Patent ID: 6537087
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a housing having a plurality of parallel slots; a plurality of wafers, each of the plurality of wafers being configured to be received by one of the plurality of parallel slots of the housing; each of the plurality of wafers including a plurality of signal conductors, each of the plurality of signal conductors having an end portion; each of the plurality of wafers providing a reference potential through reference potential end portions; a solder ball connected to each of the signal conductor end portions and reference potential end portions, wherein the solder balls connected to the signal conductor end portions and the reference potential end portions lie along a common plane; and for each of the plurality of wafers, the signal conductor end portions are bent in a first direction such that the solder balls connected thereto are aligned along a first line, and the reference potential end portions are bent in a second direction, opposite from the first direction, such that the solder balls connected thereto are aligned along a second line.