Cable connector and cable assembly, and method of manufacturing cable assembly

A cable assembly comprising:

• a cable for differential signal transmission;
• and a cable connector electrically connected with the cable for differential signal transmission,
• the cable for differential signal transmission including:
• a pair of signal line conductors;
• an insulator provided in peripheries of the respective signal line conductors;
• and
• an outer conductor provided in periphery of the insulator, and
• the cable connector including:
• a connector board made of an insulating material;
• a pair of signal line contacts which are provided in the connector board and are electrically connected with the respective signal line conductors;
• a ground contact which is provided in the connector board and is electrically connected with the outer conductor;
• and
• an outer-conductor adhering portion which is provided in the ground contact, is protruded from a side wall portion of the connector board, and is adhered with the outer conductor by a conductive adhesive.

A method of manufacturing a cable assembly comprising:

• a cable preparing step of preparing a cable for differential signal transmission including
• a pair of signal line conductors,
• an insulator provided in peripheries of the respective signal line conductors, and
• an outer conductor provided in periphery of the insulator;
• a cable-connector preparing step of preparing a cable connector including
• a connector board made of an insulating material,
• a pair of signal line contacts which are provided in the connector board and are electrically connected with the respective signal line conductors,
• a ground contact which is provided in the connector board and is electrically connected with the outer conductor, and
• an outer-conductor adhering portion which is provided in the ground contact, is protruded from a side wall portion of the connector board, and is adhered with the outer conductor by a conductive adhesive;
• an adhesive applying step of applying the conductive adhesive on the outer-conductor adhering portion;
• and
• a connecting step of arranging the outer conductor in the outer-conductor adhering portion on which the conductive adhesive has been applied and of arranging the respective signal line conductors in the respective signal line contacts so that the respective signal line conductors and the respective signal line contacts are electrically connected with each other.