Patent ID: 6059604
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A cable assembly, comprising:an insulation displacement contact (IDC) connector, including:a dielectric housing having front and rear faces, an array of passageways being defined between said front and rear faces, each passageway securely receiving a terminal therein, each said terminal forming an insulation displacement section extending beyond said rear face and a pin section extending toward said front face;a ground plane ribbon cable having a ground plane attached to a plurality of signal and ground wires thereof, said cable assembled to said rear face of the housing, an end of said cable being split into discrete wires wherein said signal wires are clipped off while said ground wires are left intact, said signal wires are terminated by a cover assembled to said IDC connector and said ground wires are soldered to said ground plane of said cable.