Patent ID: 8888529

Claim:
A common ground shield configured to be at least partially disposed at a mating interface of an electrical connector, the common ground shield comprising: a substantially planar shield body configured to be placed in electrical communication with a substrate at one end and a complementary ground member at a second end, the common ground shield defining; 1) a plurality of windows that extend through the shield body along a lateral direction so as to reduce crosstalk and substantially match a desired impedance level, each window of the plurality of windows being spaced from each other along at least one of a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to the lateral direction and a transverse direction that is perpendicular to both the longitudinal direction and the lateral direction, and 2) a plurality of ribs embossed in the shield body along the lateral direction and each rib of the plurality of ribs being spaced from each other along the transverse direction, wherein each window of the plurality of windows is disposed between each rib of the plurality of ribs along the transverse direction.