Patent ID: 8851906

Claim:
A cable assembly comprising: a metallic housing; a PCB received into the housing, and defining a plurality of pairs of signal conductive pads and a plurality of grounding conductive pads formed on a rear end thereof, at least one grounding conductive pad arranged on each lateral side of one pair of signal conductive pads; and a cable electrically connected to the PCB, the cable having at least one set of first wire and a plurality of sets of second wires, each set of first wire comprising a pair of differential signal conductors and two grounding conductors located at two sides of the pair of differential signal conductors, each set of second wire comprising a pair of differential signal conductors and a grounding conductor located at a lateral side of the pair of differential signal conductors; wherein a plurality of pairs of differential signal conductors of the cable are electrically connected to the corresponding plurality of pairs of signal conductive pads, a plurality of grounding conductors are electrically connected to the corresponding plurality of grounding conductive pads.