Patent ID: 6146157
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Connector assembly for printed circuit boards, comprising:a first connector having a first housing of insulating material and a plurality of male signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns,a second connector having a second housing of insulating material and a plurality of female signal and ground contacts regularly arranged in rows and columns,each row of contacts being arranged so that the contacts are at an equal pitch in a row direction relative to those like contacts in each respective row, and each row of contacts containing only signal or ground contacts, respectively,said first and second connectors having at least four rows of signal contacts and at least four rows of ground contacts, with the contacts in each respective row being staggered relative to the contacts in an adjacent row by half of the pitch of the contacts,the outer rows of contacts comprising signal contacts, anda further central row of ground contacts being positioned between two central rows of signal contacts, with the ground contacts of said central row lying in the columns defined by the signal contacts rather than the columns defined by the ground contacts of ground contact rows other than the central row.