Cable connector having improved cross-talk suppressing feature

A cable connector comprising:

• a base;
• a cover mounted on the base;
• and
• a cable assembly mounted between the base and the cover, comprising:
• a cable including a plurality of lines each including a ground conductor and a signal pair including upper and lower signal conductors;
• a plurality of shielding plates each being in electrical connection with a corresponding ground conductor;
• a printed circuit board having a front end and a rear end with which the shielding plates and the signal pairs are in electrical connection in such manner that each signal pair is located between two neighboring shielding plates, the upper signal conductors being in electrical connection with a top face of the printed circuit board and the lower signal conductors being in electrical connection with a bottom face of the printed circuit board;
• and
• a plurality of contacts each having a rear end in electrical connection with the front end of the printed circuit board and a front end adapted for electrically engaging with a complementary connector;
• wherein
• each of said shielding plates includes a body portion defining a main surface thereon, and an exposed portion of the corresponding ground conductor is soldered upon said body portion in a parallel relation;
• wherein
• a front end of an insulative layer enclosing each of said signal conductors, is spaced from the rear end of the printed circuit board with a distance.

A cable assembly for use in a cable connector comprising:

• a cable comprising a plurality of lines each including a ground conductor and a signal pair including first and second signal conductors;
• a plurality of shielding plates each being connected to a corresponding ground conductor;
• a printed circuit board having opposite first and second ends, the shielding plates and the signal pairs being electrically connected to the first end of the printed circuit board in such manner that each of the signal pairs is located between two neighboring shielding plates;
• and
• a plurality of contacts being electrically connected to the second end of the printed circuit board and in electrical connection with the ground conductors and the signal conductors;
• wherein
• each of said shielding plates includes a body portion defining a main surface thereon, and an exposed portion of the corresponding ground conductor is soldered upon said body portion in a parallel relation;
• wherein
• a front end of an insulative layer enclosing each of said signal conductors, is spaced from the first end of the printed circuit board with a distance.

A cable assembly for use in a cable connector comprising:

• a cable comprising a plurality of lines each including a ground conductor and at least one signal conductor;
• a spacer insert-molded to front ends of the lines and substantially equally spacing the front ends of the lines from each other;
• a printed circuit board defining a rear end electrically connected to the signal conductors and said the ground conductors;
• and
• a plurality of shielding plates connected to the ground conductors, respectively, wherein each of the at least one signal conductor is located between two neighboring shielding plates;
• wherein
• said shielding plates are spaced from the spacer in a front-to-back direction with a first distance, and said spacer is spaced from the rear end of the printed circuit board with a second distance, said second distance being larger than the first distance.

A cable assembly for a cable connector, comprising:

• a cable including a plurality of lines each including at least one signal conductor and a ground conductor;
• and
• a printed circuit board having top and bottom faces, wherein the at least one signal conductor of the each of said lines is electrically connected to a corresponding solder pad on least one of the top and the bottom faces of the printed circuit board, and the ground conductor thereof is electrically connected to the printed circuit board in such manner that the ground conductor of the each of said lines is located between the two corresponding signal conductors of the two neighboring lines;
• wherein
• said ground conductor is electrically connected to the printed circuit board via a corresponding shielding plate which is mechanically and electrically a corresponding solder pad of the printed circuit board, electrically and mechanically isolates the two corresponding neighboring signal pairs from each other, and electrically and mechanically connected to the said ground conductor;
• wherein
• each of said shielding plates includes a body portion defining a main surface thereon, and an exposed portion of the corresponding ground conductor is soldered upon said body portion in a parallel relation;
• wherein
• a front end of an insulative layer enclosing each of said signal conductors, is spaced from a corresponding edge of the printed circuit board with a distance.