Shielded electronic card connector

An electrical connector for engaging with a circuit board, comprising:

• an insulating housing including a step-shaped head section having a body and a projection located above the body, and a pair of guiding arms extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the head section for guiding the insertion of the circuit board;
• a plurality of signal and power contacts respectively retained in the body and the projection, the signal and power contacts having solder tails for being electrically soldered to the electronic card by fusible paste;
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• a conductive shield substantially enclosing top and bottom surfaces of the insulating housing and having at least one grounding tail for electrically connecting to the circuit board, and the solder tails of the signal and power contacts extending rearwardly beyond a rear edge of the conductive shield.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing including a head section and a pair of guiding arms extending rearwardly from two opposite ends of the head section;
• said housing including an elongated body having a same level with the pair of guiding arms, and a projection elevated above said elongated body;
• a plurality of first contacts received in the elongated body with surface mounting tails commonly located in a first horizontal plane;
• a plurality of second contacts received in the projection with surface mounting tails located commonly in said first horizontal plane;
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• a shielding device covering a top face of the projection and a bottom face of the elongated body, said shielding device including a plurality of grounding fingers, of which some have corresponding surface mounting tails coplanar with said first horizontal plane.

An electrical connector for engaging with a circuit board, comprising:

• an insulating housing including a head section and a pair of guiding arms extending rearwardly from opposite ends of the head section for guiding the insertion of the circuit board, the housing defining a slot therein;
• a plurality of first and second contacts retained in the head section, each first contact having a different structure with each second contact, the first and second contacts having solder tails for electrically connecting to the circuit board;
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• a conductive shield comprising first and second plates mechanically connected with each other and respectively covering top and bottom surfaces of the insulating housing, the first and second plates each having a folding tab received in the slot for securing the first and second plates on the housing and having grounding tails for electrically connecting to the circuit board.