Electrical receptacle and circuit board with controlled skew

In combination, an angled board mount receptacle and a circuit board, the combination comprising:

• the angled board mount receptacle, including:
• plural modules mechanically coupled together, each of the modules including:
• a conductive shield;
• and
• a pair of electrical conductors that are electrically coupled to the conductive shield;
• wherein the electrical conductors have a predetermined skew (difference in effective electrical path lengths);
• and
• the circuit board, wherein the circuit board includes a pair of conductive traces, and a pair of conductive pads electrically coupled to respective of the conductive traces and to respective of the electrical conductors;
• wherein, for each of the modules, one of the electrical conductors, one of the conductive pads, and one of the conductive traces together constitute a first electrical path;
• wherein, for each of the modules, the other of the electrical conductors, the other of the conductive pads, and the other of the conductive traces together constitute a second electrical path;
• and
• wherein, for each of the modules, the electrical paths have substantially the same effective electrical path lengths (mechanical path length times average dielectric constant), while having different mechanical path lengths.