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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2005
Clifford L. Winings, Etters, PA (US);
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Timothy A. Lemke, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Gregory A. Hull, York, PA (US);
Stephen B. Smith, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Stefaan Hendrik Josef Sercu, Velddriel, NL;
Timothy W. Houtz, Etters, PA (US);
Clifford L. Winings, Etters, PA (US);
Joseph B. Shuey, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Timothy A. Lemke, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Gregory A. Hull, York, PA (US);
Stephen B. Smith, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Stefaan Hendrik Josef Sercu, Velddriel, NL;
Timothy W. Houtz, Etters, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
Lightweight, low-cost, high-density electrical connectors are disclosed that provide impedance-controlled, high-speed, low-interference communications, even in the absence of shields between the contacts, and that provide for a variety of other benefits not found in prior art connectors. An example of such an electrical connector may include a first signal contact positioned within a first linear array of electrical contacts and a second signal contact positioned within a second linear array of electrical contacts that is adjacent to the first linear array. Either of the signal contacts may be a single-ended signal conductor, or one of a differential signal pair. The connector may be devoid of shields between the signal contacts, and of ground contacts adjacent to the signal contacts.