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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2000
Scott K. Mickievicz, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
David W. Helster, Harrisburg, PA (US);
George R. Defibaugh, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Lynn Robert Sipe, Mifflintown, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing ( ) and circuit boards ( ) carried by the housing. The circuit boards extend parallel to each other in spaced-apart relationship. The circuit boards include signal tracks ( ) that provide electrical paths through the connector. The electrical paths extend from a mating interface ( ) at one end of the connector to a mounting interface ( ) at another end of the connector. The circuit boards include a first type ( ) and a second type ( ), the first type having circuitry arranged in a first pattern, and the second type having circuitry arranged in a second pattern which is different than the first pattern.