Patent ID: 8371876

Claim:
A connector system for electrically connecting a receptacle printed circuit to a header printed circuit, the connector system comprising: a header assembly configured to be mounted on the header printed circuit, the header assembly comprising header contacts; and a receptacle assembly configured to be mounted on the receptacle printed circuit and mated with the header assembly, the receptacle assembly comprising a housing and a contact module held within the housing, the contact module having separate first and second chicklets that are coupled together to define the contact module, first and second receptacle contacts are held by the contact module and arranged in a differential pair, the first and second receptacle contacts are engaged with the header contacts of the header assembly, the contact module comprising a first ground shield coupled to the first chicklet and a second ground shield coupled to the second chicklet, wherein the first receptacle contact of the differential pair is held by the first chicklet and the second receptacle contact of the differential pair is held by the second chicklet, wherein the first and second chicklets abut each other when the first and second chicklets are coupled together, and wherein the first and second ground shields engage one another when the first and second chicklets are coupled together to electrically join the first and second ground shields.