Patent ID: 7798854

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing that is capable of being fitted to a mating housing of a mating connector; and a plurality of contacts that are held by said housing, said plurality of contacts including pairs of signal contacts for high-speed transmission, ground contacts for high-speed transmission, and contacts for non-high-speed transmission, wherein each of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission, said ground contacts for high-speed transmission, and said contacts for non-high-speed transmission has a contact portion which is capable of being brought into contact with a contact portion of a mating contact of the mating connector, and a connection portion which is connected to an object to be connected, wherein said contact portions of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission and said contact portions of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in a contact arranging direction which is orthogonal to a connector fitting direction, wherein said contact portions of said contacts for non-high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in the contact arranging direction, wherein the row formed by said contact portions of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission and said contact portions of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission, and the row formed by said contact portions of said contacts for non-high-speed transmission are parallel to each other, wherein said contact portions of each pair of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission are disposed between adjacent ones of said contact portions of adjacent ones of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission in the contact arranging direction, wherein said connection portions of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission and said connection portions of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission are arranged in a row in the contact arranging direction, wherein said connection portions of each pair of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission are disposed between adjacent ones of said connection portions of adjacent ones of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission in the contact arranging direction, wherein said connection portions of said contacts for non-high-speed transmission are arranged in the contact arranging direction, and wherein the row formed by said connection portions of said signal contacts for high-speed transmission and said connection portions of said ground contacts for high-speed transmission, and at least one row formed by said connection portions of said contacts for non-high-speed transmission, are parallel to each other.