Patent ID: 7396256

Claim:
A filtered connector which includes a first circuit board assembly ( 24 ) with a plurality of pin-receiving holes ( 32 h ), a plurality of pins ( 12 ) each projecting through one of said holes, a plurality of signal traces ( 60 ) each extending at least partially around one of said holes and connected to one of said pins that projects through the hole, a ground plane ( 30 ) lying on a surface of said circuit board assembly but spaced from said holes and from said signal traces and leaving gaps ( 62 ) between said ground plane and said signal traces, and a plurality of filter components ( 40 ) each having a first terminal ( 42 ) connected to said ground plane and a second terminal ( 44 ) connected to one of said signal traces, comprising: a second circuit board assembly ( 70 ) which lies facewise adjacent to said first circuit board and which has a dielectric second board assembly ( 75 ) and a plurality of holes ( 92 ) that each receives one of said pins; a plurality of shield traces ( 72 ) lying on said dielectric second board and extending over a majority of the area of each of said gaps.