ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR WITH EMI SHIELD
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical interface assembly having a plurality of electrical contacts for interfacing with a receptacle when the electrical connector is connected to a corresponding receptacle;
electrical processing circuitry for processing electrical signals received from at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts and/or to be sent to the plurality of electrical contacts; and
an EMI barrier that substantially contains the electrical processing circuitry except at a plurality of EMI barrier openings, wherein a first and largest of the EMI barrier opening passes therethrough at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts therethrough.
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Abstract
An electrical connector having an electrical interface assembly electrical processing circuitry, and an EMI barrier. The electrical interface assembly has a plurality of electrical contacts for interfacing with a receptacle when the electrical connector is connected to a corresponding receptacle. The electrical processing circuitry is for processing electrical signals received from at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts and/or to be sent to the plurality of electrical contacts. The EMI barrier substantially contains the electrical processing circuitry except at a number of EMI barrier openings. The largest of these EMI barrier openings is where the electrical contacts pass through the connector.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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an electrical interface assembly having a plurality of electrical contacts for interfacing with a receptacle when the electrical connector is connected to a corresponding receptacle; electrical processing circuitry for processing electrical signals received from at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts and/or to be sent to the plurality of electrical contacts; and an EMI barrier that substantially contains the electrical processing circuitry except at a plurality of EMI barrier openings, wherein a first and largest of the EMI barrier opening passes therethrough at least some of the plurality of electrical contacts therethrough. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An electrical connector comprising:
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electrical processing circuitry; a plurality of electrical contacts for electrically interfacing with the electrical processing circuitry; an electro-optical transducer configured to convert electrical signals received from the electrical processing circuitry into optical signals; and an integrated EMI barrier piece into which the electrical processing circuitry is situated, wherein the integrated EMI barrier piece includes a first EMI barrier opening through which the plurality of electrical contacts may pass, and a second EMI barrier opening through which the optical signals generated by the electro-optical transducer may pass, wherein the first EMI barrier opening is the largest of all EMI barrier openings in the integrated EMI barrier piece. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An electrical connector comprising:
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an electrical interface at the front end of the connector; an optical cable extending from the rear end of the connector; and an EMI barrier material extending over the length of the connector, the EMI barrier material having an opening through which the electrical interface may pass at the front end of the connector, and one or more openings at the rear end of the connector through which one or more optical fibers of the optical cable may pass. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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Specification