Patent ID: 7319272

Claim:
A pattern of contacts comprising: high speed transmitter contacts disposed in a first portion of the pattern, where the high speed transmitter contacts are disposed in transmitter differential pairs, high speed receiver contacts disposed in a second portion of the pattern, where the first portion of the pattern is not interspersed with the second portion of the pattern, and the high speed receiver contacts are disposed in receiver differential pairs, at least one unbroken line of other contacts disposed between the first portion of the pattern and the second portion of the pattern, where the other contacts do not contain any high speed transmitter contacts and high speed receiver contacts, and low speed IO contacts disposed in a third portion of the pattern, where a part of the third portion of the pattern is disposed in an interior portion of the pattern relative to both the first portion of the pattern and the second portion of the pattern, where substantially all of the contacts are disposed at a first pitch one from another on a single contact surface.