Stacked connector assembly
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsRichard Elof Hamner, Michael Warren Fogg, Eric Leonard Himelright, Justin Shane McClellan
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Abstract
A stacked electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having an upper face opposite a mounting face and opposed sides between the upper face and the mounting face. The housing holds one row of contacts in a lower contact area between lower side sections of the housing. Two rows of contacts are held in an upper contact area. The housing includes an unshielded spacing section separating the upper and lower contact areas. A lower shield includes a shroud surrounding the lower contact area and side panels that cover the lower side sections of the housing. An upper shield includes a shroud that surrounds the upper contact area.
Claims18
A stacked electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing having an upper face opposite a mounting face and opposed sides between said upper face and said mounting face, said housing holding one row of contacts in a lower contact area between lower side sections of said housing, and two rows of contacts in an upper contact area, said housing including an unshielded spacing section separating the upper and lower contact areas;
- a lower shield including a shroud surrounding said lower contact area and side panels covering said lower side sections of said housing;
- an upper shield including a shroud surrounding said upper contact area;
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- an organizer located at said mounting end of said housing, said organizer including mounting posts for aligning said organizer to a circuit board and keying posts to key said housing to said organizer, said organizer receiving contact tails of said one row and two rows of contacts and positioning said contact tails for attachment to the circuit board.
A stacked electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing having an upper face opposite a mounting face and opposed sides between said upper face and said mounting face, said housing holding one row of contacts in a lower contact area between lower side sections of said housing, and two rows of contacts in an upper contact area said housing including an unshielded spacing section separating the upper and lower contact areas;
- a lower shield including a shroud surrounding said lower contact area and side panels covering said lower side sections of said housing;
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- an upper shield including a shroud surrounding said upper contact area, and
- wherein said one contact row includes signal contacts and ground contacts, each having a contact tail, and wherein said contact tails are arranged in a mounting pattern comprising a first row and a second row, wherein said contact tails of pairs of said signal contacts are staggered with one signal contact tail being in the first row and the other contact tail being in the second row.
A stacked electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing having an upper face opposite a mounting face and opposed sides between said upper face and said mounting face, said housing holding one row of contacts in a lower contact area between lower side sections of said housing, and two rows of contacts in an upper contact area, said housing including an unshielded spacing section separating the upper and lower contact areas;
- a lower shield including a shroud surrounding said lower contact area and side panels covering said lower side sections of said housing;
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- an upper shield including a shroud surrounding said upper contact area;
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- wherein said two contact rows include signal and ground contacts and contact tails of said signal and ground contacts are arranged such that single ground contact tails are associated with pairs of signal contact tails in a triangular pattern with said triangular pattern alternated with inverted triangular patterns across the circuit board.
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