US6969268B2
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Impedance-tuned terminal contact arrangement and connectors incorporating same
Assignee: Molex LLC
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Filing: 2005-03-04
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Granted: 2005-11-29
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Expires: 2025-03-04
Abstract
Abstract A terminal contact arrangement for a connector promotes reduction in deviation of the impedance of the connector when mated to an opposing connector and energized. The connector has an insulative housing with a plurality of terminal-receiving passages disposed in it. Conductive terminals are supported in some, but not all of the passages. The terminal contain distinct terminal sets that include a pair of differential signal terminals and at least two associated ground reference terminals. The two associated ground reference terminals are interconnected together so that electrically, they act as a single ground terminal having a width equal to the sum of the widths of the two connected ground reference terminals. The ground reference terminals of the sets are disposed in a single row of terminals, while the differential signal terminals of the same terminal set are disposed in another row of terminals spaced apart from the row of ground reference terminals. The differential signal terminals are separated from each other within their terminal row by an empty passage so that the two differential signal terminals of each terminal set are spaced farther apart from each other than they are spaced apart from their associated ground reference terminals.
Inventors
- 👤 David L. Brunker
- 👤 Daniel L. Dawiedczyk
- 👤 Maxwill P. Bassler
- 👤 Patrick R. Casher
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 05:49
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04W; H04W48/00; H04W48/02; H04W48/06; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/646; H01R13/6461; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R13/6581; H01R13/6585; H04L; H04L12/00; H04L12/28; H04W28/00; H04W28/02; H04W28/0231; H04W28/0236; H04W28/08; H04W28/082; H04W72/00; H04W72/02; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/712; H01R12/716; H01R12/72; H01R12/722; H01R12/725; H04W24/00; H04W24/10; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S439/00; Y10S439/941
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
A contact arrangement for a differential signal connector having an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the housing, each of the terminals including contact portions for contacting opposing terminals of a mating connector, the contact arrangement comprising: said terminals defining at least a first differential signal channel that includes a first pair of differential signal terminal and a first pair of associated ground terminals, said first differential signal channel being arranged in first and second rows in said housing, the first row including said first pair of differential signal terminals and said second row including said first pair of associated ground terminals, said first pair of associated ground terminals being spaced apart from each other by a first distance, said first pair of differential signal terminals being spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is greater then the first distance.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
A contact arrangement for a differential signal connector having an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the housing, each of the terminals including contact portions for contacting opposing terminals of a mating connector, the contact arrangement comprising: said terminals defining at least a first differential signal channel that includes a first pair of differential signal terminal and a first pair of associated ground terminals, said first differential signal channel being arranged in first and second rows in said housing, the first row including said first pair of differential signal terminals and said second row including said first pair of associated ground terminals, said first pair of associated ground terminals being spaced apart from each other by a first distance, said first pair of differential signal terminals being spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is greater then the first distance.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
The contact arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said first pair of associated ground terminals are interconnected together.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The contact arrangement of claim 2 , wherein said first pair of associated ground terminals are interconnected to each other between said contact and tail portions thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The contact arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said housing includes a plurality of terminal-receiving passages, and said first pair of differential signal terminals are received within two of the terminal-receiving passages and are separated from each other by an intervening, empty terminal-receiving passage.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
70 words
The contact arrangement of claim 1 , wherein said the terminals further define a second differential signal channel that includes a second pair of differential signal terminals and a second pair of associated ground terminals, the second pair of associated ground terminals being spaced apart from each other by said first distance, and said second pair of differential signal terminals being spaced apart from each other by said second distance.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
75 words
The contact arrangement of claim 5 , wherein said first pair of differential signal terminals are disposed in said first row of said housing and said second pair of differential signal terminals are disposed in said second row of said housing and said first pair of associated ground terminals are disposed in said second row of said housing and said second pair of associated ground terminals are disposed in said first row of said housing.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
106 words
A contact arrangement for a differential signal connector having an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the housing, each of the terminals including contact portions for contacting opposing terminals of a mating connector, the contact arrangement comprising: a first pair of differential signal terminals and a first pair of associated ground terminals, said contact portions of said first pair of associated ground terminals being spaced apart from each other by a first distance, and said contact portions of said first pair of differential signal terminals being spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is greater then the first distance.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
106 words
A contact arrangement for a differential signal connector having an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals disposed in the housing, each of the terminals including contact portions for contacting opposing terminals of a mating connector, the contact arrangement comprising: a first pair of differential signal terminals and a first pair of associated ground terminals, said contact portions of said first pair of associated ground terminals being spaced apart from each other by a first distance, and said contact portions of said first pair of differential signal terminals being spaced apart from each other by a second distance that is greater then the first distance.
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