Electrical connector having shielding plate

摘要

An electrical connector (1) includes a housing (10) and a pair of shielding plates (20) attached to opposite sides of the housing. The housing has opposite side walls (12), a slot (11) between the side walls and a plurality of terminal passages (13) in communication with the slot. Each side wall has a plurality of retainers (14) for securing the shielding plate. Each plate has a plurality of grounding terminals (22) received in the terminal passages of the housing for electrically mating with a complementary connector. A plurality of soldering tails (23) extends from each of the shielding plates opposite to the grounding terminals for being soldered to and securely electrically connected with a printed circuit board.