Patent ID: 9685738
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing having a mating face; a plurality of wafers supported by the housing, each of the wafer having a first edge and a second edge and a first side; a pair of signal terminals supported by each of the wafers, each of the terminals in the signal pair having a contact extending from the first edge, a tail extending from the second edge and a body extending between the contact and the tail, the pair of signal terminals being arranged in an edge-to-edge alignment; a first ground terminal supported by the wafer and positioned adjacent the pair of signal terminals, the ground terminal having a first ground contact, a first ground tail and a first ground body extending between the first ground contact and the first ground tail; and a second ground terminal supported by the wafer and positioned adjacent the pair of signal terminals, the second ground terminal having a second ground contact, a second ground tail and a second ground body extending between the ground contact and the ground tail, the first ground terminal, the second ground terminal and the pair of signal terminals forming a single column; a shield supported by the wafer on the first side, the shield having a groove with two shoulders formed in the shield, the groove aligned with the pair of signal terminals so that two shoulders are positioned on opposite sides of the signal pair, each of the shoulder electrically connected to one of the ground terminals.