Patent ID: 6095821
Filing Date: 2000-08-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A card edge connector for receiving a mating edge of a circuit card having a plurality of contact pads, said card edge connector comprising:an elongated insulating housing having top and bottom walls and an elongated card slot in said top wall for receiving said mating edge;a plurality of pairs of closely spaced terminal receiving cavities in said housing, said cavities intersecting with and extending transversely to said slot;one cavity of one of said pairs containing a signal terminal for conducting high frequency digital signals and the other cavity of said one of said pairs containing a reference terminal for conducting a ground or power signal;said signal terminal including a signal terminal body retained in said housing adjacent said bottom wall and a signal terminal spring arm including a signal terminal flexible beam extending from said body and a signal terminal contact region disposed in said slot;said reference terminal including a reference terminal body retained in said housing adjacent said bottom wall and overlying said signal terminal body, and a reference terminal spring arm including a reference terminal flexible beam extending from said body and a reference terminal contact region disposed in said slot; andeach said reference terminal further including an oversize enlarged segment adjacent the end of said reference terminal flexible arm, said reference terminal contact region being disposed on said enlarged segment.