Patent ID: 9570857
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a connector body having a front side configured to engage a mating connector during a mating operation and a mounting side configured to engage an electrical component; a conductor array including a plurality of signal conductors and a plurality of ground conductors that extend through the connector body to interconnect the mating connector and the electrical component, wherein the plurality of signal conductors include adjacent signal conductors and the plurality of ground conductors include first and second ground conductors that are positioned between the adjacent signal conductors, the first and second ground conductors being separated from each other by a physical gap; and a resonance-control element positioned between the first and second ground conductors within the physical gap, the resonance-control element directly interfacing with the first ground conductor and being spaced from the second ground conductor, the resonance-control element having an outer surface that faces the second ground conductor and is exposed to air in front of the front side, the resonance-control element positioned to be received by the mating connector during the mating operation, the resonance-control element including at least one of an electrically-lossy or magnetically-lossy material.