Low cost filtered and shielded electronic connector and method of use

Claim 1

An electrical connector comprising: (a) a front retaining means comprising a conductive shell having a peripheral flange and a pin receiving passageway; (b) a plurality of conductive pins extending through the passageway of the front retaining means; (c) a conductive rear retaining means having an aperture through which the conductive pins pass; and (d) a capacitive means comprising a printed circuit board having a plurality of central apertures and being interposed between said front retaining means and rear retaining means so as to receive the pins in said central apertures, and said board having a component side oriented toward the rear retaining means and a reverse side oriented toward the front retaining means and fixed to the front retaining means via a peripheral edge of said board, and on the component side of said board there is a conductive strip adjacent the peripheral edge, on said component side and outwardly adjacent at least some of the central apertures there are conductive bands and a capacitor is positioned between at least some of said conductive bands and the conductive strip adjacent the peripheral edge, and on the reverse side of said board a non-conductive area surrounds at least some of the central apertures and said non-conductive areas are surrounded by conductive areas.