Patent ID: 7281950

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a contact base; a first contact and a second contact each received in the contact base, wherein the first and second contacts define a first row of electrical contacts in a first direction and extend from the contact base in a second direction, and wherein the first and second contacts are separated from one another in the first direction by a first distance; a third contact and a fourth contact each received in the contact base, wherein the third and fourth contacts define a second row of electrical contacts in the first direction and extend from the contact base in the second direction, and wherein the third and fourth contacts are separated from one another in the first direction by the first distance; a fifth contact electrically connecting the first and third contacts, wherein the fifth contact is at an angle to the first and third contacts and makes electrical contact with at least one of the first and third contacts a second distance from the contact base in the second direction, and wherein an electrical path through the first, third, and fifth contacts defines a first transmission path; and a sixth contact electrically connecting the second and fourth contacts, wherein the sixth contact is at an angle to the second and fourth contacts and makes electrical contact with at least one of the second and fourth contacts a third distance from the contact base in the second direction, wherein an electrical path through the second, fourth, and sixth contacts defines a second transmission path, wherein the first distance is equal to the second distance, and wherein the third distance is two times the first distance.