Patent ID: 8192206

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating body, having at least one grounding terminal slot and a plurality of signal terminal slots formed through the insulating body, wherein the grounding terminal slot has a first retaining slot and a first reserved slot under the first retaining slot, at least one first metal layer is laid on an inner wall of the first retaining slot and an inner wall of the first reserved slot, each signal terminal slot has a second retaining slot and a second reserved slot under the second retaining slot, a second metal layer is laid on an inner wall of each second reserved slot, and the first metal layer and the second metal layer are conducted; at least one grounding terminal, made of a flexible conductive material, accommodated in the grounding terminal slot, and comprising a first base conducted to the first metal layer and fixed in the first retaining slot and a first soldering portion extending downwards from the first base and suspended in the first reserved slot; a plurality of signal terminals, respectively accommodated in the signal terminal slots, wherein each signal terminal has a second base fixed in the second retaining slot and a second soldering portion extending downwards from the second base and suspended in the second reserved slot; and a plurality of solder balls, respectively positioned at the first soldering portion and the second soldering portions.