Patent ID: 7977583

Claim:
A shielded cable interface module comprising a printed circuit board comprising a cable termination side and a system interface side, the cable interface module comprising: a) a plurality of cable receiving grooves in the cable termination side extending laterally to an edge of the printed circuit board, each of the plurality of cable receiving grooves comprising a center conductor groove, an insulator groove, and a shield conductor groove; b) a center conductor via extending through the printed circuit board from the center conductor groove to the system interface side; c) a shield via extending through the printed circuit board from the shield conductor groove to the system interface side; d) a conductor plane on the cable termination side surrounding the plurality of cable receiving grooves and extending adjacent to each of the plurality of shield conductor grooves, the conductor plane comprising a non-conductor region within the conductor plane adjacent to each of the center conductor grooves; and e) a plurality of ground vias associated with each of the plurality of cable receiving grooves spaced apart from and partially surrounding the center conductor via outside and adjacent to the non-conductor region, the plurality of ground vias extending through the printed circuit board from the cable termination side to the system interface side.