Patent ID: 8899996

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a dielectric housing, the housing including a first receptacle and a second receptacle vertically spaced apart; a first set of differential pairs that each include a plurality of first terminals, the plurality of first terminals each having a first contact portion, a first retention portion, a first extension portion, and a first solder tail portion, wherein the first contact portion extends within the first receptacle and the first retention portion extends between the first contact portion and the first extension portion and the first extension portion extends between the first retention portion and the first solder tail portion; a second set of differential pairs that each include a plurality of second terminals, each of the plurality of second terminals having a second contact portion, a second retention portion, a second extension portion, and a second solder tail portion, wherein the second contact portion extends within the second receptacle, the second retention portion extends between the second contact portion and the second extension portion and the second extension portion extends between the second retention portion and the second solder tail; and a shield terminal including a plate portion and two contact portions, the plate portion and two contact portions being integrally formed, the two contact portions separately extending within the first receptacle and the second receptacle, the plate portion of the shield terminal disposed between the first set of differential pairs and between the second set of differential pairs, wherein the plate portion is configured to separate the first extension portion of one of the plurality of first terminals from the first extension portion of another of the plurality of first terminals and to also separate the second extension portion of one of the plurality of second terminals from the second extension portion of another of the plurality of second terminals.