Connector paddle card with improved wiring connection geometry

A cable that comprises:

• sheathed wires extending between a first connector and a second connector,
• each of the first and second connectors including a printed circuit board with at least one surface having:
• edge connector traces arranged along a first edge for contacting electrical conductors when the connector is inserted in a socket;
• an outer set of electrodes arranged parallel to a second edge for attaching unsheathed ends of some of the sheathed wires;
• and
• an inner set of electrodes arranged parallel to the second edge for attaching unsheathed ends of others of the sheathed wires,
• with the electrodes in the inner set being staggered relative to the electrodes in the outer set.

A cable manufacturing method that comprises:

• providing first and second printed circuit boards each having:
• edge connector traces arranged along a first edge for contacting electrical conductors when the printed circuit board is inserted in a matching socket;
• an outer set of electrodes arranged parallel to a second edge for attaching unsheathed ends of certain sheathed wires in a cable;
• and
• an inner set of electrodes arranged parallel to the second edge for attaching unsheathed ends of other sheathed wires in the cable, with the electrodes in the inner set being staggered relative to the electrodes in the outer set;
• soldering unsheathed ends of the sheathed wires to the electrodes in the inner and outer set;
• and
• packaging the first and second printed circuit boards into connectors adapted to fit into a socket.