Cable connector assembly with improved spacer

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing comprising a first segment for power and optical use and a second segment for signal transmission and each of the first and the second segments defining a plurality of passageways therethrough;
• a plurality of first contacts received in the first segment and a plurality of second contacts received in the second segment with tail portions of the first and the second contacts exposed beyond the insulative housing;
• a spacer assembled to the insulative housing and the tail portions of the first and second contacts, the spacer defining a plurality of first receiving channels and a plurality of second receiving channels;
• and
• a first cable set and a second cable set each comprising a plurality of conductors respectively electrically connecting with the tail portions of the first and second contacts;
• and wherein
• the tail portions of the second contacts are received in the second receiving channels of the spacer in one-to-one manner, while at least a pair of tail portions of the first contacts are received in the same first receiving channel of the spacer and electrically connect to the same conductor of the first cable set.

A cable connector assembly comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending between opposite front and rear faces thereof;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively;
• a spacer structure formed behind the rear face;
• a plurality of channels formed in a face of the spacer with a partition between every adjacent two channels, and in alignment with the corresponding passageways, respectively, under a condition that at least a pair of adjacent channels are merged together by removing at least a portion of the corresponding partition therebetween;
• and
• a plurality of conductors located behind the housing;
• wherein
• each of the contacts includes a solder tail received in the corresponding channel, so as to have all the conductors are respectively soldered unto the corresponding solder tails except at least one conductor which is aligned with said removed partition and mechanically and electrically connected to both the two corresponding adjacent solder tails beside.