Patent ID: 8517766

Claim:
A plug connector comprising: a tab adapted to be inserted into a receptacle connector during a mating event, the tab including first and second opposing surfaces along with third and fourth opposing surfaces that extend between the first and second surfaces; a first contact region formed at the first surface of the tab, the first contact region including eight sequentially numbered external contacts spaced apart along a first row, the sequentially numbered contacts including a first pair of data contacts at locations 2 and 3 , a second pair of data contacts at locations 6 and 7 , a first power contact positioned between the first and second pairs of data contacts, and a first ground contact positioned at one end of the first row four contact locations away from the first power contact; and wherein the first and second pairs of data contacts are high speed data contacts that operate at rate that is at least two orders of magnitude faster than an operating rate of signals on contacts at locations 1 , 4 , 5 and 8 .