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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2021
Filed:
May. 04, 2020
Applicant:
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
John C. Laurx, Aurora, IL (US);
Chien-Lin Wang, Naperville, IL (US);
Vivek Shah, Buffalo Grove, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6461 (2011.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01R 13/516 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/6461 (2013.01); H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 13/518 (2013.01); H01R 13/6587 (2013.01); H01R 13/516 (2013.01);
Abstract
A backplane connector includes a shielded design that has wafers with signal terminals supported as edge-coupled terminal pairs for differential signaling. A ground shield is mounted on each wafer and provides a U-channel that partially shields each terminal pair. The wafers omit a ground terminal between adjacent terminal pairs. An insert can be provided to help connect the ground shield to a U-shield to provide U-shaped shielding structure substantially the entire way from a tail to a contact.