IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
UP-0137155
(2008-06-11)
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등록번호 |
US-7674133
(2010-04-21)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Fogg, Michael Warren
- Cina, Michael Frank
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출원인 / 주소 |
- Tyco Electronics Corporation
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
11 인용 특허 :
11 |
초록
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A connector assembly includes a housing and a contact module assembly including first and second contact modules loaded into the housing. The first contact module has a plurality of ground leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts. The ground leads extend along separate paths wit
A connector assembly includes a housing and a contact module assembly including first and second contact modules loaded into the housing. The first contact module has a plurality of ground leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts. The ground leads extend along separate paths within a first plane. The second contact module has a plurality of signal leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts. The signal leads extend along separate paths within a second plane. The ground leads are aligned with the signal leads in a direction transverse to the first plane, and the ground leads have a width and a thickness defining a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross sectional area of the signal leads.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing; and a contact module assembly including first and second contact modules loaded into the housing, the first contact module having a plurality of ground leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the ground leads
What is claimed is: 1. A connector assembly comprising: a housing; and a contact module assembly including first and second contact modules loaded into the housing, the first contact module having a plurality of ground leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the ground leads extending along separate paths within a first plane, the second contact module having a plurality of signal leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the signal leads extending along separate paths within a second plane, the ground leads being aligned with the signal leads in a direction transverse to the first plane, wherein the ground leads have a width and a thickness defining a cross-sectional area that is larger than a cross sectional area of the signal leads. 2. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the ground leads are wider than the signal leads. 3. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein a lead axis of the ground leads are substantially aligned with a lead axis of corresponding signal leads. 4. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the paths are non-linear and extend between mating contacts and mounting contacts that are generally perpendicular to one another. 5. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the first and second contact modules each include a dielectric body and a leadframe, the bodies of the first and second contact modules are substantially similarly dimensioned, wherein the leads of the leadframes of the first and second contact modules are sized differently. 6. The connector assembly of claim 1, further comprising a third contact module loaded into the housing, the third contact module having a plurality of signal leads corresponding to signal leads of the second contact module to define differential signal pairs. 7. The connector assembly of claim 6, wherein the contact module assembly includes a plurality of first contact modules, a plurality of second contact modules and a plurality of third contact modules, the contact modules being loaded into the housing in a pattern having second and third contact modules arranged adjacent one another and forming signal module pairs, and wherein at least one first contact module is arranged between adjacent signal module pairs. 8. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the ground leads and the signal leads are aligned along substantially an entire length of the respective paths. 9. The connector assembly of claim 1, wherein the first contact module includes a first body encasing the ground leads, the ground leads filling a predetermined volume of the first body, the second contact module includes a second body that is dimensioned the same as the first body and encases the signal leads, the signal leads filling a predetermined volume of the second body that is a lesser volume than that filled by the ground leads of the first contact module. 10. A contact module assembly comprising: a first contact module having a plurality of ground leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the ground leads extending along separate paths within a first plane, the ground leads having a width and a length defined within the first plane; a second contact module adjacent the first contact module and having a plurality of signal leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the signal leads extending along separate paths within a second plane, the signal leads having a width and a length defined within the second plane; and a third contact module adjacent the second contact module and having a plurality of signal leads extending between mating contacts and mounting contacts, the signal leads extending along separate paths within a third plane, the signal leads having a width and a length defined within the third plane; wherein the ground leads are aligned with the signal leads of both the second contact module and the third contact module in a direction transverse to the first plane and wherein the ground leads are wider than the signal leads. 11. The contact module assembly of claim 10, wherein each of the contact modules includes a mating edge and a mounting edge arranged orthogonally with one another, an imaginary corner being defined at the intersection of the mating edge and the mounting edge, wherein the ground leads and the signal leads are arranged in radial bands defined with respect to the imaginary corner, each band including a single ground lead, a single signal lead from the second contact module and a single signal lead from the third contact module. 12. The contact module assembly of claim 11, wherein the ground leads are aligned with respect to the signal leads such that, for each band, an outer edge of the ground lead is positioned radially outward with respect to an outer edge of each signal lead. 13. The contact module assembly of claim 11, wherein the ground leads are aligned with respect to the signal leads such that, for each band, an inner edge of the ground lead is positioned radially inward with respect to an inner edge of each signal lead. 14. The contact module assembly of claim 10, wherein an equal number of ground leads are provided in the first contact module as signal leads in the second contact module and as signal leads in the third contact module. 15. The contact module assembly of claim 10, wherein the first contact module includes N-number of mating contacts and N+1-number of mounting contacts. 16. A connector assembly comprising: a housing; a plurality of signal contact modules arranged as signal module pairs, each signal contact module including a body, a radially inner signal lead and a radially outer signal lead separate from the radially inner signal lead, the radially inner signal leads being defined by inner and outer edges and the radially outer signal leads being defined by inner and outer edges, the radially outer signal leads within each signal module pair cooperating to define a first differential pair, the radially inner signal leads within each signal module pair cooperating to define a second differential pair; and a plurality of ground contact modules arranged within the housing such that the ground contact modules bound opposite sides of the signal contact modules of at least one of the signal module pairs, the ground contact modules including a body, a radially inner ground lead and a radially outer ground lead, the radially inner ground leads being defined by inner and outer edges and the radially outer ground leads being defined by inner and outer edges; wherein the ground leads are wider than the signal leads such that the outer edges of the ground leads are positioned radially outward with respect to the outer edges of the signal leads, and such that the inner edges of the ground leads are positioned radially inward with respect to the inner edges of the signal leads. 17. The connector assembly of claim 16, wherein each of the contact modules includes a mating edge and a mounting edge arranged orthogonally with one another, an imaginary corner being defined at the intersection of the mating edge and the mounting edge, wherein the radial direction is generally defined with respect to the imaginary corner. 18. The connector assembly of claim 16, wherein the radial direction of each signal lead is taken transverse to a signal lead axis taken along a length of the signal lead, and wherein the radial direction of each ground lead is taken transverse to a ground lead axis taken along a length of the ground lead. 19. The connector assembly of claim 16, wherein the inner and outer edges of the radially outer signal leads are aligned with one another, and wherein the inner and outer edges of the radially inner signal leads are aligned with one another. 20. The connector assembly of claim 16, further comprising at least two signal module pairs, a first of the ground contact modules being positioned between the signal module pairs, the signal module pairs being arranged within the housing such that first differential pairs in a first signal module pair are aligned with first differential pairs in a second signal module pair in a direction transverse to the bodies of the signal contact modules and second differential pairs in a first signal module pair are aligned with second differential pairs in a second signal module pair in a direction transverse to the bodies of the signal contact modules, and ground leads are positioned between the aligned first differential pairs and between the aligned second differential pairs.
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