Connector having an electronic element built therein without disturbing a characteristic impedance

A connector to be mounted to a connection object, the connector comprising:

• a conductive first contact;
• a conductive second contact;
• an insulating housing holding the first and the second contacts;
• a circuit board with an electronic element mounted thereon, the circuit board having opposite surfaces;
• and
• a conductive shell covering the insulating housing;
• the insulating housing having a receiving portion for receiving and holding the circuit board;
• the first contact comprising:
• a first contacting portion to be contacted with a mating connector;
• and
• a first elastic contacting portion brought into elastic contact with the circuit board;
• the second contact comprising:
• a second contacting portion to be connected to the connection object;
• and
• a second elastic contacting portion brought into elastic contact with one of the opposite surfaces;
• the circuit board comprising:
• a conductive first connecting portion disposed on the circuit board to be connected to the first elastic contacting portion;
• a conductive second connecting portion disposed on the circuit board to be connected to the second elastic contacting portion;
• and
• a pair of ground patterns disposed on the circuit board with the first and the second connecting portions interposed therebetween;
• the shell having ground connecting portions brought into contact with another of the opposite surfaces and connected to the ground patterns, and a press-fit terminal portion to be press-fitted into a groove portion of the insulating housing;
• the insulating housing having a pair of guide grooves faced to each other at positions corresponding to the receiving portion;
• the guide grooves extending in a fitting direction of the mating connector;
• the circuit board being pinched between the second elastic contacting portion and the ground connecting portions and supported with its opposite end portions inserted into the guide grooves.