Patent ID: 8771018
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector comprising: a housing having a mating end and a mounting end, the housing haying a card edge slot configured to receive a circuit card therein; signal contacts held by the housing, the signal contacts having mating portions configured to be electrically coupled to corresponding signal pads of the circuit card at mating interfaces of the signal contacts, the signal contacts having tail portions configured to be electrically coupled to a corresponding circuit board; and ground contacts held by the housing, the ground contacts having tail portions configured to be electrically coupled to the circuit board, the ground contacts having bifurcated portions extending from corresponding tail portion, the ground contacts having first mating portions extending from corresponding bifurcated portions, the ground contacts having second mating portions extending from corresponding bifurcated portions, the first and second mating portions having mating interfaces aligned with and interspersed among the mating interfaces of the signal contacts in the card edge slot for mating with the circuit card.