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A high density electrical cable connector has a primary structural support or spine that is made of an electrically conducting material. The cable connector has a strain relief or cable retainer attached at one end of the spine for securing a cable to the spine. The cable connector has electrically

A high density electrical cable connector has a primary structural support or spine that is made of an electrically conducting material. The cable connector has a strain relief or cable retainer attached at one end of the spine for securing a cable to the spine. The cable connector has electrically conductive terminals at an opposite end, the terminals having contact portions for receiving and electrically connecting to other terminals, such as pins or other contacts on an electronic or electrical device such as a circuit board and/or another electrical connector. An intermediate layer of non-conducting material between the terminals and the spine electrically isolates the terminals from the spine. Wires from the cable may be attached to the terminals, so as to form an electrically conductive path between the cable and other terminals connected, e.g., pins, received by the terminals. One of the wires from the cable may also be attached to the spine to maintain the spine at a ground or other reference voltage. The spine is in relatively close proximity to the terminals to provide a voltage reference plane, such as a voltage reference plane, and is thus cooperative with the terminals to maintain and/or to control impedance in the circuit paths of the cable connector.

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1. An electrical cable connector assembly comprising:a connector carrier which includes exterior walls enclosing an interior volume, and a plurality of interior walls within the interior volume, the interior walls dividing at least a portion of the interior volume into a plurality of rectangular slo

1. An electrical cable connector assembly comprising:a connector carrier which includes exterior walls enclosing an interior volume, and a plurality of interior walls within the interior volume, the interior walls dividing at least a portion of the interior volume into a plurality of rectangular slots; and electrical cable connector modules inserted into the slots, each of the cable connector modules including a metal structural member; a plurality of electrically conductive terminals; and an electrically non-conductive member attached to both the structural member and the terminals; and wherein the structural member provides primary structural support for the terminals; wherein each of the cable connector modules further includes a strain relief attached to the structural member, wherein the structural member also provides primary structural support for the strain relief; and wherein the non-conductive member and the strain relief are at respective opposite ends of the structural member, with an air gap between the non-conductive member and the strain relief.