Patent ID: 7048567

Claim:
A connector for providing a connection between a circuit board and an opposing electronic element, the circuit board having a plurality of conductive traces disposed thereon and the opposing electronic element including a male portion having a plurality of conductive members disposed thereon, comprising: an insulative connector housing having first and second ends, the connector housing first end being a front end including a receptacle portion for mating with said opposing electronic element and the connector housing second end being a rear end; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said housing, the terminals being arranged in distinct sets of first and second terminals, the first and second terminals including contact portions for contacting a corresponding conductive member of said opposing electronic element, mountings portion for mounting said terminal to a circuit board, body portions interconnecting the mounting portions together, and retention portions for retaining the terminal in place with the connector housing, the terminal retention portions being disposed intermediate said terminal contact and terminal mounting portions, the first set of terminals being inserted into said connector housing from said front end thereof and the second set of terminals being inserted into said connector housing from said rear end; said retention portions of the second terminals each having open sided impedance control openings extending into the retention portion from a rear side thereof, and said terminal retention portions and being sized so as not to weaken the retention of said second terminals within said connector housing by said terminal retention portions.