Patent ID: 9300092
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H01R,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A communication connector comprising: a housing; a plurality of pairs of electrical contacts received by the housing; a printed circuit board (PCB); the PCB including at least first and second pairs of electrical conductive signal traces; the first pair of traces connected to a first pair of contacts; the second pair of traces connected to a second pair of contacts; the PCB having first and second regions; the first pair of traces located in the first region and the second pair of traces located in the second region; the PCB further including at least a first ground plane; the first ground plane having first and second sections; the first and second sections being substantially electrically isolated from one another; at least a portion of the first section being adjacent to at least a portion of the first pair of traces; at least a portion of the second section being adjacent to at least a portion of the second pair of traces whereby a signal transmission performance is improved.