pads and conductive traces connecting selected conductive pads;
• electrically connecting the contacts to corresponding conductive pads;
• and
• severing at least one selected contact to define a mating portion and a mounting portion physically isolated from each other, thereby establishing a signal transmitting route from the mating portion to the mounting portion of the at least one selected contact via the conductive pads and the traces of the PCB;
• and
• assembling the contact insert to the housing.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a mating port;
• a terminal core disposed in said housing in communication with said mating port;
• said terminal core including:
• a substrate with conductive traces thereon;
• a plurality of juxtaposed terminals thereof, each of said terminals defining a slanted contact portion, a vertical solder portion and a horizontal connection portion therebetween, all of the connection portions being located on said substrate;
• a connection portion of a specific terminal of said terminals being cut out in a middle with an isolated piece between two opposite ends which essentially electrically rejoined and connected via said conductive traces and substantially respectively connect to the contact portion and the solder portion;
• and
• an enlarged grounding pad formed on said substrate and mechanically and electrically connecting to said isolated piece so as to form a three dimensional grounding bar thereof to reduce crosstalk derived from the neighboring terminals from effecting said specific terminal.