Patent ID: 7534143

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing extending in a front-to-back direction; a conductive shell enclosing the insulative housing and cooperating with the insulative housing to define a receiving cavity adapted for receiving a complementary connector; and a first set of contacts held in the insulative housing for transmitting a first kind of signals, each first contact comprising a contacting section exposed in said receiving cavity and a tail section extending rearward from the contacting section; a second set of contacts held in the insulative housing and comprising two pairs of differential contacts respectively for transmitting and receiving a second kind of signals and a grounding contact, and each of the second set of contacts comprising a contacting section exposed in said receiving cavity and a tail section extending rearward form the contacting section; and a first set of wires aligned in one row and having inner conductors electrically connecting with the tail sections of the first set of contacts; and a second set of wires aligned in one row and comprising a pair of differential pairs electrically connecting with the two pairs of differential contacts for transmitting and receiving said second kind of signals and at least one grounding conductor electrically connecting with the grounding contact.