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A ground contact plate in a contact unit includes fixing pieces provided at predetermined equal intervals in a longitudinal direction. The fixing pieces are respectively fitted in opposed slits in ground contact terminals via a transmission blade.

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1. A contact unit comprising: a ground contact plate placed on a first surface portion of a transmission blade and having a plurality of fixation terminal portions to be fixed to a printed circuit board;a transmission contact terminal group placed on a second surface portion of the transmission blad

1. A contact unit comprising: a ground contact plate placed on a first surface portion of a transmission blade and having a plurality of fixation terminal portions to be fixed to a printed circuit board;a transmission contact terminal group placed on a second surface portion of the transmission blade opposite from the first surface portion and having a plurality of pairs of transmission contact terminals each of which has a fixation terminal portion to be fixed to the printed circuit board and forms a signal transmission path; anda plurality of ground contact terminals each placed between the pairs of the transmission contact terminals adjacent to each other and having a fixation terminal portion to be fixed to the printed circuit board, wherein each of the ground contact terminals has at least one slit to be fitted with at least one fixing piece formed in the ground contact plate via the transmission blade, thereby making a frequency of a noise component occurring at the ground contact terminal become out of a frequency range of a signal transmitted to the signal transmission path. 2. The contact unit according to claim 1, wherein the slit in the ground contact terminal comprises an enlarged portion and a reduced portion continuous to the enlarged portion. 3. The contact unit according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of the fixing pieces are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact plate, anda plurality of the slits are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact terminal. 4. The contact unit according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the fixing pieces are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact plate, anda plurality of the slits are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact terminal. 5. A printed circuit board connector comprising: a contact unit including: a ground contact plate placed on a first surface portion of a transmission blade, and having a plurality of fixation terminal portions to be fixed to a printed circuit board;a transmission contact terminal group placed on a second surface portion of the transmission blade opposite with the first surface portion, and having a plurality of pairs of transmission contact terminals each of which has a fixation terminal portion to be fixed to the printed circuit board and forms a signal transmission path; anda plurality of ground contact terminals each placed between the pairs of the transmission contact terminals adjacent to each other and having a fixation terminal portion to be fixed to the printed circuit board; anda casing housing a plurality of the contact units, wherein each of the ground contact terminals in the contact unit has at least one slit to be fitted with at least one fixing piece formed in the ground contact plate via the transmission blade, thereby making a frequency of a noise component occurring at the ground contact terminal become out of a frequency range of a signal transmitted to the signal transmission path. 6. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 5, wherein the slit in the ground contact terminal comprises an enlarged portion and a reduced portion continuous to the enlarged portion. 7. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 5, wherein a plurality of the fixing pieces are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact plate, anda plurality of the slits are formed in a line at equal intervals in the ground contact terminal. 8. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 5, wherein the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact plate are formed to cover an array of all the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact terminals and of the transmission contact terminal group. 9. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 6, wherein the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact plate are formed to cover an array of all the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact terminals and of the transmission contact terminal group. 10. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 5, wherein a projection piece connected to a flat surface portion of the ground contact plate is formed to cover an array of all the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact terminals and of the transmission contact terminal group. 11. The printed circuit board connector according to claim 6, wherein a projection piece connected to a flat surface portion of the ground contact plate is formed to cover an array of all the fixation terminal portions of the ground contact terminals and of the transmission contact terminal group.