The cable connector includes a plurality of terminal wafers stacked with one another along a transverse direction, a metallic shell enclosing the terminal wafers, and a plurality of cables mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding wafers. The terminal wafers include the grounding
The cable connector includes a plurality of terminal wafers stacked with one another along a transverse direction, a metallic shell enclosing the terminal wafers, and a plurality of cables mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding wafers. The terminal wafers include the grounding terminal wafers and the signal terminal wafers alternatively arranged with each other along the transverse direction. Each of the grounding terminal wafers or that of the signal terminal wafers includes a plate like insulator and the corresponding terminal(s) fixed therewithin.
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1. An electrical connector comprising: a wafer sub-assembly including:a plurality of signal terminal wafers and a plurality of grounding terminal wafers alternately stacked with one another in a transverse direction;each of said signal terminal wafers including a signal insulator and a plurality of
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An electrical connector comprising: a wafer sub-assembly including:a plurality of signal terminal wafers and a plurality of grounding terminal wafers alternately stacked with one another in a transverse direction;each of said signal terminal wafers including a signal insulator and a plurality of signal terminals integrally formed therewith via an insert-molding process and arranged with an upper terminal set and a lower terminal set, the signal insulator including a first main body with an upper extension and a lower extension forwardly extending from the main body with therebetween a first opening, in a vertical direction perpendicular to said transverse direction, in which a pair of contacting sections of the corresponding two signal terminals extend; andeach of said grounding terminal wafers including a grounding insulator and a shielding plate having a grounding terminal embedded therewith, the grounding insulator including a second main body with a pair of extensions forwardly extending from the second main body with therebetween a second opening in the vertical direction, in which a pair of contacting sections of the corresponding signal terminal extend, the first openings being aligned with the second openings in the transverse direction; anda plurality of cables each equipped with an inner conductor and an outer braiding respectively mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal terminal and grounding terminal; wherein each of the cables is aligned with the corresponding signal terminal wafer in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction and said vertical direction while being offset from the corresponding grounding terminal wafer;wherein the signal terminal includes a signal soldering leg on which the inner conductor of the corresponding cable is soldered, and the grounding terminal includes a grounding soldering leg on which the outer braiding of the corresponding cable is soldered, said signal soldering leg and said grounding soldering leg commonly define a transversely communicative common space in which both the soldering leg and said another soldering leg face to each other; andwherein the electrical connector further includes an upper metallic shell and a lower metallic shell to enclose said wafer sub-assembly. 2. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said another soldering leg of the grounding terminal extends toward the soldering leg of the signal terminal in the transverse direction. 3. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said grounding terminal includes a pair of grounding soldering legs respectively connected to different outer braidings of the different two cables. 4. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, further including a pair of end wafers located at two opposite ends of the wafer sub-assembly in said transverse direction. 5. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein said signal insulator forms a fixing protrusion and a fixing hole on two opposite sides for securing to the neighboring grounding insulators by said two sides, and said grounding insulator forms another fixing protrusion and another fixing hole on two opposite faces for securing to the neighboring signal insulators by said two faces. 6. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 1, wherein the upper terminal set and the lower terminal set are respectively located in the upper extension and the lower extension, while the grounding terminal includes a shielding plate located in both the pair of extensions. 7. An electrical connector comprising: a wafer sub-assembly including:a plurality of signal terminal wafers and a plurality of grounding terminal wafers alternately stacked with one another along a transverse direction;each of said signal terminal wafers including a signal insulator, and an outer signal terminal and an inner signal terminal integrally formed within the signal insulator via an insert-molding process, the signal insulator including a first main body with an upper extension and a lower extension forwardly extending from the first main body with a first opening therebetween in a vertical direction perpendicular to said transverse direction; each of said outer signal terminals including an outer contacting section extending into the first opening, and an outer soldering leg exposed outside of the signal insulator, each of said inner signal terminals including an inner contacting section extending into the first opening behind the outer contacting section of the outer signal terminal in a front-to-back direction perpendicular to both said transverse direction and said vertical direction, and an inner soldering leg exposed outside of the signal insulator;each of said grounding terminal wafers including a grounding insulator, and a grounding terminal integrally formed within the grounding insulator via another insert-molding process, said grounding insulator including a second main body with a pair of extensions forwardly extending form the second main body with a second opening therebetween in the vertical direction, said grounding terminal including at least one contacting section exposed in the second opening, and a soldering leg exposed outside of the grounding insulator; anda plurality of differential pair cables each including a pair of inner conductors and an outer braiding; wherein the pair of inner conductors of each cable are mechanically and electrically connected to the soldering leg of the inner signal terminal and the soldering leg of the outer signal terminal of the corresponding signal terminal wafer, and the outer braiding is mechanically and electrically connected to the soldering leg of the grounding terminal of the grounding terminal wafer beside said signal terminal wafer;wherein the grounding terminal includes a shielding plate extending in the corresponding grounding insulator andwherein the electrical connector further includes an upper metallic shell and a lower metallic shell to enclose said wafer sub-assembly. 8. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second opening of the grounding terminal wafer forms a narrowed front region to comply with the outer contacting section of the outer signal terminal of the neighboring signal terminal wafer in the transverse direction. 9. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein the cable is located behind and aligned with the corresponding signal terminal wafer in the front-to-back direction while being offset from the corresponding grounding terminal wafer in the transverse direction. 10. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 7, wherein in each signal terminal wafer, the inner soldering leg of the inner signal terminal is aligned with the outer soldering leg of the outer signal terminal in the vertical direction. 11. An electrical connector comprising: a wafer sub-assembly including:a plurality of signal terminal wafers and a plurality of grounding terminal wafers alternately arranged with each other along a transverse direction;each of said signal terminal wafers including a signal insulator with a first main body and opposite upper and lower extensions extending forwardly from the first main body, an upper outer signal terminal and an upper inner signal terminal integrally formed with the signal insulator around the upper extension, a contacting section of the upper outer signal terminal being located in front of and in alignment with a contacting section of the upper inner signal terminal along a front-to-back direction perpendicular to said transverse direction, a soldering leg of the upper outer signal terminal being located above and aligned with a soldering leg of the upper inner signal terminal in a vertical direction perpendicular to both said transverse direction and said front-to-back direction, a lower outer signal terminal and a lower inner signal terminal integrally formed with the signal insulator around the lower extension, a contacting section of the lower outer signal terminal being located in front of and in alignment with a contacting section of the lower inner signal terminal in the front-to-back direction, a soldering leg of the outer lower signal terminal being located below and aligned with a soldering leg of the lower inner signal terminal in the vertical direction;each of said grounding terminal wafer includes a grounding insulator with a second main body and pair of extensions extending forwardly from the second main body, a grounding terminal integrally formed within the grounding insulator and having a shielding plate embedded in the grounding insulator and having a pair of contacting sections corresponding to the contacting section of the upper inner signal terminal and that of the lower inner signal terminal, respectively, and an upper grounding leg located adjacent to the soldering legs of the upper inner and outer signal terminals, and a lower grounding leg locate adjacent to the soldering legs of the lower inner and outer signal terminals;wherein the electrical connector further includes an upper metallic shell and a lower metallic shell to enclose said wafer sub-assembly. 12. The electrical connector as claimed in claim 11, further including a plurality of cables arranged in pairs in the vertical direction, wherein each pair of cables are respectively mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding soldering legs of the upper outer and inner signal terminals, and the corresponding soldering legs of the lower outer and inner signal terminals.
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