Patent ID: 7896659
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a subsidiary circuit board including opposite sides; connectors mounted to the opposite sides of the subsidiary circuit board, the connectors electrically coupled with the subsidiary circuit board and configured to mate with mating connectors; and an interposer assembly joined with the subsidiary circuit board, the interposer assembly including a dielectric housing and elongated signal and ground contacts extending between opposite outer ends along a vertical axis and held by the housing, the signal contacts arranged in pairs with the pairs and the ground contacts disposed on opposite sides of lateral interior walls of the housing and the signal contacts in the pairs separated from each other by transverse interior walls of the housing, wherein the interposer assembly mates with the subsidiary circuit board and is configured to mate with a main circuit board such that the outer ends of the contacts electrically couple the connectors mounted to the subsidiary circuit board with the main circuit board.