Patent ID: 9666961
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing stack comprising a front housing and a rear housing, the front housing defining a mating end of the housing stack configured for mating with a mating connector, the rear housing defining a mounting end of the housing stack configured for mounting to a circuit board, the mounting end being opposite the mating end, the rear housing disposed rearward of the front housing and being coupled to the front housing at a seam, the housing stack defining plural contact cavities that extend continuously through the front housing and the rear housing between the mating end and the mounting end; a lossy spacer disposed at the seam between the front and rear housings, the lossy spacer having plural contact cavities aligned with corresponding contact cavities of the housing stack; signal contacts disposed in corresponding contact cavities of the housing stack and being provided at or near the mating and mounting ends for electrical connection to the mating connector and the circuit board, respectively; and ground contacts disposed in corresponding contact cavities of the housing stack and being provided at or near the mating and mounting ends for electrical connection to the mating connector and the circuit board, respectively; wherein the signal contacts extend through the lossy spacer such that the signal contacts do not directly engage the lossy spacer, and wherein the ground contacts extend through the contact cavities in the lossy spacer such that the ground contacts are coupled by the lossy spacer.