An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be cou
An electrical connector may include a cord comprising wires and a plug extending from the cord. The plug may include a first top row of contacts included in a top portion of the plug and a first bottom row of contacts included in a bottom portion of the plug. The first top row of contacts may be coupled to the plurality of wires and include a first top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a first communication protocol, and a second top differential signaling pair configured to carry signals according to a second communication protocol. The first bottom row of contacts may be coupled to the first top row of contacts and arranged to maintain a same arrangement of contacts and electrical paths the first top row of contacts to the plurality of wires when the plug is rotated one hundred and eighty degrees.
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1. An electrical connector comprising: a cord comprising at least one wire; anda plug extending from the cord, the plug comprising: a top contact included in a top layer of the plug, the top contact being coupled to the at least one wire and to an interior via;a bottom contact included in a bottom l
1. An electrical connector comprising: a cord comprising at least one wire; anda plug extending from the cord, the plug comprising: a top contact included in a top layer of the plug, the top contact being coupled to the at least one wire and to an interior via;a bottom contact included in a bottom layer of the plug, the bottom contact being coupled to the top contact by the interior via; andthe interior via included in a middle layer of the plug, the middle layer being between the top layer and the bottom layer, the interior via being coupled to the top contact by a top wire and to the bottom contact by a bottom wire, a length of the top wire being approximately equal to a length of the bottom wire. 2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the length of the top wire is within ten percent of the length of the bottom wire. 3. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the length of the top wire is within five percent of the length of the bottom wire. 4. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the middle layer is farther from the top layer than the bottom layer. 5. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the middle layer is farther from the bottom layer than the top layer. 6. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the interior via is coupled to a top via included in the top layer and to a bottom via included in the bottom layer, the top via being coupled to the top contact and the bottom via being coupled to the bottom contact; andthe interior via is closer to a first imaginary line extending from the top via toward the bottom layer in a direction perpendicular to the bottom layer than to a second imaginary line extending from the bottom via toward the top layer in the direction perpendicular to the bottom layer. 7. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the interior via is coupled to a top via included in the top layer and to a bottom via included in the bottom layer, the top via being coupled to the top contact and the bottom via being coupled to the bottom contact; andthe interior via is farther from a first imaginary line extending from the top via toward the bottom layer in a direction perpendicular to the bottom layer than from a second imaginary line extending from the bottom via toward the top layer in the direction perpendicular to the bottom layer. 8. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein: the plug includes six layers, including the top layer, a second layer below the top layer, the middle layer below the second layer, a fourth layer below the middle layer, a fifth layer below the fourth layer, and the bottom layer below the fifth layer. 9. An electrical connector comprising: a cord comprising: a first cord set of differential signaling nodes for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication protocol;a second cord set of differential signaling nodes for a DisplayPort communication protocol; anda control node;a multiplexer; anda plug,the multiplexer being configured to transmit signals to the plug from either the first cord set of differential signaling nodes or the second cord set of differential signaling nodes based on input from the control node, andthe plug comprising a plug set of differential signaling nodes configured to carry the signals received from the multiplexer. 10. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein: the first cord set of differential signaling nodes are for a USB 3.0 or 3.1 communication protocol;the cord further comprises a differential signaling pair of contacts configured to carry signals according to a USB 2.0 communication protocol; andthe plug further comprises a pair of contacts configured to carry signals received from the differential signaling pair of contacts. 11. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein: the cord further comprises a cord power node; andthe plug further comprises a plug power node configured to carry power received from the cord power node. 12. The electrical connector of claim 9, wherein: the cord further comprises a pair of cord communication channel nodes; andthe plug further comprises a pair of plug communication channel nodes coupled to the cord communication channel nodes. 13. An electrical connector comprising: a cord comprising: a first cord set of differential signaling nodes for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) communication protocol;a second cord set of differential signaling nodes for a DisplayPort communication protocol; anda control node;a multiplexer; anda plug extending from the cord,the multiplexer being configured to transmit signals to the plug from either the first cord set of differential signaling nodes or the second cord set of differential signaling nodes based on input from the control node, andthe plug comprising an interior via in a middle layer of the plug, the interior via being coupled to a top row of contacts by a top wire and to a bottom row of contacts by a bottom wire, the top row of contacts including at least one node from the first cord set of differential signaling nodes and the second cord set of differential signaling nodes, the bottom row of contacts including at least one node from the first cord set of differential signaling nodes and the second cord set of differential signaling nodes, a length of the top wire being approximately equal to a length of the bottom wire. 14. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the length of the top wire is within ten percent of the length of the bottom wire. 15. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein the length of the top wire is within five percent of the length of the bottom wire. 16. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein: the top row of contacts is included in a top layer of the plug;the bottom row of contacts is included in a bottom layer of the plug; andthe middle layer is farther from the top layer than the bottom layer. 17. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein: the top row of contacts is included in a top layer of the plug;the bottom row of contacts is included in a bottom layer of the plug; andthe middle layer is farther from the bottom layer than the top layer. 18. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein: the first cord set of differential signaling nodes are for a USB 3.0 or 3.1 communication protocol;the cord further comprises a differential signaling pair of contacts configured to carry signals according to a USB 2.0 communication protocol; andthe plug further comprises a pair of contacts configured to carry signals received from the differential signaling pair of contacts. 19. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein: the cord further comprises a cord power node; andthe plug further comprises a plug power node configured to carry power received from the cord power node. 20. The electrical connector of claim 13, wherein: the cord further comprises a pair of cord communication channel nodes; andthe plug further comprises a pair of plug communication channel nodes coupled to the cord communication channel nodes.
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