Patent ID: 8038476

Claim:
A network connector, comprising: an insulative housing, said insulative housing having an insertion hole defined in a front side thereof for the insertion of an external electrical connector; an output circuit board and an input circuit board mounted in said insulative housing, said output circuit board and said input circuit board each having a plurality of surface contacts; a plurality of output terminals mounted in said insertion hole inside said insulative housing and electrically connected to said output circuit board for signal output; a plurality of input terminals electrically connected to said input circuit board and extending out a bottom side of said insulative housing opposite to said insertion hole for signal input; a filter capacitor mounted in said insulative housing and electrically connected between said input circuit board and said output circuit board; a filter module, said filter module comprising a plurality of filter coils electrically bonded to the surface contacts of said output circuit board and the surface contacts of said input circuit board by surface mount technology; and an insulative partition block mounted in said insulative housing to hold said input circuit board and said output circuit board and said filter module therein, said filter capacitor being isolated from said filter module by a wall of said insulative partition block; wherein said insulative partition block comprises a locating groove and a slot; said input circuit board having an extension portion, said input circuit board is mounted in said locating groove of said insulative partition block and said extension portion inserted through said slot.