High density contact arrangement

An electrical device, comprising:

• an outer surface;
• and
• a plurality of signal contacts formed along an independent signal line exclusive of other contacts in a staggered configuration on the outer surface;
• a plurality of power contacts formed along a power line exclusive of other contacts;
• wherein the staggered configuration of the signal line arranges the signal contacts so as to be diagonally spaced from each other along the signal line such that the signal contacts have an effective spacing along the signal line that is less than the actual spacing of the signal contacts.

A method for arranging contacts, comprising:

• forming signal contacts in independent signal lines exclusive of other contacts along a surface of a device;
• forming power contacts in independent power lines exclusive of other contacts along the surface of the device;
• and
• staggering the positions of the signal contacts along the signal line such that an effective spacing of the signal contact along the signal line is smaller than the actual spacing of the signal contacts in the signal line.

An electrical device, comprising:

• an outer surface;
• and
• a plurality of independent signal lines each including a plurality of signal contacts arranged in a staggered configuration being exclusive of power contacts;
• and
• a plurality of independent power lines each including a plurality of power contacts and being exclusive of signal contacts;
• wherein the signal and power contacts are arranged in a non-orthogonal grid pattern such that the contacts are diagonally oriented within the grid pattern.