Patent ID: 6932649

Claim:
An electrical connector for operation in a point-to-point system architecture, comprising: an insulated housing having first and second card interfaces configured to mate with associated first and second circuit cards; an electrical wafer held in said housing and configured to operate in a point-to-point architecture, said wafer having first and second interfaces, said signal traces ending at input and output contact pads proximate said first and second interfaces, respectively, said input contact pads receiving an uni-directional signal, said output contact pads transmitting said uni-directional signal, said signal traces including a first break at an intermediate point along a length thereof to form a disconnect in said signal traces; and an active compensation component bridging said first break in said signal traces, said active compensation component compensating said signal incoming from said input contact pads for signal degradation and transmitting an amplified, equalized signal outward to said output contact pads, said active compensation component transmitting said signal uni-directionally within the point-to-point architecture.