Patent ID: 6764320
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector with a high density of contacts comprising:a housing; a plurality of signal and ground contacts arranged in rows and columns within the housing, each of the signal and ground contacts having a first end, a second end and an intermediate section between the first end and the second end; and a detachable wall in a front portion of the housing having a grid of entrance openings, each entrance opening leading to a connection section at the first end of each signal and ground contact, wherein when the detachable wall is in a hooked position a first air chamber is formed within the front portion of the housing, the connection sections of the signal and ground contacts extending through the first air chamber into a corresponding recess in an inner side of the front wall at each entrance opening, the first air chamber forming a first dielectric around each connection section and wherein an impedance of each signal contact is improved by the first dielectric.