Patent ID: 8500496

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a connector body configured to mate with a plug connector and a contact sub-assembly held by the connector body, the contact sub-assembly comprising: a plurality of mating conductors that are configured to transmit signal current, wherein each of the mating conductors extends between an engagement portion and an interior portion of the respective mating conductor, the engagement portions of the mating conductors configured to engage plug contacts of a mating connector, the engagement portions being located proximate to one another at a first nodal region, the interior portions of the mating conductors being located proximate to one another at a second nodal region; first open-ended conductors electrically connected to the engagement portions of corresponding mating conductors and extending from the first nodal region; and second open-ended conductors electrically connected to the interior portions of corresponding mating conductors and extending from the second nodal region, wherein the first open-ended conductors are capacitively coupled to the second open-ended conductors.