Patent ID: 6179663
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical interconnect system, comprising:a first electrical connector having a plurality of spaced apart sets of electrically conductive contacts, each said contact set having multiple signal contacts spaced outwardly from a central ground contact, each of said ground contacts having an end for contact with a ground plane in a first printed circuit board and a connector end, each of said signal contacts having a card end for contact with a signal path in the first printed board and a connector end;a second electrical connector having a plurality of spaced apart sets of electrically conductive contacts, each said contact set having multiple signal contacts spaced outwardly from a central ground contact, an insulator substantially surrounding said central ground contact and multiple signal contacts spaced outwardly from said insulator, each of said ground contacts having an end for contact with a ground plane in a second printed circuit board and a connector end, each of said signal contacts having an end for contact with a signal path in the second printed circuit board and a connector end,wherein when said first electrical connector is mated with said second electrical connector, said ground contacts in said second electrical connector and said first electrical connector are in contact and said signal contacts in said first electrical connector and said second electrical connector are in contact.