Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a main portion (20) and a mating tongue portion (22) extending forwardly from the main portion, a number of signal contacts (31) arranged on the tongue portion, a number of ground contacts (32) arranged on the tongue portion alternatively with the signal contacts, and a pair of power contacts (33) arranged on the tongue portion to locate on the same level as that of the signal and ground contacts. The signal and ground contacts are arranged to locate between the pair of power contacts along said lateral direction.
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20. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing including a mating tongue exposed in a mating Dort and defining a mating direction thereof; and three type contacts including; two power contacts being on two opposite side regions of the mating tongue; three ground contacts located between said two power contacts in a transverse direction perpendicular to said mating direction; two pairs of signal contacts, each pair being located between the corresponding two adjacent ground contacts in said transverse direction;
whereinsaid signal contacts, said ground contacts and said power contacts are disposed on a same face of the mating tongue under a condition that the power contacts are widest among said three type contacts while the ground contacts are longest among said three type contacts; wherein said three types contacts are symmetrically arranged with one another with regard to a middle ground contact.
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