Patent ID: 8597047

Claim:
An electrical high speed connector affording a reduction in the effective dielectric constant comprising: an insulator body having a grouping of data pair cavities arranged adjacent to a grouping of sideband cavities, each data pair cavity and each sideband cavity having a first longitudinal axis, the insulator body further having air dielectric cavities, each air dielectric cavity having a second longitudinal axis; said data pair cavities configured for carrying high speed data signals at a predefined data rate, said air dielectric cavities configured to minimize impedance discontinuity, and said sideband cavities configured for transmitting low speed signals for channel identification or detection or for use in low power connectivity; wherein each data pair cavity is arranged adjacent to an air dielectric cavity in alternating fashion within the grouping of data pair cavities, the grouping of sideband cavities, and the date pair cavities, sideband cavities, and air dielectric cavities extend from a front surface of the insulator to a back surface of the insulator; and wherein said first longitudinal axis is generally parallel to second longitudinal axis.