Patent ID: 7935896

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a plurality of electrically-conductive contacts having terminal portions arranged in a matrix of rows and columns, wherein (i) the terminal portions are adapted to be received by a substrate comprising a first pair of signal conductor vias arranged along a via column, a second pair of signal conductor vias adjacent to the first pair of signal conductor vias along the via column, and a first ground conductor via adjacent to the first pair of signal conductor vias along the via column, (ii) a pitch between the first ground conductor via and an adjacent one of the first pair of signal conductor vias is less than a pitch between the first pair of signal conductor vias and the second pair of signal conductor vias, and (iii) a pitch between the first pair of signal conductor vias is less than the pitch between the first pair of signal conductor vias and the second pair of signal conductor vias.