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An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing, and a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing. The electrical signal contacts are arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs s

An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing, a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing, and a ground plate carried by the dielectric housing. The electrical signal contacts are arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs. The signal contacts further define respective mating and mounting ends. The ground plate includes a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane. The ground plate body defines first and second opposed surfaces. The ground plate includes at least one rib that defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body. The ground plate further includes a plurality of mating ends and mounting ends extending from the ground plate body and disposed in the first plane so as to be aligned with the respective mating ends and mounting ends of the electrical signal contacts.

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1. An electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing;a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing and arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs, and the elec

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An electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing;a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing and arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts define signal pairs such that a respective gap is disposed between adjacent signal pairs, and the electrical signal contacts further define respective mating ends and mounting ends;an electrically conductive ground plate carried by the dielectric housing, the ground plate including a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane, the ground plate body defining first and second opposed surfaces, the ground plate including at least one rib that defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of the rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward the gap, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body, and the ground plate includes respective mating ends and mounting ends extending from the ground plate body. 2. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the dielectric housing is a leadframe housing overmolded onto the electrical signal contacts. 3. The electrical connector as recited in claim 2, wherein the ground plate is discretely attached to the leadframe housing. 4. The electrical connector as recited in claim 2, wherein the ground plate is overmolded by the leadframe housing. 5. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1 further comprising a plurality of electrical signal pairs defining respective gaps between adjacent electrical signal pairs, wherein the ground plate defines a plurality of ribs that defines opposed first and second surfaces, wherein the first surface of each rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward a corresponding one of the gaps, and the second surface of each rib is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body. 6. The electrical connector as recited in claim 5, wherein at least one of the ribs extends along a length that is different with respect to at least one of the other ribs. 7. The electrical connector as recited in claim 5, wherein the ribs each have a portion that is disposed in the first plane, and the portion that is disposed in the first plane of at least one of the ribs has a curvature that is different than the first plane of at least one of the other fibs. 8. The electrical connector as recited in claim 5, wherein at least one of the ribs is segmented. 9. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the mating ends and mounting ends of the grounding plate are disposed in the first plane. 10. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the electrical connector has the same overall dimension as a substantially identically constructed electrical connector that does not include the ground plate and instead includes a discrete electrical ground contact disposed in the gap. 11. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the pairs of electrical signal contacts comprise differential pairs. 12. The electrical connector as recited in claim 1, wherein the electrical signal contacts are right-angle contacts. 13. An electrical connector comprising: an organizer; anda plurality of insert molded leadframe assemblies (IMLAs) retained by the organizer, each insert molded leadframe assembly including;a dielectric housing;a plurality of electrical signal contacts carried by the dielectric housing and arranged along a first plane, wherein the signal contacts are arranged in pairs such that respective gaps are disposed between adjacent pairs of signal contacts, the signal contacts defining respective mating ends and mounting ends;an electrically conductive ground plate carried by the dielectric housing, the ground plate including a ground plate body oriented in a second plane that is substantially parallel to the first plane and offset from the first plane, the ground plate body defining first and second opposed surfaces, the ground plate including:a plurality of ribs that each defines first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of each rib projects from the first surface of the ground plate body in a direction toward a respective one of the gaps, and the second surface is recessed into the second surface of the ground plate body;a plurality of mating ends extending from the ground plate body and offset from the ground plate body so as to extend in the respective gaps in the first plane aligned with the mating ends of the electrical signal contacts; anda plurality of mounting ends extending from the ground plate body and offset from the ground plate body so as to extend in the respective gaps in the first plane aligned with the mounting ends of the electrical signal contacts. 14. The electrical connector as recited in claim 13, wherein the plurality of IMLAs includes a first type of IMLA and a second type of IMLA alternately arranged, wherein the signal contacts of the first type of IMLA are staggered with respect to the signal contacts of the second type of IMLA. 15. A method of producing an electrical connector, comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of electrical signal contacts that define respective mating ends and mounting ends;retaining the electrical signal contacts in a dielectric housing along a first plane so as to define gaps disposed between adjacent pairs of electrical signal contacts;providing an electrically conductive ground plate having a ground plate body that defines first and second opposed surfaces the ground plate including mating ends and mounting ends that extend from the ground plate body;stamping a plurality of ribs into the second surface of the ground plate body such that the ribs define first and second opposed surfaces, wherein the first surface of each rib projects out from the first surface of the ground plate body, and the second surface of each rib is recessed in the second surface of the ground plate body;attaching the ground plate to the dielectric housing such that the ground plate body is oriented in a second plane offset with respect to the first plane, and first surface of each rib projects toward a respective one of the gaps defined by the adjacent pairs of electrical signal contacts.