Patent ID: 8540525
Filing Date: 2013-09-24
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector, comprising: a housing providing a card-receiving slot, the card-receiving slot having two sides; a first wafer positioned in the housing and supporting a first ground terminal and a second ground terminal; a second wafer positioned in the housing and supporting a third ground terminal and a fourth ground terminal, wherein each of the ground terminals include a contact, a tail and a body extending therebetween, the contacts of the first and second ground terminals configured to deflect in opposite directions and the contacts of the third and ground terminals configured to deflect in opposite directions; a third and fourth wafer positioned between the first and second wafers, the third and fourth wafer each supporting a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal, wherein each of the signal terminals includes a contact, a tail and a body extending therebetween, the contacts of the first and second signal terminal configured to deflect in opposite directions, the first signal terminals of the third and fourth wafers defining a first differential pair and the second signal terminals of the third and fourth wafers defining a second differential pair, the first differential pair positioned between the first and third ground terminals such that the bodies of the first signal terminals and the first and third ground terminals are in a first row and the second differential pair positioned between the second and fourth ground terminals such that the bodies of the second signal terminals and the second and fourth ground terminals are in a second row, wherein the contacts of the first and third ground terminals and the first signal terminals are positioned in a horizontal line to provide a ground, signal, signal, ground configuration and positioned on one of the two sides of the card-receiving slot and configured to deflect in a first direction and the contacts of the second and fourth ground terminals and the second signal terminals are positioned in a horizontal line in a ground, signal, signal, ground configuration on the other of the two sides of the card-receiving slot and configured to deflect in a second direction that is opposite the first direction; and a bridge extending between the first ground terminal and the third ground terminal, the bridge electrically connecting the first and third ground terminals and electrically insulated from the signal terminals, the bridge configured to provide the first and second ground terminals with an maximum effective electrical length.