Electrical connector with conductors having diverging portions

An electrical connector, comprising:

• at least one pair of signal conductors adapted to mate with a printed circuit board, said pair of signal conductors including first and second conductors,
• said first conductor including a first mating portion, a first contact portion, the first contact portion adapted to mate with the printed circuit board, said first conductor includes a first curved portion between said first mating portion and said first contact portion curved in a first transverse direction and a second curved portion curved in a second transverse direction orthogonal to the first transverse direction,
• said second conductor including a second mating portion, a second contact portion, the second contact portion adapted to mate with the printed circuit board, said second conductor includes a second curved portion between said second mating portion and said second contact portion curved in a third transverse direction and second curved portion curved in a fourth transverse direction;
• wherein the first transverse direction and the third transverse direction diverge and the second transverse direction and the fourth transverse direction converge, and
• wherein the first conductor and the second conductor are disposed such that a plurality of bands of electromagnetic potential are skewed relative to the first line and the second line.

An interconnection assembly, comprising:

• a first electrical connector mountable to a first printed circuit board, the first electrical connector including a plurality of signal conductor pairs, each of said pairs of signal conductors including first and second conductors engageable with respective pairs of first and second plated holes in said first printed circuit board, said pairs of first and second plated holes being disposed in a plurality of transverse columns and rows, wherein each of said first and second conductors includes a mating portion for connection to a second electrical connector mounted to a second printed circuit board and each of said first and second conductors further includes a contact portion for engaging respective first and second plated holes of said first printed circuit board;
• and
• said second electrical connector mateable with said first electrical connector, said second electrical connector including a plurality of lossy inserts,
• wherein said first plated holes are aligned with one another to define a first line, and each of said second plated holes is offset from said first plated hole such that a second line is defined between one of said first plated holes and one of said second plated holes, the second line being angularly oriented with respect to the first line at an angle, and
• wherein the contact portion of the first conductor and the contact portion of the second conductor bend in opposite directions relative to said pairs of signal conductors such that the contact portion of the first conductor and the contact portion of the second conductor are offset from a center axis of the signal conductor pair, and
• wherein the contact portion of the first conductor and the contact portion of the second conductor curve towards each other parallel to the center axis of the signal conductor pair.