Cable connector having pre-assembled terminal modules

A cable connector comprising:

• an insulative member;
• two rows of terminals and at least one grounding element attached to the insulative member;
• a cable end including a plurality of cables each having a conductive core and a shield circling a corresponding conductive core, the cables being arranged in two rows in accordance with the terminals and the conductive cores being electrically connected to tail portions of corresponding terminals, the shields being electrically connected to the at least one grounding element;
• an insulator located between the two rows of cables for preventing the cables and bearing against the rear end of the insulative member from drawing one row of terminals toward the other row and for preventing the at least one terminal module from tipping;
• and
• a cover attached to the insulative member.

A cable connector comprising:

• an insulative housing;
• two discrete terminal modules oppositely disposed in said housing, each of said terminal module including an insulative base and plural pairs of signal terminals and grounding bars located on opposite sides of said base, the grounding bars of said two terminal modules being located between the signal terminals of said two terminal modules;
• two rows of cables each having an inner conductive core and an outer coaxial metal web isolated from each other by insulative material therebetween;
• said conductive core being mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal terminal, and said metal web mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding grounding bar;
• wherein
• a spacer bearing against the rear end of the two terminal modules for preventing the two terminal modules from tipping is located between said two rows of cables and substantially separates the grounding bars of said two opposite terminal modules.