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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2021
Fci Usa Llc, Etters, PA (US);
James J. Muha, Boiling Springs, PA (US);
Scott Martin, Manchester, PA (US);
Douglas M. Johnescu, York, PA (US);
Gregory A. Hull, York, PA (US);
Mark E. Lauermann, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Jason John Ellison, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Jan De Geest, Wetteren, BE;
Charles Copper, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Mark R. Gray, York, PA (US);
William Tanis, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Steven E. Minich, York, PA (US);
FCI USA LLC, Etters, PA (US);
Abstract
Electrical connectors for very high speed signals, including signals at frequencies at or above 112 GHz, with high density. Such connectors may be formed with fine features molded into portions of the connector housing to support closely spaced signal conductors. The signal conducts may nonetheless be accurately positioned, which leads to uniform impedance and other electrical characteristics that enable high frequency operation through the use of skeletal members that restrain bowing and twisting of housing components that position, directly or indirectly, the signal conductors. The skeletal members may be simply incorporated into the housing components by stamping a metal skeleton from a metal sheet in conjunction with one or more carrier strips. The housing component may be overmolded around the skeleton and then severed from the carrier strips.