Patent ID: 8864501
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: an insulator having a front face; and a plurality of spaced apart signal contacts and return reference contacts held and routed through the insulator, the signal contacts forming signal pairs which includes a positive signal contact and a negative signal contact, at the front face each signal pair is separated from an adjacent signal pair by one of the return reference contacts in an upper row, and each signal pair is separated from an adjacent signal pair by one of the return reference contacts in a lower row, extending from the insulator opposite the front face, the signal contacts and the return reference contacts arranged in a grid comprised of at least three rows and a plurality of columns, wherein a plurality of isosceles triangles are formed by the grid such that a signal pair is provided on one of the rows and one of the return reference contact provided on an another one of the rows, the signal contacts being the only contacts provided in its respective column, the return reference contacts being the only contacts provided in its respective column, adjacent signal pairs alternating between two different rows in the grid, wherein three rows are provided by the grid and the signal pairs in the isosceles triangles alternate between the first and second rows and the return reference contacts in the isosceles triangles alternate between the second and third rows.