Patent ID: 7473137

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a rigid housing comprising first face having a plurality of first interfaces and a second face having a plurality of second interfaces; and a plurality of conductive coaxial pairs disposed within said rigid housing in substantially parallel curvilinear paths, each conductive coaxial pair comprising a first, a second and a third substantially straight section, wherein said second and said third straight sections are disposed at an approximately forty-five degree angle to a first and second end, respectively, of said first straight portion, each of said conductive coaxial pairs comprising: a cylindrical electrical conductor extending between one of said first interfaces and one of said second interfaces; an electrically conductive shield coextensive with and surrounding said conductor; and a rigid dielectric insulator coextensive with and disposed between said conductor and said shield wherein each conductive coaxial pair comprises a 50 ohm single-ended characteristic impedance, said 50 ohm single-ended characteristic impedance providing a 100 ohm differential impedance for each of said conductive coaxial pairs.