Connector

Claim 1

A connector, comprising: a shield cover; a connector module housed in the shield cover; an insertion portion disposed at a tip of the connector, the insertion portion being configured to be inserted into a destination connector and having signal contacts and ground contacts arranged therein, said destination connector being fixed upon a circuit substrate of an electronic apparatus; and a cable extending from a rear end of the connector, wherein: the connector module includes a printed board, the signal contacts, and the ground contacts, the printed board includes a signal pattern and a ground pattern on a front face and a rear face thereof, the signal pattern having pads for signal contacts at an end thereof and the ground pattern having pads for ground contacts at an end thereof, the signal contacts are formed in accordance with the pads for signal contacts and fixed on the pads for signal contacts, the ground contacts are formed in accordance with the pads for ground contacts and fixed on the pads for ground contacts, and the insertion portion is formed at an end of the printed board, wherein: the printed board includes a solid inner layer therein, a via for connecting the ground pattern on the front face, the ground pattern on the rear face, and the inner layer in an electrical manner, and a via for connecting the pads for ground contacts on the front face and the pad for ground contacts on the rear face in an electrical manner, said shield cover surrounding a tip end part of said printed board corresponding to said tip of said connector and forming, together with said solid inner layer, a pseudo-coaxial structure for each line of the signal pattern on the front face and for each signal contact on the front face and for each line of the signal pattern on the rear face.