High frequency connector assembly

A connector assembly comprising:

• opposing signal arrays, each including a plurality of conductors, the conductors each including at least one inner conductive element and an outer conductive element;
• each signal array including a connector body having a front surface wherein the inner and outer conductive elements are electrically presented proximate the front surface, in a generally co-planar arrangement;
• the inner and outer conductive elements of the arrays terminating in a face surface that is raised above the front surface of the connector body for the respective array;
• a compressible interface element having a plurality of conductive elements embedded in a compressible, electrically insulative medium;
• the interface element positionable between the face surfaces of the connector bodies of the opposing arrays, and operable, when compressed therebetween, to pass signals between the signal arrays and maintain a geometric arrangement of the inner and outer conductive elements of the arrays through the interface element.

A connector assembly comprising:

• opposing signal arrays, each including a plurality of RF conductors, the RF conductors each including at least one inner conductive element and an outer conductive element;
• each signal array including a connector body having a front surface wherein the inner and outer conductive elements of the RF conductors are electrically presented proximate the front surface, in a generally co-planar arrangement;
• the inner and outer conductive elements of the RF conductors terminating in a face surface that is raised above the front surface of the connector body for the respective array;
• additional conductors in each of the signal arrays positioned at the front surface of the connector body and spaced away from the RF conductors, the additional conductors configured to pass one of a DC signal or a fiber-optic signal;
• a compressible interface element having a plurality of conductive elements embedded in a compressible, electrically insulative medium;
• the interface element positionable between the face surfaces of the connector bodies and between the respective RF conductors, and operable, when compressed therebetween, to pass RF signals between the signal arrays and maintain a geometric arrangement of the inner and outer conductive elements of the arrays through the interface element.