Patent ID: 8597055

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing having a mating face and a mounting face; a plurality of wafers disposed within the housing; a plurality of ground and signal conductive terminals being supported by the plurality of wafers, each of the terminals including a contact portion disposed at one end, a tail portions disposed at an opposite end thereof and a body portion interconnecting the contact and tail portions together, each of the wafers defining a frame that supports a respective set of terminals; and a first of the plurality of wafers supporting a plurality of ground terminals and a second of the plurality of wafers supporting a plurality of first signal terminals and a third of the plurality of wafers supporting a plurality of second signal terminals, the first and second signal terminals having body portions having substantially a first width and the ground terminals having a body portion with a second width that is greater than the first width substantially the entire length of the body portion of the ground terminal, the second and third wafers being disposed adjacent each other such that the first and second signal terminals face each other and are broadside coupled together so as to carry differential signals thereacross, wherein the first wafer is disposed adjacent the second wafer.