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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2001
Takeshi Shindo, Akishima, JP;
Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A connector ( ) comprises a connector housing ( ), a plurality of signaling contacts ( ) arranged in a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows, a plurality of first ground plates ( ) arranged between every two adjacent ones of and at the outside of opposite outermost ones of the columns, and a plurality of second ground plates ( ) arranged between every two adjacent ones of and at the outside of opposite outermost ones of the rows. The first and the second ground plates ( ) are connected to each other to form a grid structure to enclose each individual contact in each grid cell. In case of differential signal transmission, each pair of two contacts is enclosed in each grid cell.