Patent ID: 8231411
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A card edge connector for mating with a printed circuit board (PCB) having a card edge, the connector comprising: a housing comprising an elongate card slot and a mounting side, the card slot extending a slot length and being configured to receive the card edge of the PCB therein, the mounting side extending a side length and a width, the side length of the mounting side extending in a direction that extends along a direction of the slot length of the card slot; signal contacts held by the housing, the signal contacts comprising first signal contacts and second signal contacts, the first and second signal contacts having respective first and second signal mounting segments that are arranged in first and second signal rows, respectively, that extend along the side length of the mounting side of the housing, the first and second signal rows being spaced apart from each other along the width of the mounting side; and ground contacts held by the housing, the ground contacts comprising ground mounting segments arranged in a ground row that extends along the side length of the mounting side, the ground mounting segments being oriented approximately perpendicular to the first and second signal mounting segments, wherein the ground row extends between the first and second signal rows along the width of the mounting side of the housing.