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US 6,848,944 B2Granted
Connector for high-speed communications
AssigneeFCI Americas Technology, Inc.
InventorRobert F. Evans
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Abstract
A high speed electrical connector is provided that comprises a substantially planar dielectric, a substantially planar ground plane, and a signal conductor. The ground plane is disposed on one planar surface of the planar dielectric and the signal conductor is disposed on the opposing planar surface of the planar dielectric.
Claims24
An electrical connector comprising:
- a substantially planar dielectric;
- a substantially planar ground plane disposed on one planar surface of the dielectric;
- and
- a plurality of differential pair signal conductors disposed on the opposing planar surface of the dielectric, each of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors having a corresponding pair of signal contact pins, each signal contact pin of the pair of signal contact pins comprising a) a surface mount portion surface mounted to one of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors, b) a mating portion extending from the surface mount portion, and c) an offset portion between the mating portion and the surface mount portion, offsetting the mating portion from the surface mount portion, wherein for each pair of signal contact pins, the offset portions of the pair of signal contact pins offset the mating portions of the pair of signal contact pins to opposite sides of the dielectric.
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An electrical connector comprising:
- a plurality of connection modules located substantially parallel to each other, each module comprising:
- a substantially planar dielectric;
- a substantially planar ground plane disposed on one planar surface of the dielectric;
- and
- a plurality of differential pair signal conductors disposed on the opposing planar surface of the dielectric, each of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors having a corresponding pair of signal contact pins, each signal contact pin of the pair of signal contact pins comprising a) a surface mount portion surface mounted to one of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors, b) a mating portion extending from the surface mount portion, and c) an offset portion between the mating portion and the surface mount portion, offsetting the mating portion from the surface mount portion, wherein for each pair of signal contact pins, the offset portions of the pair of signal contact pins offset the mating portions of the pair of signal contact pins to opposite sides of the dielectric.
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An electrical interconnection system comprising:
- a header connector comprising:
- a plurality of connection modules located substantially parallel to each other, each module comprising:
- a substantially planar dielectric;
- a substantially planar ground plane disposed on one planar surface of the dielectric;
- and
- a plurality of differential pair signal conductors disposed on the other planar surface of the dielectric, for each connection module, each of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors having a corresponding pair of signal contact pins, each signal contact pin of the pair of signal contact pins comprising a) a surface mount portion surface mounted to one of the plurality of differential pair signal conductors, b) a mating portion extending from the surface mount portion, and c) an offset portion between the mating portion and the surface mount portion, offsetting the mating portion from the surface mount portion, wherein for each pair of signal contact pins, the offset portions of the pair of signal contact pins offset the mating portions of the pair of signal contact pins to opposite sides of the dielectric;
- and
- a receptacle connector comprising:
- a plurality of receptacles contacts for receiving the signal contact pins and the ground contact pins.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.