Electrical connector
AssigneesFoxconn (Kunshan) Computer Connector Co., Ltd., Foxconn Interconnect Technology Limited
InventorsWEI-TA TSENG, Jou-Tzu SHEN
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes: a housing extending along a longitudinal direction; and a row of first terminals retained in the housing and including plural signal terminals and plural grounding terminals, each first terminal including a plate portion and a leg portion extending out of the housing, the plate portion defining an outer face exposed upon the housing and an inner face opposite the outer face, the outer face of the plate portion of the first terminal defining a mating face, wherein a transmission line is formed on the housing by laser direct structuring, and the transmission line is electrically connected to plural ground terminals to connect plural ground terminals in series.
Claims10
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing extending along a longitudinal direction;
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- a row of first terminals retained in the housing and comprising plural signal terminals and plural grounding terminals, each first terminal comprising a plate portion and a leg portion extending out of the housing, the plate portion defining an exposed outer face exposed upon the housing and an inner face opposite the outer face, the outer face defining a mating face;
- wherein a transmission line is formed on the housing by laser direct structuring, the transmission line is electrically connected to the plural ground terminals in series, the transmission line includes plural grounding lines corresponding to the plural grounding terminals and plural connecting lines each connecting two adjacent grounding lines to each other, the grounding terminals abut against the grounding lines, and the connecting lines are spaced apart from the signal terminals in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.