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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2015
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Michael John Phillips, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Thomas Taake de Boer, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Bruce Allen Champion, Camp Hill, PA (US);
John Joseph Consoli, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Sandeep Patel, Middletown, PA (US);
Linda Ellen Shields, Camp Hill, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a housing having a first end and a second end. The housing has a mating slot formed between the first and second ends configured to receive a mating connector having contact pads. A contact array is received in the housing. The contact array includes ground contacts and signal contacts interspersed between corresponding ground contacts. The ground contacts include attachment portions thereon. At least one lossy ground absorber is received in the housing and is coupled to at least one corresponding ground contact. Each lossy ground absorber includes at least one opening. The at least one opening receives the attachment portion of the corresponding ground contact.