Patent ID: 6843679

Claim:
A cable connector assembly comprising: a cable connector having an insulative housing, a terminal insert retaining therein a number of terminals, and a metallic shell covering said insulative housing, said terminals including a number of signal terminals a number of ground terminals and a number of power terminals; a number of wires electrically connecting with said signal terminals for signal transmission; a grounding bar comprising a main plate and a number of ground fingers extending from an edge of said main plate, wherein said main plate is positioned outside said insulative housing while said ground fingers electrically connecting with corresponding ground terminals so that the noise is substantially eliminated both outside and inside the insulative housing; and a conductive tape substantially wrapping said grounding bar and electrically connecting with said metallic shell such that a grounding path is established from the ground terminals to the metallic shell via the ground fingers, the main plate of the ground bar, and the conductive tape, respectively; wherein, said insulative housing defines a receiving space for receiving said terminal insert; wherein said terminal insert comprises an insulative main body defining therein a number of terminal receiving slots and a number of channels communicating with said terminal receiving slots, said around fingers of said grounding bar and end portions of said wires being received in corresponding channels and extended into said terminal receiving slots.