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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2018
Fci Usa Llc, Etters, PA (US);
Madhumitha Rengarajan, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Lewis Robin Johnson, York, PA (US);
FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US);
Abstract
A connector for surface mounting with a solder reflow process with closely-spaced solder masses on mounting ends of reference contacts. The solder masses on the reference contacts may fuse for enhanced shielding. The mounting ends of signal and reference contacts may be positioned in rows, configured such that the solder masses of the reference contacts may shield solder masses attached to signal contacts in adjacent rows. The mounting ends of the signal contacts may be disposed in pockets in a surface of the connector housing. In some embodiments, solder balls may be fused to an edge of the signal contact, with the length of the edge extending beyond locations at which the solder ball is fused to. The edge may extend through a wall of the pocket, so as to set a desired impedance in the mounting region of the connector.