Patent ID: 8328565
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A receptacle connector comprising: contacts having posts and contact tails extending from the posts, the contact tails being configured to be mounted to a circuit board, the contacts having mating sections extending from the posts, the mating sections being configured for mating with a mating connector, the contacts defining signal contacts and ground contacts with the signal contacts arranged in pairs, the pairs of signal contacts being separated by at least one ground contact; and a housing holding the signal and ground contacts in parallel at a predetermined pitch, the housing having a front and a rear with a cavity at the front being configured to receive the mating connector, the housing having walls defining channels that receive the signal and ground contacts, the channels holding the signal contacts having air pockets between the signal contacts such that the amount of air between adjacent signal contacts is greater than the amount of air between signal contacts and adjacent ground contacts, the air pockets being located directly between the signal contacts and the walls defining the channels.