Patent ID: 7422483

Claim:
A connector comprising: a housing having a front face and a bottom, and at least one first planar differential signal insert wafer within said housing; the insert wafer including first and second differential signal contacts accessible through said front face and being vertically displaced from each other by a first separation distance and lying in a first vertical plane; third and fourth differential signal contacts accessible through said front face and vertically displaced from each other by a second separation distance and lying in said first vertical plane; said first and said third differential signal contacts vertically separated from each other at said front face by a third separation distance, said second and said fourth differential signal contacts also separated from each other by said third separation distance, said third separation distance being greater than said first and second separation distances, said first, second, third and fourth differential signal contacts extending through said signal wafer insert such that they all extend from the bottom of said connector housing, said first, second, third and fourth differential signal contacts that extend from the housing bottom being co-planar and lying in a plane orthogonal to the front face of the connector; and, a retention clip lying in a vertical plane and located between said first and second differential signal contacts and said third and fourth differential signal contacts, said retention clip holding the signal insert wafer in said housing.