Connector with grounding zone for low crosstalk
AssigneeAmphenol East Asia Limited (Hong Kong)
InventorsLo-Wen Lu, Hsiu-Chi Liu
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Abstract
A plug connector with reduced crosstalk and susceptibility to EMI with a grounding zone coupling contact sections of ground terminals and exposed on a bottom of a docking portion. The connector may have a plate-shaped docking portion, a plurality of signal terminals and a plurality of ground terminals extending in a vertical direction . and arranged on a surface of the docking portion along a horizontal direction. There is at least one signal terminal between at least two adjacent ground terminals, and those ground terminals are connected via a metal member elongated in the horizontal direction to form a grounding zone, which covers at least a portion of the bottom.
Claims20
A connector comprising:
- a plate-shaped docking portion comprising:
- a first surface, an opposite second surface and a bottom surface joining the first surface and the second surface;
- a plurality of signal terminals exposed at the first surface of the docking portion, each of the plurality of signal terminals elongated in a vertical axis direction and separated from each other along a horizontal axis direction;
- a plurality of ground terminals exposed at the first surface of the docking portion, each of the plurality of ground terminals elongated in the vertical axis direction and separated from each other along the horizontal axis direction,
- wherein:
- the bottom surface joins the first surface at a first edge;
- at least one signal terminal of the plurality of signal terminals is between at least two ground terminals of the plurality of ground terminals,
- the at least two ground terminals are integrally formed with a grounding zone connecting the at least two ground terminals along the horizontal axis direction;
- the grounding zone covers at least a portion of the bottom surface of the docking portion;
- and
- a horizontal width of the grounding zone is greater than a horizontal width of any of the plurality of signal terminals.
A connector comprising:
- a docking portion having a planar surface and a bottom transverse to the planar surface;
- a plurality of terminals, each divided into a contact section, a relay section, and a fixing section, and supported by the docking portion with the contact sections exposed at the planar surface for mating with terminals of a mating connector;
- and
- an elongated metal member disposed on at least the bottom,
- wherein:
- the plurality of terminals comprise first-type terminals and second-type terminals;
- the contact sections of the first-type terminals are disposed between contact sections of second-type terminals;
- and
- the contact sections of the second-type terminals are joined to the elongated metal member.
An electronic system comprising a plug connector and a receptacle connector, wherein:
- the receptacle connector comprises a docking port;
- and
- the plug connector comprises:
- a docking portion configured to fit within the docking port so as to mate with the receptacle connector when inserted in a vertical direction, the docking portion comprising a surface and a bottom, transverse to the surface;
- a plurality of signal terminals comprising contact sections disposed on the surface and elongated in the vertical direction;
- a plurality of ground terminals comprising contact sections disposed on the surface and elongated in the vertical direction;
- and
- an elongated metal member integrally formed with the plurality of ground terminals and covering at least a portion of the bottom.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.