US 11,757,215 B2
High speed electrical connector and printed circuit board thereof
Qigui Xu, Shenzhen (CN); E Zhao, Shenzhen (CN); Zhigang Sheng, Shenzhen (CN); and Shengxian Zhou, Shenzhen (CN)
Assigned to Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed by Amphenol East Asia Electronic Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., Shenzhen (CN)
Filed on Mar. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/195,403.
Application 17/195,403 is a continuation of application No. 16/415,456, filed on May 17, 2019, granted, now 10,944,189.
Claims priority of application No. 201821577530.2 (CN), filed on Sep. 26, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052467 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H05K 1/18 (2006.01); H01R 13/6461 (2011.01); H01R 12/53 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01); H01R 12/75 (2011.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 12/57 (2013.01) [H01R 12/515 (2013.01); H01R 12/53 (2013.01); H01R 12/716 (2013.01); H01R 12/75 (2013.01); H01R 13/6461 (2013.01); H05K 1/184 (2013.01); H05K 2201/10189 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An I/O connector comprising:
a first plurality of terminals held in a first row;
a second plurality of terminals held in a second row parallel to the first row;
a third plurality of terminals held in a third row parallel to the first row;
a fourth plurality of terminals held in a fourth row parallel to the first row; and
a housing comprising a first slot and a second slot, each of the first and second slots extending in a direction parallel to the first row, wherein:
terminals of the first plurality of terminals, the second plurality of terminals, the third plurality of terminals, and the fourth plurality of terminals each comprises a mating portion, a tail and an intermediate portion joining the mating portion and the tail,
at least the mating portions of the first plurality of terminals and the second plurality of terminals are disposed in the first slot,
at least the mating portions of the third plurality of terminals and the fourth plurality of terminals are disposed in the second slot,
the first slot is separated from the second slot in a direction perpendicular to the first row and away from the tails of the first plurality of terminals, the second plurality of terminals, the third plurality of terminals, and the fourth plurality of terminals,
the intermediate portions of the first plurality of terminals, the second plurality of terminals, the third plurality of terminals, and the fourth plurality of terminals each comprises a first part and a second part bent at an angle with respect to the first part,
the first plurality of terminals, the second plurality of terminals, the third plurality of terminals, and the fourth plurality of terminals are configured as signal terminals or ground terminals,
the connector further comprises a plurality of ground members each comprising a plurality of first portions and a plurality of second portions joining the first portions,
the first portions of at least a first one of the plurality of ground members are connected to the intermediate portions of ground terminals of the first plurality of terminals at the first parts of the intermediate portions, and
the first portions of at least a second one of the plurality of ground members are connected to the intermediate portions of the ground terminals of the first plurality of terminals at the second parts of the intermediate portions.