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US 6,913,490 B2Granted
High speed electrical connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsRobert Neil Whiteman, Jr., Wayne Samuel Davis
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Abstract
An electrical connector comprising a connector housing holding signal contacts and ground contacts in an array organized into rows. Each row includes pairs of the signal contacts and some of the ground contacts arranged in a pattern, wherein adjacent first and second rows have respective different first and second patterns.
Claims15
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- signal contacts held in said housing and organized in rows, each said row including differential pairs of said signal contacts configured to carry differential signals, said differential pairs of said signal contacts in a first row being staggered with respect to said differential pairs of said signal contacts in a second row.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- signal and ground contacts held in said housing, said signal contacts being grouped in signal contact pairs to carry differential signals, each said signal contact pair being positioned adjacent a corresponding said ground contact and arranged along a corresponding row, wherein a first row of said signal contact pairs and said ground contacts is staggered with respect to a second row of said signal contact pairs and said ground contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.