Patent ID: 7828597

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of terminal grooves therein and extending along a mating direction; and a plurality of terminals designated as signal terminals and grounding terminals and respectively received in said terminal grooves in a manner of two neighboring signal terminals adjacent to one grounding terminal which are designated as a terminal group, wherein the grounding terminal and signal terminals which are in a same terminal group face to each other through a path defined therebetween; wherein a partition wall is defined between adjacent terminal groups; wherein each terminal comprises a retaining portion secured in the terminal groove and a contacting portion projecting forward, the retaining portions of the grounding terminal and signal terminals which are in a same terminal group face to each other; wherein the insulative housing comprises a first housing and a second housing stacked together, and the second housing defines a tongue plate therein, said contacting portions of the terminals projecting into the second housing and located at opposite sides thereof beyond the tongue plate.