Patent ID: 9520661
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a housing extending between a mating end and a mounting end, the housing defining plural contact cavities that extend through the housing between the mating end and the mounting end; signal contacts disposed in corresponding contact cavities of the housing, the signal contacts being arranged in rows along row axes extending in a longitudinal direction and being arranged in columns along column axes extending in a lateral direction, the signal contacts being arranged in pairs, a first set of pairs of signal contacts defining column pairs being arranged in-column along the corresponding column axis, a second set of pairs of signal contacts defining cross pairs being arranged across the corresponding column axis; wherein adjacent pairs of signal contacts along the column axes alternate between column pairs and cross pairs, and wherein adjacent pairs of signal contacts along the row axes alternate between column pairs and cross pairs; and ground contacts arranged in-column between each alternating cross pairs and column pairs.