Patent ID: 7435110

Claim:
An electrical connector having a first end for fitting with another connector and a second end for connecting to a board, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways along a first direction; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways, said contacts including signal contact pairs and grounding contacts disposed adjacent to and separating the signal contact pairs, each signal contact pair having a first signal contact and a second signal contact being substantially in equal length of the first signal contact, the first and second contacts respectively having a first and a second contact portion for engaging with the another connector and respectively having a first and a second soldering portion for connecting to the board, the grounding contact including an engaging portion for engaging with the another connector and a terminal portion for connecting to the board, the first and second contact portions and the engaging portion being parallel and coplanar in the first end, the first and the second soldering portions being spaced from each other in the first direction.