Electrical connector having compensation for air pockets

An electrical connector comprising:

• a contact module having a holder that holds a pair of dielectric frames, each dielectric frame encasing a corresponding lead frame, the holder being manufactured from a conductive material and defining a shield body providing electrical shielding around the corresponding pair of dielectric frames;
• each dielectric frame comprising opposite sides, a mating edge and a mounting edge, each dielectric frame having voids extending from the sides to expose the corresponding lead frame;
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• each lead frame comprising a plurality of contacts having transition portions extending between mating portions extending from the mating edge and mounting portions extending from the mounting edge, the transition portions having compensation segments and intermediate segments between the compensation segments, the intermediate segments being encased in the corresponding dielectric frame, the compensation segments being exposed by the voids in the corresponding dielectric frame, the compensation segments having a geometry that differs from a geometry of the intermediate segments.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a contact module comprising a lead frame and a dielectric frame encasing the lead frame, the contact module further comprising a shield body extending along the dielectric frame;
• the dielectric frame comprising opposite sides, a mating edge and a mounting edge, the dielectric frame having voids extending from the sides to expose the lead frame;
• the lead frame comprising a plurality of contacts having transition portions extending between mating portions extending from the mating edge and mounting portions extending from the mounting edge, the transition portions having compensation segments and intermediate segments between the compensation segments, the intermediate segments being encased in the dielectric frame, the compensation segments being exposed by the voids;
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• the shield body extending along at least one of the sides of the dielectric frame, the shield body covering corresponding voids in the at least one of the sides of the dielectric frame, the shield body being positioned in closer proximity to the compensation segments than to the intermediate segments.