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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2002
Brent Ryan Rothermel, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Michael J. Phillips, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Alex Michael Sharf, Harrisburg, PA (US);
David Wayne Helster, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Randall Robert Henry, Harrisburg, PA (US);
James Lee Fedder, Etters, PA (US);
Lynn Robert Sipe, Mifflintown, PA (US);
David Keay Fowler, Boiling Springs, PA (US);
Attalee S. Taylor, Palmyra, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided having a connector housing with signal modules and grounding members therein. Each of the signal modules has a ground plane on at least one side of each of the signal modules. The ground planes have contact pads formed at opposite ends thereof proximate mating ends of the signal modules. The grounding members interconnect the ground planes on the sides of adjacent signal modules to one another at a point along one of the ground planes and the contact pads. Optionally, the signal modules may include vias having conductive liners therethrough that electrically connect ground planes from opposite sides of a signal module to one another. Alternatively, the signal modules can be printed circuit boards. The signal modules may be arranged parallel to one another within the housing.