Electronic cable connector

An electrical shielded cable connector for connecting a plurality of electrical signal-carrying wires to a printed circuit board having electrical circuits and a ground circuit, said shielded cable connector comprising:

• a shielded pin shroud fastenable to the printed circuit board and including a plurality of electrically conducting pins passing therethrough to make contact with the circuits on the printed circuit board, said pin shroud including electrically conductive coating on exterior surfaces thereof and being electrically connectable to the ground circuit on the printed circuit board;
• a shielded cable socket connector including a plurality of discrete wafers each including two or more insulation displacement contacts for making electrical and mechanical contact between the electrical signal-carrying wires in the circuits on the printed circuit board, each of said wafers further including an electrically conductive coating to shield the circuits from electromagnetic interference;
• a hood having outer surfaces, said hood retaining said discrete wafers in said cable socket connector and having an electrically conductive coating on said outer surfaces;
• each of said wafers having multiple insulation displacement contacts to engage said pins in said pin shroud when said cable socket connector is inserted into said pin shroud, the electrically conductive coating on said wafers making electrical contact with the electrically conductive coating on said hood when said wafers are retained in said hood;
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• said electrically conductive coating on said hood and said electrically conductive coating on said wafers being electrically connected to the electrically conductive coating on said pin shroud;
• the electrically conductive coating on said hood and said electrically conductive coating on said wafers being electrically grounded to the ground circuit on the printed circuit board when said cable socket connector is inserted in said pin shroud;
• wherein the pin shroud is capable of retaining more wafers than said cable socket connector,
• wherein each of said wafers has a wafer cover plate on one side of said wafer.