Patent ID: 6890215

Claim:
A terminal assembly for use in transmitting differential signal between two electronic components, comprising: at least two pairs of conductive, differential signal terminals; an insulative support fanned from a dielectric material and supporting the pairs of terminals in an arrangement where the two differential signal terminal pairs are aligned together in the support, the support having a plurality of distinct sides; said terminals including tail portions that are exposed along a first one of the support sides for connection to traces on a circuit board, contact portions that are exposed along a second side of said support sides, and body portions interconnecting the tail and contact portions together and defining a signal path through said support, said support including a skeletal framework which spaces terminals of each differential signal pair apart from each other and which aligns said terminals of said differential signal pairs with each other, the skeletal framework including at least one elongated slot disposed in one of said first and second support sides between the differential signal terminal pairs, the slot extending in a preselected distance into said support, said slot partially separating said differential signal terminal pairs from said support.