Patent ID: 6945796

Claim:
A connector for providing a connection between a mating connector and a circuit board, the mating connector having at least one differential pair of signal terminals and a ground associated with said differential pair of signal terminals, the connector comprising: a connector housing formed from an electrically insulative material, a triad of conductive terminals disposed in said housing, said triad including one ground terminal and two differential signal terminals associated with said ground terminal, each of said ground and signal terminals including a contact portion for contacting a corresponding opposing terminal of said mating connector, and a mounting portion for terminating said terminals to associated circuits on said circuit board, the ground and signal terminal contact portions at least partially supported within the connector housing and said ground and signal terminal mounting portions at least partially extending out of said connector housing, said ground and signal terminal contact portions being spaced apart from each other within said connector housing, and extending within said housing in a triangular orientation, said ground terminal having a width that increases from a first preselected width in said mounting portion thereof to a second preselected width in said contact portion thereof that is greater than said first preselected width, and, wherein said ground and signal terminal contact portions extend in respective first and second planes, and said ground and signal terminal mounting portions extend in a direction that intersects the first and second planes.