Patent ID: 7156672
Filing Date: 2007-01-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A high-density electrical connector comprising: a housing which holds a plurality of conductive terminals, the terminals having contact portions for mating to opposing contact portions of opposing terminals of a mating connector, said terminals including at least first and second distinct sets of terminals, each distinct set of terminals including only a pair of differential signal terminals and an associated ground terminal, said housing including a carrier member including an internal cavity that receives therein a plurality of interengaging segments, each of the segments supporting only the pair of differential signal terminals and associated ground terminal, the first of said segments supporting only the first distinct set of terminals, and said second of said segments supporting only the second distinct set of terminals; and the two distinct sets of terminals being disposed in at least two rows on said housing, one of the two rows including a pair of differential signal terminals from said first distinct set of terminals and a ground terminal from said second distinct set of terminals, the other of said two rows including a pair of differential signal terminals from said second distinct set of terminals and a ground terminal from said first distinct set of terminals, said first and second distinct sets of terminals being inverted with respect to each other within said housing.