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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2004
Wayne Samuel Davis, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Douglas Wade Glover, Dauphin, PA (US);
Wayne Samuel Davis, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Robert Neil Whiteman, Jr., Middletown, PA (US);
Douglas Wade Glover, Dauphin, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is provided that includes a housing holding a plurality of contact modules. Each contact module contains a contact lead frame that includes signal leads and ground leads arranged in one of a first and second patterns. The first and second patterns each include pairs of signal leads and individual ground leads arranged in an alternating sequence. Each pair of signal leads is coupled to a ground lead in an adjacent contact module and the coupled ground lead in the adjacent contact module is substantially spacially centered between the pair of signal leads.