Patent ID: 8845364
Filing Date: 2014-09-30
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An improved bypass cable assembly for connecting a chip to a backplane, comprising: a cable, the cable including multiple wires, each wire having an insulative body portion with a pair of signal conductors extending lengthwise through the insulative body portion, the pair of signal conductors being separated by a first spacing, and a conductive shielding member surrounding the insulative body portion, each wire having opposing first and second free ends; and a connector, the connector including an insulative frame member that supports a plurality of conductive first and second terminals in at least one row, each of the first and second terminals including contact and tail portions disposed at opposite ends thereof, the contact and tail portions being interconnected by respective terminal body portions, the wire conductors being attached to corresponding ones of the first terminal tail portions and the shielding member being attached to the corresponding ones of the second terminal tail portions, the first and second terminals being further arranged in a pattern, whereby pairs of the first terminals in the row are separated from other pairs of the first terminals by at least one intervening second terminal, the first terminal tail portions being spaced apart from each other in a spacing intended to maintain an approximate spacing of the cable wire free ends terminated thereto.