Patent ID: 6752654
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A serial advanced technology attachment connector comprising:an insulating housing defining a mounting space therein and having a bottom wall that defines a horizontal plane, and a front open end for access into said mounting space; an insulating signal panel disposed in said mounting space, parallel to said horizontal plane, and having a surface that is parallel to said horizontal plane; an insulating power panel disposed in said mounting space and parallel to and aligned with said signal panel in a vertical direction that is perpendicular to said horizontal plane, said power panel having opposite first and second surfaces that are parallel to said horizontal plane; a plurality of signal terminals, each of which has a contact extension and a leg, said contact extensions of said signal terminals being laid on said surface of said signal panel, being parallel to each other, extending in a first direction, and being aligned in a second direction that is transverse to said first direction, said leg extending from said contact extension in said vertical direction through said bottom wall; a plurality of first power terminals, each of which has a contact extension and a leg, said contact extensions of said first power terminals being laid on said first surface of said power panel, being parallel to each other, extending in said first direction, and being aligned in said second direction, said leg of each of said first power terminals extending from said contact extension of said first power terminal in said vertical direction through said bottom wall; and a plurality of second power terminals, each of which has a contact extension and a leg, said contact extensions of said second power terminals being laid on said second surface of said power panel, being parallel to each other, extending in said first direction, and being aligned in said second direction, said leg of each of said second power terminals extending from said contact extension of said second power terminal in said vertical direction through said bottom wall, wherein said signal terminals include a first ground terminal, a pair of first differential signal terminals, a second ground terminal, a third ground terminal, a pair of second differential signal terminals, and a fourth ground terminal.