Patent ID: 7972068

Claim:
A header assembly, comprising: a base; a plurality of single ports extending through the base; a plurality of electric leads, each of which extends through a corresponding single port and each lead being retained in position in its respective single port by a retainer material, each of the plurality of electric leads for carrying low-speed electrical signals used to provide an electrical signal to one or more electric components; and a plural port through which two leads extend, the two leads being retained in the plural port by a retainer material, wherein the two leads extending through the plural port are high speed data signal leads used to provide a modulation signal to an optical transmitter, wherein providing the modulation signal only on the two leads extending through the plural port allows for the modulation signal to be provided at a faster speed and with higher quality than if the modulation signal were provided by one or more of the plurality of electric leads extending through the corresponding single port due at least in part to improved impedance matching of the two leads extending through the plural port.