Electrical connector with grounding system

摘要

An electrical connector (10) comprising a housing (12) and electrical contacts (32, 34) connected to the housing (12). The electrical contacts (32, 34) comprise paired signal and ground contacts, and additional ground contacts (34a). The additional ground contacts (34a) are arranged relative to the paired contacts to divide the paired contacts into subdivisions of equal numbers of the paired contacts. The subdivisions and the additional ground contacts (34a) are arranged to allow for multiple relative orientation connections of a mating connector (100).