Patent ID: 8425236
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An improved tall mezzanine connector assembly comprising means for connecting at least two electronic circuit boards, at any location along faces possessed by said circuit boards, said connector assembly means comprising: a wafer assembly and a pair of receptacle assemblies; said wafer assembly comprising at least one wafer circuit card, said wafer circuit card comprising at least one core comprising of a cured sheet of dielectric and optionally one or more metal layers are adhered to said sheet of dielectric, said wafer assembly having at least one signal conductor extending from a first terminal end of said wafer circuit card to a second terminal end of said wafer circuit card; means for providing a return current path conductor with controlled electrical impedance; means for contacting said signal and said return current conductors on said wafer circuit card on to each of said receptacle assemblies; means on said receptacle assemblies for contacting said electronic circuit boards.