US 11,688,980 B2
Very high speed, high density electrical interconnection system with broadside subassemblies
Marc B. Cartier, Jr., Dover, NH (US); John Robert Dunham, Windham, NH (US); Mark W. Gailus, Concord, MA (US); Donald A. Girard, Jr., Bedford, NH (US); Brian Kirk, Amherst, NH (US); David Levine, Amherst, NH (US); and Vysakh Sivarajan, Nashua, NH (US)
Assigned to Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed by Amphenol Corporation, Wallingford, CT (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/858,182.
Application 16/858,182 is a continuation of application No. 15/882,720, filed on Jan. 29, 2018, granted, now 10,707,626.
Application 15/882,720 is a continuation of application No. 15/113,371, granted, now 9,905,975, previously published as PCT/US2015/012542, filed on Jan. 22, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/078,945, filed on Nov. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/930,411, filed on Jan. 22, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2020/0259297 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6598 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 12/73 (2011.01); H01R 13/518 (2006.01); H01R 13/6587 (2011.01); H01R 13/6585 (2011.01); H01R 13/6599 (2011.01); H01R 13/02 (2006.01); H01R 43/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6598 (2013.01) [H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/737 (2013.01); H01R 13/025 (2013.01); H01R 13/518 (2013.01); H01R 13/6585 (2013.01); H01R 13/6587 (2013.01); H01R 13/6599 (2013.01); H01R 43/24 (2013.01); Y10T 29/4922 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49222 (2015.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a plurality of subassemblies arranged side-by-side, each subassembly of the plurality comprising:
a plurality of pairs of signal conductors, each pair comprising a first signal conductor and a second signal conductor, each of the first signal conductor and the second signal conductor comprising:
a first end portion and a second end portion;
a contact tail formed at the first end portion;
a mating contact portion formed at the second end portion; and
an intermediate portion joining the first end portion and the second end portion, wherein at least the intermediate portion comprises broadsides and edges; and
an integral insulative portion comprising a first side and a second side separated from the first side in a first direction, wherein:
the first side comprises a plurality of first grooves;
the second side comprises a plurality of second grooves;
an intermediate portion of a first signal conductor of each pair of the plurality of pairs of signal conductors is inserted into a first groove;
an intermediate portion of a second signal conductor of each pair of the plurality of pairs of signal conductors is inserted into a second groove; and
the plurality of first grooves are aligned in the first direction with respective second grooves such that at least the intermediate portions of the plurality of pairs are broadside coupled.