Patent ID: 6533614
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A plug-type connector having a balanced transmission line structure, comprising:plural pairs of signal contact elements, said pairs being arranged in a parallel, spaced relationship in an array, and said signal contact elements of each of said pairs being arranged in an opposed, spaced relationship; plural ground contact elements, a portion of each ground contact element having a profile which substantially matches a profile of each pair of signal contact elements such that each ground contact element overlaps each pair of signal contact elements arranged adjacent to said ground contact element, said plural pairs of signal contact elements and said plural ground contact elements being alternately arranged in a row and each ground contact element, arranged between two respective, adjacent pairs of signal contact elements, comprising a shield reducing cross talk between said adjacent pairs; an electro-insulating body supporting said plural pairs of signal contact elements and said ground contact elements in a mutually insulated arrangement, each said pair of signal contact elements and an adjacent, parallel ground contract element comprising a balanced transmission line: said electro-insulating body further including plural partition walls, each partition wall being disposed between said signal contact elements of a respective said pair thereof; each of said pairs of signal contact elements defining a plug-type signal contact pair and said signal contact elements of each plug-type signal contact pair including respective first contact ends in facing-away relationship with respect to each other, an entire length of each of said first contact ends lying on opposite edges of a respective said partition wall of said body so as to be slidingly connectable with a jack-type counterpart contact; and each of said ground contact elements defining a plug-type ground contact and including two first contact ends in facing-away relationship with respect to each other so as to be slidingly connectable with a jack-type counterpart contact.