HIGH SPEED, HIGH DENSITY ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH SHIELDED SIGNAL PATHS

摘要

A modular electrical connector with separately shielded signal conductor pairs. The connector may be assembled from modules, each containing a pair of signal conductors with surrounding partially or fully conductive material. Modules of different sizes may be assembled into wafers, which are then assembled into a connector. Wafers may include lossy material. In some embodiments, shielding members of two mating connectors may each have compliant members along their distal portions, such that, the shielding members engage at points of contact at multiple locations, some of which are adjacent the mating edge of each of the mating shielding members.

主权项

1. An electrical connector comprising:
a plurality of modules held in a two dimensional array, each of the plurality of modules comprising: a cable comprising a first end and a second end, the cable comprising a pair of conductive elements extending from the first end to the second end and a ground structure disposed around the pair of conductive elements; a contact tail attached to each conductive element of the pair of conductive elements at the first end of the cable; and a mating contact portion attached to each conductive element of the pair of conductive elements at the second end of the cable.