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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2017
Samtec, Inc., New Albany, IN (US);
Travis S. Ellis, New Albany, IN (US);
Norman S. McMorrow, New Albany, IN (US);
Keith R. Guetig, New Albany, IN (US);
SAMTEC, INC., New Albany, IN (US);
Abstract
A cable assembly includes a contact ribbon made of a single stamping and including pairs of first and second signal contacts and includes a cable including pairs of first and second center conductors connected to corresponding pairs of first and second signal contacts. The contact ribbon includes a ground plane, a first row of ground contacts extending from the ground plane in a row along a first side of the ground plane such that a first line extending through the first row of ground contacts does not intersect with any signal contacts, and a second row of ground contacts extending from the ground plane in a row along a second side of the ground plane such that a second line extending through the second row of ground contacts does not intersect with any signal contacts.