Orthogonal electrical connector with increased contact density

摘要

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