ORTHOGONAL ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH INCREASED CONTACT DENSITY

摘要

An electrical connector (106) comprises a housing that holds signal contacts which are associated as signal contact pairs (186). The housing has a mounting end and the signal contact pairs are aligned in rows (188) along the mounting end. Each of the rows includes multiple said signal contact pairs. Each of the signal contact pairs includes two of said signal contacts aligned on a respective axis (L2). The axes of the signal contact pairs within each said row are aligned in a common direction, and the axes of the signal contact pairs in adjacent said rows are aligned in respective different directions.