Patent ID: 9583895
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: H01R,Y10T

Claim:
1. An electrical connector configured to transmit electrical signals, the electrical connector comprising: an electrically insulative connector housing; and a plurality of electrical contacts supported by the connector housing, the electrical contacts arranged in a plurality of rows that extend along a row direction, and a plurality of columns that extend along a column direction that is substantially perpendicular to the row direction; wherein the plurality of electrical contacts include a plurality of ground contacts, each of the ground contacts including a mating end, a mounting end, and an intermediate portion that extends continuously from the mating end to the mounting end such that no circuit element is carried by the ground contacts, and wherein 1) the plurality of electrical contacts further includes at least one pair of electrical signal contacts and at least one pair of unassigned electrical contacts between ones of the ground contacts along the column direction, 2) at least one of the electrical signal contacts of the pair of electrical signal contacts includes a first portion that carries a mating end, a second portion that carries a mounting end, and a capacitor electrically coupled between the first and second portions, 3) each unassigned electrical contact includes a first portion, a second portion, and a resistor electrically coupled between the first and second portions, and 4) the unassigned electrical contacts of the at least one pair are adjacent each other along the column direction.