Patent ID: 7997907

Claim:
A connector assembly comprising: at least one circuit board with traces having a plane and defining an edge; a signal array of a plurality of conductors, each conductor including at least one inner conductive element and an outer conductive element, the inner conductive elements coupled with respective traces on the circuit board; a connector body containing the signal array, the connector body secured proximate the edge of the circuit board and having a face surface wherein the inner conductive elements are electrically presented proximate the face surface in a generally co-planar arrangement for presenting the traces of the circuit board through the signal array to a signal-bearing component; a compressible interface element having a plurality of conductive elements embedded in a compressible, electrically insulative medium; the interface element positionable against the face surface, and operable, when compressed between the connector body and a signal-bearing component, to pass signals between the circuit board and the signal-bearing component while maintaining geometric arrangement of the inner and outer conductive elements of the conductors of the array and conductive elements of the signal-bearing component.