Patent ID: 8215968

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted to mate with a printed circuit board, said electrical connector comprising: a plurality of signal conductor pairs arranged in rows, each of said signal conductor pairs including a first conductor and a second conductor, said first conductor including a first mating portion defining a first central longitudinal mating portion axis, and a first contact portion defining a first central longitudinal contact portion axis, said second conductor including a second mating portion defining a second central longitudinal mating portion axis, and a second contact portion defining a second central longitudinal contact portion axis, wherein, for each of said signal conductor pairs, said first central longitudinal mating portion axis is parallel to and offset from said first central longitudinal contact portion axis, and said second central longitudinal mating portion axis is parallel to and offset from said second central longitudinal contact portion axis, wherein, for a first row of signal conductor pairs, each of said first contact portions is adapted to mate with said printed circuit board at a location disposed along a first line, and each of said second contact portions is adapted to mate with said printed circuit board at a location disposed along a second line that is parallel to the first line and spaced from the first line by a first distance, wherein for a second row of signal conductor pairs, adjacent to the first row, each of said first contact portions is adapted to mate with said printed circuit board at a location disposed along a third line, and each of said second contact portions is adapted to mate with said printed circuit board at a location disposed along a fourth line that is parallel to the third line and spaced from the third line by the first distance, wherein the second line is parallel to the third line and spaced from the third line by a second distance, the second line is positioned between the first line and the third line, and the third line is positioned between the second line and the fourth line, and wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.