Patent ID: 8864521

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a plurality of conductive members disposed in a plurality of parallel columns of conductive members, each of the plurality of conductive members comprising a mating interface portion, a contact tail, and an intermediate portion electrically coupling the contact tail and the mating interface portion, wherein the plurality of conductive members are arranged in pairs; and a plurality of lossy members, each lossy member being elongated in at least one direction that is parallel to a respective column of the plurality of parallel columns of conductive members and being positioned adjacent the mating interface portions of conductive members in the respective column of the plurality of parallel columns such that the electrical connector is substantially free of the plurality of lossy members between intermediate portions of conductive members of adjacent pairs of the plurality of conductive members, wherein at least one lossy member of the plurality of lossy members comprises a material having a conductivity between 1 siemens/meter and 1×10 7 siemens/meter.