Connector assembly for printed circuit boards

摘要

A connector assembly for printed circuit boards comprises a first connector having a first housing of insulating material and a plurality of male signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns. The connector assembly further comprises a second connector having a second housing of insulating material and a plurality of female signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns. In each row and each column of both connectors all contacts are arranged at an equal pitch in row and column direction, each row of contacts containing only signal or only ground contacts, respectively. The rows of ground contacts are staggered in row direction by half the pitch of the contacts. Four rows of signal contacts and four rows of ground contacts are provided. Both outer rows of contacts contain signal contacts and a further row of ground contacts is provided centrally between the two central rows of signal contacts. The ground contacts of said further row of ground contacts each lie in a column of signal contacts.