Patent ID: 11955742
Assignee: AMPHENOL FCI CONNECTORS SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A surface-mount electrical connector comprising:
a housing having a first sidewall and a second sidewall spaced apart from the first sidewall in a first direction, and a cavity between the first and second sidewalls;
a first set of terminals disposed in a first plurality of slots in the housing adjacent to the first sidewall and comprising first signal pairs and first ground terminals;
a second set of terminals disposed in a second plurality of slots in the housing adjacent to the second side wall and comprising second signal pairs and second ground terminals; and
a component disposed in the housing and electrically coupled to the first ground terminals to dampen resonance in the surface-mount electrical connector,
wherein:
the cavity extends through the housing from a first end, adjacent a first surface of the housing, to a second end, adjacent a second surface of the housing that is opposite the first surface; and
contact tails of the first and second sets of terminals are exposed at the first surface and configured for mounting to a surface of a substrate that is parallel to the first surface.