US 12,003,061 B2
Ground structure for a cable card assembly of an electrical connector
Jared Evan Rossman, York Haven, PA (US); Megha Shanbhag, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Ping Wei, Shanghai (CN)
Assigned to TE CONNECTIVITY SOLUTIONS GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and TYCO ELECTRONICS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD., Shanghai (CN)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai (CN)
Filed on Nov. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/516,021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0077720 A1, Mar. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/6585 (2011.01); H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/6589 (2011.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01); H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01R 13/6594 (2011.01); H01R 12/50 (2011.01); H01R 12/51 (2011.01); H01R 12/53 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01); H01R 13/6581 (2011.01); H01R 13/6596 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/6585 (2013.01) [H01R 9/0515 (2013.01); H01R 13/6589 (2013.01); H01R 13/6591 (2013.01); H01R 13/65912 (2020.08); H01R 13/6592 (2013.01); H01R 13/6594 (2013.01); H01R 9/0512 (2013.01); H01R 12/50 (2013.01); H01R 12/51 (2013.01); H01R 12/53 (2013.01); H01R 12/722 (2013.01); H01R 13/6581 (2013.01); H01R 13/65914 (2020.08); H01R 13/65915 (2020.08); H01R 13/6596 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cable card assembly for an electrical connector comprising:
a circuit card having an upper surface and a lower surface, the circuit card having a cable end and a mating end opposite the cable end, the circuit card having mating conductors at the mating end for mating with a mating electrical connector, the circuit card having cable conductors at the cable end;
cables terminated to the circuit card, the cables including signal conductors and ground shields surrounding the corresponding signal conductors to provide electrical shielding for the signal conductors, the signal conductors including exposed portions extending forward of the ground shields, the exposed portions being terminated to corresponding cable conductors; and
a ground bus separate and discrete from the circuit card and being coupled to the circuit card, the ground bus being electrically connected to the ground shields to electrically connect the ground shields of the cables, the ground bus including a molded body including tunnels receiving the exposed portions of corresponding signal conductors, the molded body being contoured to control impedance along the exposed portions of the signal conductors, wherein the ground bus includes cable pockets at a rear of the ground bus shaped to follow contours of the ground shield to interface with an outer end and both sides of the ground shield.