Electrical connector with horizontal ground plane
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorDean William Vermeersch
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Abstract
An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing and a circuit board provided therein. The circuit board has a body arranged along a circuit board plane, and the body includes a separable interface configured to directly join to a mating connector. A ground plane is arranged parallel to the circuit board plane. Signal contacts are provided on at least one side of the circuit board at the separable interface. Immediately adjacent signal contacts on a common side of the circuit board are configured to convey signals that are independent from one another.
Claims25
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- a circuit board provided in said housing, said circuit board having a body arranged along a circuit board plane, said body having a separable interface configured to directly join to a mating connector;
- a ground plane arranged parallel to said circuit board plane;
- and
- signal contacts provided on at least one side of said circuit board at said separable interface, wherein adjacent signal contacts on a common side of said circuit board are configured to convey differential pair signals, wherein each of the adjacent signal contacts on the common side of said circuit board is associated with a different differential pair.
The electrical connector of claim 24, wherein said signal contacts include first and second signal contacts configured to operate in single ended applications and are remotely positioned relative to each other regardless of signal contact function in the application.
The electrical connector of claim 24, wherein said signal contacts include first and second signal contacts carrying signals for separate single ended applications, said first and second signal contacts being arranged adjacent to one another and bordered only on one side by a ground contact.
The electrical connector of claim 24, wherein said signal contacts include first and second signal contacts carrying signals for separate single ended applications, said signal contacts being arranged randomly relative to the location of any other signal contact, regardless of function.
(canceled)
A circuit board configured to be utilized in an electrical connector, comprising:
- a body arranged along a circuit board plane, said body having a separable interface configured to directly join to contacts of a mating connector;
- a ground plane arranged parallel to said circuit board plane;
- and
- signal contacts provided on at least one side of said body at said separable interface, wherein adjacent signal contacts on a common side of said body are configured to convey differential pair signals, wherein each of the adjacent signal contacts on the common side of said circuit board is associated with a different differential pair.
-23. (canceled)
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- a circuit board provided in said housing, said circuit board having a body arranged along a circuit board plane, said body having a separable interface configured to directly join to a mating connector;
- a ground plane arranged parallel to said circuit board plane;
- and
- signal contacts provided on at least one side of said circuit board at said separable interface, wherein adjacent signal contacts on a common side of said circuit board are configured to convey single ended application signals, wherein each of the adjacent signal contacts on the common side of said circuit board is associated with a different single ended application signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.