Patent ID: 7014507

Claim:
A filter connector that includes a plurality of elongated contacts, a plurality of ferrite beads each extending around one of said contacts with each bead having front and rear ends, and first and second pluralities of capacitors that each has a signal terminal and a grounded ground terminal, the signal terminal of each of said first capacitors being connected to one of said contacts at a first location that lies forward of the front end of the corresponding bead and the signal terminal of each of said second capacitors being connected to one of said contacts at a second location that is rearward of the rear end of the corresponding bead, including: third and fourth pluralities of capacitors that each have grounded terminals, said third capacitors each having a signal terminal connected to one of said contacts at a third location that lies forward of the front end of the corresponding bead, and that is spaced from the corresponding first location; said fourth capacitors each having a signal terminal connected to one of said contacts at a fourth location that lies rearward of the rear end of the corresponding bead and that is spaced from the corresponding second location.