High speed high density connector assembly
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorFeng Pan
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Abstract
An electrical connector (50; 70; 80; 90; 91) includes a number of contact wafers (502; 61; 71; 822; 920) stacked with each other along a transverse direction. Each contact wafer includes a conductive body, one or more shielding members (53; 68; 720; 900) mounted to and electrically connecting with the conductive body, and a number of contact modules each including an insulator (550; 621) and a pair of contacts (551; 620; 921) fixed by the insulator, the pair of contacts of each contact module being shielded by the conductive body and the one or more shielding members.
Claims17
An electrical connector comprising a plurality of contact wafers stacked with each other along a transverse direction, each contact wafer comprising:
- a conductive body;
- one or more shielding members mounted to and electrically connecting with the conductive body;
- a plurality of contact modules each including an insulator and a pair of contacts fixed by the insulator, the pair of contacts of each contact module being shielded by the conductive body and the one or more shielding members;
- and
- a plurality of protectors for insulating the contacts from the conductive body.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first connector adapted to be mounted onto a first printed circuit board, the first connector comprising a plurality of first contact wafers stacked with each other along a transverse direction, each first contact wafer comprising:
- a first conductive body;
- a plurality of first contact modules mounted to the first conductive body, the first contact modules arranged in columns and rows, each of the first contract modules comprising a first insulator and a pair of first contacts fixed by the first insulator;
- and
- a plurality of first shielding members mounted to the first conductive body and electrically connecting with the first conductive body;
- a second connector adapted to be mounted onto a second printed circuit board and adapted for being mated with the first electrical connector, the second connector comprising:
- a second conductive body comprising a mounting wall for being mounted to the second printed circuit board, a pair of side walls extending from opposite sides of the mounting wall, and a receiving room formed by the mounting wall and the side walls, a portion of the first conductive body received into the receiving room and electrically connecting with the second conductive body;
- a plurality of second contact modules mounted to the second conductive body, the second contact modules arranged in columns and rows, each of the second contract modules comprising a second insulator and a pair of second contacts fixed by the second insulator;
- and
- a plurality of second shielding members mounted to the second conductive body.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a first electrical connector including a first conductive body forming a receiving space therein;
- a plurality of contact modules disposed in the first conductive body in matrix arranged with rows and columns, each of said contact module including a pair of differential contacts embedded within an insulator with legs for mounting to a printed circuit board on which the first conductive body is seated, means for shielding each of said contact module along a row direction and a column direction perpendicular to each other;
- wherein
- said means is electrically and mechanically connected to the first conductive body;
- each of said contact modules defines a rectangular cross-section, and said means includes a first metallic shielding plate extending along the row direction to cover at least one side of each of said contact modules and a second metallic shielding plate extending along the column direction to cover another side of each of said contact modules in the column direction;
- and
- the first shielding plate of one contact module is unitarily joined with the first shielding plate of a neighboring contact module along the row direction as a first piece, and the second shielding plate of said one contact module is unitarily joined with the second shielding plate of the neighboring contact module along the column direction as a second piece intersecting with said first piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.