Electrical connector having split footprint
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorRobert Paul Nichols
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes contact modules each holding a plurality of contacts with dielectric frames surrounding corresponding contacts. The contacts are arranged as differential pairs each having a positive contact and a negative contact. The contacts are arranged along rows and columns with the positive and negative contacts of each pair being in the same row. The contacts are divided into a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts. The contacts within the first group of contacts have a first row pitch and the contacts within the second group of contacts have a second row pitch. A void is provided between the first group of contacts and the second group of contacts having a width at least twice the first row pitch and at least twice the second row pitch.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a mating end configured for mating with another connector;
- and
- a plurality of contact modules received in the housing, the contact modules each holding a plurality of contacts, the contact modules having dielectric frames surrounding corresponding contacts, the contacts extending from the dielectric frames for electrical termination;
- wherein the contacts are arranged as differential pairs each having a positive contact and a negative contact;
- wherein the contacts are arranged in an array along rows and columns, the positive and negative contacts of each pair being in the same row;
- wherein the array of contacts are divided into a first group of contacts and a second group of contacts, the contacts within the first group of contacts having a first row pitch between each of the contacts within the first group of contacts, the contacts within the second group of contacts having a second row pitch between each of the contacts within the second group of contacts;
- wherein a void is provided between the first group of contacts and the second group of contacts, the void having a width at least twice the first row pitch and at least twice the second row pitch.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing having a mating end configured for mating with another connector;
- and
- a plurality of contact modules received in the housing, the contact modules each holding a plurality of contacts, the contact modules having dielectric bodies surrounding corresponding contacts, the contacts extending from the dielectric bodies for electrical termination;
- wherein the contacts are arranged as differential pairs each having a positive contact and a negative contact;
- wherein the contacts are arranged in an array along rows and columns, the positive and negative contacts of each pair being in the same row;
- wherein the array of contacts are divided into a transmit group of contacts comprising at least two differential pairs of the contacts and a receive group of contacts comprising at least two pairs of the contacts, the receive group of contacts having a first row pitch between each of the contacts within the receive group of contacts, the transmit group of contacts having a second row pitch between each of the contacts within the transmit group of contacts;
- wherein a void is provided between the transmit group of contacts and the receive group of contacts, the void having a width at least twice the first row pitch and at least twice the second row pitch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.