An electrical connector includes a housing, a signal contact, and a ground shield. The housing includes a base having a front side and an opposite rear side. The signal contact is received in the base and has a mating segment that extends forward of the front side. The ground shield is received in the base and extends forward of the front side. The ground shield surrounds the signal contact on at least one side thereof. The ground shield includes a deflectable spring tab extending from an inner surface of the ground shield towards the signal contact without engaging the signal contact. The spring tab is positioned forward of the front side of the base. The spring tab is configured to be deflected outward by a mating connector in a direction away from the signal contact during a mating operation.

A broadside coupled connector assembly has two sets of conductors, each separate planes. By providing the same path lengths, there is no skew between the conductors of the differential pair and the impedance of those conductors is identical. The conductor sets are formed by embedding the first set of conductors in an insulated housing having a top surface with channels. The second set of conductors is placed within the channels so that no air gaps form between the two sets of conductors. A second insulated housing is filled over the second set of conductors and into the channels to form a completed wafer. The ends of the conductors are received in a blade housing. Differential and ground pairs of blades have one end that extends through the bottom of the housing having a small footprint. An opposite end of the pairs of blades diverge to connect with the wafers. The ends of the first and second sets of conductors and the blades are jogged in both an x- and y-coordinate to reduce crosstalk and improve electrical performance.

A broadside coupled connector assembly has two sets of conductors, each separate planes. By providing the same path lengths, there is no skew between the conductors of the differential pair and the impedance of those conductors is identical. The conductor sets are formed by embedding the first set of conductors in an insulated housing having a top surface with channels. The second set of conductors is placed within the channels so that no air gaps form between the two sets of conductors. A second insulated housing is filled over the second set of conductors and into the channels to form a completed wafer. The ends of the conductors are received in a blade housing. Differential and ground pairs of blades have one end that extends through the bottom of the housing having a small footprint. An opposite end of the pairs of blades diverge to connect with the wafers. The ends of the first and second sets of conductors and the blades are jogged in both an x- and y-coordinate to reduce crosstalk and improve electrical performance.

[Problem] Objects of the invention are to provide a cable assembly with reduced characteristic impedance at a protruding end portion of a first wire of a cable and configured for easy manufacture, and to provide a method for manufacturing the cable assembly.

[Configuration] A cable assembly A1 includes a terminal 400a, a cable 100, and an electroconductive member 200. The cable 100 includes an outer insulator 100, a shield conductor 120 inside the outer insulator 110, and at least one first wire 130a being a signal wire inside the shield conductor 120. The first wire 130a includes a protruding portion Pa protruding in the Y-Y′ direction from the shield conductor 120 and the outer insulator 110. The electroconductive member 200 is an electroconductive plate or electroconductive tape wound around at least a part in the Y-Y′ direction of the protruding portion Pa.

A circuit board for use in a modular electrical connector. The circuit board has a first surface and an oppositely facing second surface. Signal pathways are provided on the first surface. The signal pathways have signal pathway ends abutting a mounting end of the circuit board. First ground pathways are provided on the first surface. The first ground pathways are positioned adjacent at least one of the signal pathways. The first ground pathways have first ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end of the circuit board. One or more second ground pathways are provided on the second surface. The one or more second ground pathways have second ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end of the circuit board. The positioning of the signal pathway ends, the first ground pathway ends and the second ground pathway ends abutting the mounting end reduces crosstalk between signal pairs.

An auto-positioning structure for an upper cover of a network plug includes a base having an upper end and a rear end and an upper cover having an end pivoted to the upper end and assembled with the base to form a main body. A front portion of a network cable is inserted into the main body. A circuit board cooperates with a piercing terminal seat and a press plate to assemble with the network cable. A releasing spring sheet is disposed on the upper cover, and a front base is disposed on the base and corresponding to the releasing spring sheet. An unlock spring sheet is disposed on the front base and facing the releasing spring sheet, wherein the releasing spring sheet pushes the unlock spring sheet when the upper cover is lifted, and the upper cover is positioned when it reaches a predetermined angle.

A connector is provided that includes a first housing that supports first terminal bricks. The first housing can mate with a second housing that supports second terminal bricks that are configured to mate with the first terminal bricks. The first housing and first terminal bricks can be adjusted so that a variety of spacing requirements can be meet by the combination of the first and second housings while allowing for reduced tooling investment.

A connector is provided that includes a first housing that supports first terminal bricks. The first housing can mate with a second housing that supports second terminal bricks that are configured to mate with the first terminal bricks. The first housing and first terminal bricks can be adjusted so that a variety of spacing requirements can be meet by the combination of the first and second housings while allowing for reduced tooling investment.

An angle connector for differential transmission of data signals, having first and second conductor pair ends in a first and second flat angle connector end surface, respectively, wherein the connector end surfaces are tilted spatially relative to one another, wherein, between the angle connector end surfaces, the angle connector has at least one first curved section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are arranged with the respective longitudinal axes parallel to one another and all longitudinal axes follow a curved line, wherein in the first curved section, the longitudinal axes of at least one conductor pair follow differently curved lines, which are curved to varying degrees in such a way that, in the first curved section, two conductors have different geometric lengths relative to one another, wherein the angle connector has at least one second section in which all conductors of the conductor pair(s) are twisted for a predetermined fraction of a lay length in such a way that all conductors of the conductor pair(s) have an identical geometric length.

An electrical connector includes a housing, signal pods, and ground shields. The housing has a base that is electrically conductive. The base has chambers and ground slots extending therethrough. The chambers are defined by chamber walls that separate the chambers from the ground slots. The signal pods, which each include a dielectric body holding a pair of signal contacts, are received in the chambers. The dielectric body engages the chamber walls and electrically insulates the signal contacts from the base. The ground shields are received in the ground slots. Each ground shield surrounds an associated signal pod on at least two sides to provide electrical shielding for the signal contacts in the signal pod from other signal contacts.