Patent ID: 7914345

Claim:
An electrical connector configured to engage a mating connector having mating contacts and transmit a signal therebetween, the electrical connector comprising: a housing having a mating end and a loading end; an array of conductors comprising at least one differential pair of conductors extending between the mating end and the loading end within the housing and being configured to engage a selected mating contact at a mating interface, each conductor configured to transmit a signal current; a plurality of traces extending between the mating end and the loading end, the traces being electrically connected to corresponding conductors proximate to at least one of the mating end and the loading end; a first interconnection path formed by the conductors extending from the mating interface to the loading end; and a second interconnection path formed by the traces extending from the mating interface to the loading end; wherein the signal current transmitting through at least one conductor of the at least one differential pair is split between the first and second interconnection paths and wherein at least one of the first and second interconnection paths is configured to provide compensation; wherein the second interconnection path includes a plurality of secondary interconnection paths, the signal current transmitted through the second interconnection path being further split by the plurality of secondary interconnection paths and transmitting therethrough.