ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING COMPENSATION SEGMENTS FOR AIR POCKETS

摘要

An electrical connector comprises a contact module having a lead frame (144) and a dielectric frame encasing the lead frame. The dielectric frame has opposite sides a mating edge and a mounting edge. The lead frame comprises a plurality of contacts (108) having transition portions (164) that extend between mating portions (158) extending from the mating edge and mounting portions (160) extending from the mounting edge. The dielectric frame has voids in the sides which are open to the lead frame. The transition portions (164) have compensation segments (192) and intermediate segments (194) between the compensation segments. The intermediate segments are encased in the dielectric frame, and the compensation segments are exposed by the voids. The compensation segments have a geometry that differs from a geometry of the intermediate segments.