Patent ID: 8257117

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a substrate having a wire end and a mating end, the substrate having signal traces extending between the wire end and the mating end, the substrate having a mounting surface being arranged horizontally; wire terminals joined to the wire end of the substrate, each of the wire terminals electrically coupled to a signal trace, each of the wire terminals being generally planar and extending from the mounting surface of the substrate to a top of the wire terminal, each of the wire terminals having a slot open at the top configured to receive a conductor of a cable therein through the slot, the wire terminals arranged in a front group and a rear group, the front group of wire terminals positioned proximate to the wire end of the substrate, the rear group of wire terminals positioned distally from the wire end of the substrate, the front group of wire terminals having a height measured between the mounting surface of the substrate and the tops of the wire terminals of the front group, the rear group of wire terminals having a height measured between the mounting surface of the substrate and the tops of the wire terminals of the rear group, the height of the front group of wire terminals being different than the height of the rear group of wire terminals; and mating contacts joined to the mating end of the substrate, each of the mating contacts electrically coupled to a signal trace such that the signal trace directs electrical signals between a wire terminal and the mating contact, the mating contacts configured to engage a contact of a corresponding connector.