Patent ID: 11916341
Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GMBH
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A communication system comprising:
a first circuit board assembly having a first circuit board and a first electrical connector mounted to the first circuit board, the first electrical connector having first signal contacts and first ground shields providing electrical shielding for the first signal contacts at mating ends of the first signal contacts, wherein the first signal contacts are twisted 45° at the mating ends thereof to form twisted mating interfaces and the first ground shields are twisted 45° to form twisted shield zones; and
a second circuit board assembly having a second circuit board and a second electrical connector mounted to the second circuit board, the second electrical connector having second signal contacts and second ground shields providing electrical shielding for the second signal contacts at mating ends of the second signal contacts, wherein the second signal contacts are twisted 45° at the mating ends thereof to form twisted mating interfaces and the second ground shields are twisted 45° to form twisted shield zones;
wherein the first and second electrical connectors are identical to each other each having a hermaphroditic mating interface defined by the first and second signal contacts and the first and second ground shields;
wherein the first and second electrical connectors are mated such that the first circuit board is oriented perpendicular to the second circuit board.