Patent ID: 7819699

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of receiving spaces; a plurality of contact modules inserted in the receiving spaces, each contact module comprising a first substrate having a pair of substrate halves, and a pair of conductive units respectively mounted on corresponding substrate halves, said first substrate having a plurality of circuit traces formed thereon and one electronic component disposed on one substrate half, the circuit traces being electrically connected with the pair of conductive units and the electronic component, said pair of conductive units sharing the electronic component commonly via the circuit traces; wherein each conductive unit comprises a pair of terminal groups respectively mounted on opposite sides of the substrate half and received in corresponding receiving spaces; wherein said substrate half is formed with a plurality of conductive pads, and wherein each terminal group comprises a shelf mounted on the substrate half, and a plurality of terminals assembled to the shelf and electrically connected to the conductive pads of the substrate half; wherein said terminals are soldered on the conductive pads of the substrate half by surface mount technology; wherein each conductive unit comprises a filter module comprising a second substrate and a plurality of converting terminals electrically connected with the first substrate and the second substrate; wherein each substrate half defines a plurality of conductive holes for insertion of the converting terminals; wherein said filter module comprises a base, a plurality of filter coils received in a the base, and wherein said converting terminals comprise a plurality of first converting terminals each electrically connected with the conductive holes of the first substrate and one tip end of the filter coil and, and a plurality of second converting terminals each electrically connected with the second substrate and another tip end of the filter coil.