Patent ID: 6428358
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A socket comprising:a housing having a top surface and a bottom surface; multiple contacts embedded within the housing, wherein one or more of the multiple contacts are ground conducting contacts, one or more of the multiple contacts are signal carrying contacts, and each contact includes a metal body embedded within the housing; and a conductive structure that includes multiple conductive walls embedded within the housing along planes that are perpendicular to the top surface and the bottom surface, wherein the multiple conductive walls are electrically isolated from the signal carrying contacts and are adjacent to at least some of the signal carrying contacts, and wherein at least one of the multiple conductive walls is electrically connected to at least one of the ground conducting contacts, and wherein the multiple conductive walls include multiple first walls arranged in parallel to each other, and multiple second walls arranged perpendicularly to the multiple first walls, and wherein each of the multiple first walls is electrically connected to two or more of the multiple second walls at two or more intersection points.