Flexible electrical connector, connection arrangement including a flexible electrical connector, a connector receiver for receiving a flexible electrical connector

A connection arrangement comprising a flexible connector comprising a flexible electrical connector adapted to connect to a complimentary electrical connector receiver, said flexible electrical connector comprising first and second pluralities of spaced apart, elongate, signal carriers;

• an elongate current return conductor;
• and an insulator;
• said first plurality of signal carriers being spaced apart from said current return conductor by said insulator and extending substantially parallel to said current return conductor, and said second plurality of signal carriers being spaced from an opposite side of said current return conductor to said first plurality of signal carriers by a further insulator, respective exposed end regions of said first and second pluralities of signal carriers and said current return conductor comprising respective, integrally formed contact regions thereof, said contact regions being adapted to couple said signal carriers and said current return conductor electrically to corresponding contacts of said complimentary electrical connector receiver and a complimentary electrical connector receiver comprising a housing, first and second pluralities of signal contacts, and a current return conductor contact:
• each of said first and second pluralities of signal contacts being arranged to engage said respective contact regions of said first and second pluralities of signal carriers, each of said first plurality of signal contacts being configured so as to allow said connector to pass thereover so as to enable said current return conductor to contact said current return conductor contact.

A connection arrangement comprising a flexible connector comprising a flexible electrical connector adapted to connect to a complimentary electrical connector receiver, said flexible electrical connector comprising first and second pluralities of spaced apart, elongate, thin film metal tracks, each of which is arranged to carry a signal;

• an elongate metal ground plane;
• and an insulating layer;
• said first plurality of metal tracks being spaced apart from said ground plane by said insulating layer and extending substantially parallel to said ground plane, and said second plurality of metal tracks being spaced from an opposite side of said ground plane to said first plurality of metal tracks by an, or the, insulating layer, respective exposed end regions of said first and second pluralities of metal tracks and said ground plane comprising respective, integrally formed contact regions thereof, said contact regions being adapted to couple said first and second pluralities of metal tracks and said ground plane electrically to corresponding contacts of said complimentary electrical connector receiver and a complimentary electrical connector receiver comprising a housing, first and second pluralities of signal contacts, and a ground plane contact:
• each of said first and second pluralities of signal contacts being arranged to engage said respective contact regions of said first and second pluralities metal tracks, each of said first plurality of signal contacts being configured so as to allow said connector to pass thereover so as to enable said ground plane to contact said ground plane contact.