Patent ID: 8361896
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method to improve signal transmission in an electrical connector assembly, the method comprising the steps of: providing or teaching use of a substrate having an electrically conductive ground layer and at least one electrically conductive trace separated from the electrically conductive ground layer by a dielectric material along a first direction, the substrate defining a substrate edge, and the electrically conductive ground layer defining a ground edge; providing an electrical connector having a signal contact that defines a mating portion, a mounting portion, a first transition portion connected to the mating portion, and a second transition portion connected between the first transition portion and the mounting portion, the second transition portion extending more along a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction than along the first direction, the electrical connector configured to be attached to the substrate such that a portion of the electrical connector overhangs the substrate edge of the substrate; adjusting or teaching adjustment of the substrate along the second direction such that when the electrical connector is mounted on the substrate (i) at least a portion of the first transition portion is aligned with, and spaced from the ground edge along the second direction so as to define a gap is between the ground edge and the at least a portion of the first transition portion along the second direction and (ii) a majority of the second transition portion extends over the gap along the second direction, wherein the gap is devoid of the electrically conductive ground layer.