Patent ID: 9748697
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H01R,H05K

Claim:
1. A pluggable connector comprising: a plug housing configured to couple to a communication cable, the plug housing having a plug cavity; and a module board disposed within the plug cavity and configured to be communicatively coupled to the communication cable, the module board having a mating edge configured to interface with a mating connector, the module board having a board surface and including a plurality of signal pathways and a plurality of ground pathways in which the signal pathways are interleaved between corresponding ground pathways, the signal and ground pathways including respective contact pads that are disposed proximate to the mating edge for engaging corresponding contacts of the mating connector, wherein each of the ground pathways has separate first and second trace segments, the first trace segments of the ground pathways including the respective contact pads, the second trace segments of each ground pathway being separate from the second trace segments of each of the other ground pathways along the board surface, each of the ground pathways further comprising a damping component that electrically joins the first and second trace segments of the corresponding ground pathway along the board surface.