Patent ID: 7976344

Claim:
A co-edge connector, comprising: a first housing with a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a first face and a second face, the first housing including a plurality of channels positioned on the first face and extending a portion of the distance between the first side and the second side, two adjacent channels including a notch adjacent to the first side and positioned between the two adjacent channels; a second housing with a third face and a fourth face, the second housing configured to mate with the first housing so that the third face opposes the first face; and two terminals positioned in the plurality of channels and configured to be a broadside differential coupled signal pair, each terminal including a body portion and a first leg and a second leg, the first and second leg extending from the body portion in opposite directions and the first leg including a first contact portion and the second leg include a second contact portion, the body portion secured to the first housing, wherein the connector is configured, in operation, to mate with a first panel and a second panel and is further configured to couple a first set of two signal traces adjacent a first edge of the first panel with a second set of two signal traces adjacent a second edge of the second panel with the first and second contacts portions, wherein the contact portions are positioned in the notch so as to reduce capacitance at a point where the contact portions are configured to engage the corresponding signal trace.