Molex Corporation

Dan Wenzel

Kirk B Peloza

Ayman Isaac

Vivek Shah

Andrew Kolak

Matt Cox

A number of connectors and related methods that allow for high data rate transmissions are described. An example connector includes a housing and a wafer. The water includes signal conductors, a ground conductors, a flexible shield, and a rigid shield. The flexible shield includes terminal end portions, cantilever spring end portions, and a flexible shield body between the terminal end portions and the cantilever spring end portions. The flexible shield body covers a first portion of the ground conductors, and the rigid shield covers a second portion of the ground conductors.

Connector with shielded terminals

Input/output (I/O) connectors () for conducting data at high data rates, (e.g. 112 gigabits per second or more) are provided with protective shields () to provide increased mechanical strength and signal integrity.

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Dan Wenzel