Patent ID: 8353728

Claim:
A receptacle connector adapted for mating with a plug connector having a paddle board along a mating direction, comprising: a housing defining an inserting opening and a slot communicating with the inserting opening; a pair of first groups of terminals secured in the housing, each first group of terminals including a first terminal having a first contact portion for transmitting differential signal disposed at a first side of the slot, a second terminal having a second contact portion for transmitting low-frequency signal and a third terminal having a third contact portion for transmitting differential signal, said second contact portion and third contact portion being respectively disposed at a second side opposite to the first side of the slot and aligned with each other along the mating direction, said first contact portion being positioned between the second contact portion and the third contact portion along the mating direction; and a second group of terminals including a fourth terminal having a fourth contact portion for grounding disposed at the first side of the slot, and a fifth terminal having a fifth contact portion disposed at the second side of the slot, wherein one pair of the first groups of terminals and one second group of terminals are arranged in the housing in sequence along a transverse direction perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein said second contact portion of the second terminal is disposed closer to the inserting opening than the first contact portion, and said third contact portion of the third terminal is farther from the inserting opening than the first contact portion, wherein said fifth contact portion of the fifth terminal is disposed closer to the inserting opening than the fourth contact portion of the fourth terminal.