Patent ID: 8183466
Filing Date: 2012-05-22
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts configured to be electrically connected to complementary conductor vias of a substrate, the electrically conductive contacts including signal contacts and ground contacts, each of the signal and ground contacts defining respective signal terminal portions and ground terminal portions arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, wherein the signal and ground terminal portions define two ground terminal portions aligned along a first centerline and four signal terminal portions staggered relative to one another with respect to the first centerline, two ground terminal portions are aligned along a second centerline and four signal terminal portions are staggered relative to one another with respect to the second centerline, and two ground terminal portions are aligned along a third centerline and four signal terminal portions are staggered relative to one another with respect to the third centerline, the first and second centerlines are spaced apart a first distance, and the second and third centerlines are spaced apart a second distance that is different from the first distance.