US 11,901,672 B2
Electrical connector, connector assembly and method for manufacturing electrical connector
Xinlei (Tony) Li, Shanghai (CN); Fengping (Alex) Xu, Shanghai (CN); and Qiaoli (Cherie) Chen, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,237.
Claims priority of application No. 202110045442.8 (CN), filed on Jan. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0224053 A1, Jul. 14, 2022
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6471 (2011.01); H01R 13/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01R 13/6471 (2013.01) [H01R 13/24 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulation base including an electrical connection layer, the electrical connection layer having:
a metallization layer laid on the insulation base; and
a conductive layer laid directly on and covering the metallization layer;
a plurality of grounding terminals mounted in the insulation base; and
a plurality of differential signal terminal pairs mounted in the insulation base, the plurality of grounding terminals and the plurality of differential signal terminal pairs being arranged into a plurality of terminal rows, wherein each of the plurality of differential signal terminal pairs is located between two adjacent grounding terminals in one terminal row and between two other grounding terminals of two terminal rows adjacent to the one terminal row, at least two of the plurality of grounding terminals are electrically connected to each other via the electrical connection layer of the insulation base.