Patent ID: 8911262

Claim:
An electrical receptacle comprising: a first row of electrical contacts extending along a side of the receptacle, the first row of electrical contacts being a first distance from an opening of the electrical receptacle, the first row of electrical contacts comprising: a first receptacle differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, the first receptacle differential signaling pair including a first receptacle contact and a second receptacle contact, the first receptacle contact and the second receptacle contact being closer to a center of the first row of electrical contacts than remaining contacts in the first row of electrical contacts; and a second receptacle differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol, the second communication protocol having a lower data rate than a data rate of the first communication protocol, the second receptacle differential signaling pair including a third receptacle contact and a fourth receptacle contact; and a second row of electrical contacts extending along the side of the receptacle, the second row of electrical contacts being a second distance from the opening of the electrical receptacle, the second row of electrical contacts comprising a third receptacle differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to the first communication protocol, the third receptacle differential signaling pair including a fifth receptacle contact and a sixth receptacle contact, the fifth receptacle contact and the sixth receptacle contact being closer to a center of the second row of electrical contacts than remaining contacts in the second row of electrical contacts.