Patent ID: 8882516

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing; at least one differential pair received in the insulative housing, the differential pair comprising a first contact and a second contact, the first contact having a first signal transmission length and a first signal transmission path, and the second contact having a second signal transmission length and a second signal transmission path, wherein the first signal transmission length of the first contact is equal to the second signal transmission length of the second contact, and the first signal transmission path of the first contact is different from the second signal transmission path of the second contact; wherein each of the first contact and the second contact comprises a contacting portion, a retaining portion extending rearward from the contacting portion, a termination portion extending beyond the insulative housing, and an intermediate portion connecting the retaining portion and the termination portion; wherein the intermediate portions of the first contacts extend along a first plane and the intermediate portions of the second contacts extend along a second plane, and wherein the first plane and the second plane are parallel with each other.