Connector
First Claim
1. A connector comprising:
- a housing; and
multiple pairs of signal contacts, each two signal contacts that are paired with each other being arranged side by side at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the housing, the multiple pairs of signal contact being arranged so as to form multiple arrays arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing, each of the multiple pairs of signal contacts that have an identical length being designed for balanced transmission;
panel-shaped ground contacts provided between respective, neighboring pairs of the multiple pairs of signal contact in each of the multiple arrays, each of the panel-shaped ground contacts being of a size sufficient to shield the multiple pairs of signal contacts from each neighboring pair and being provided commonly to the multiple arrays arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing; and
an array intermediate ground contact betweeneach two neighboring arrays of the multiple pairs of signal contacts, wherein;
each of the ground contacts has a pair of contact parts;
one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in one of the arrays; and
the other one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in another one of the two arrays.
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Abstract
A connector includes multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in a housing, and facilitates the wiring design and the wiring operation for substrates. The two signal contacts in each of the multiple pairs are arranged at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the housing. With this arrangement, excellent coupling can be established between the two signal contacts, and signals can be balanced-transmitted without causing a phase difference. Also, the lengths of each pair of wires of a wiring substrate to be connected to the multiple pairs of signal contacts can be easily made uniform. Accordingly, there is no need to prepare excessive wiring areas, and the substrate wiring design and the wiring operation can be simplified.
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16 Claims
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1. A connector comprising:
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a housing; and multiple pairs of signal contacts, each two signal contacts that are paired with each other being arranged side by side at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the housing, the multiple pairs of signal contact being arranged so as to form multiple arrays arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing, each of the multiple pairs of signal contacts that have an identical length being designed for balanced transmission; panel-shaped ground contacts provided between respective, neighboring pairs of the multiple pairs of signal contact in each of the multiple arrays, each of the panel-shaped ground contacts being of a size sufficient to shield the multiple pairs of signal contacts from each neighboring pair and being provided commonly to the multiple arrays arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing; and an array intermediate ground contact betweeneach two neighboring arrays of the multiple pairs of signal contacts, wherein; each of the ground contacts has a pair of contact parts; one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in one of the arrays; and the other one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in another one of the two arrays. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A connector, comprising:
- signal contacts arranged in two arrays and of a common length; and
panel-shaped ground contacts that are commonly provided in the two arrays and divide each array of signal contacts into multiple pairs, the multiple pairs of signal contacts being adjacent to one another throughout the common length thereof, wherein each of the ground contacts has a pair of contact parts; one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the signal contacts arranged in one of the two arrays; and the other one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the signal contacts arranged in the other one of the two arrays. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
- signal contacts arranged in two arrays and of a common length; and
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15. An electronic device comprising:
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a wiring substrate; and a connector that is mounted to the wiring substrate, the connector comprising; a housing, multiple pairs of signal contacts, each two signal contacts that are paired with each other being arranged side by side at a distance in the longitudinal direction of the housing, the multiple pairs of signal contacts being arranged so as to form multiple arrays, arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing, each of the multiple pairs of signal contacts that have an identical length being designed for balanced transmission, and panel-shaped ground contacts provided between respective, neighboring pairs of the multiple pairs of signal contacts in each of the multiple arrays, each of the panel-shaped ground contacts being large enough to shield the multiple pairs of signal contacts from each neighboring pair and being provided commonly to the multiple arrays arranged side by side in the transverse direction of the housing wherein; each of the ground contacts has a pair of contact parts; one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in one of the arrays; and the other one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the multiple pairs of signal contacts arranged in the another one of the two arrays.
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16. An electronic device comprising:
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a wiring substrate; and a connector that is mounted to the wiring substrate, the connector comprising; signal contacts arranged in two arrays and of a common length, panel-shaped ground contacts that are commonly provided to the two arrays and divide each array of signal contacts into multiple pairs, and the multiple pairs of signal contacts being adjacent to one another throughout the common lengths thereof, wherein; each of the ground contacts has a pair of contact parts; one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the signal contacts arranged in one of the two arrays; and the other one of the pair of contact parts is aligned with substrate contact parts of the signal contacts arranged in the other one of the two arrays.
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Specification