In a plug connector, a ground contact conductor includes: a fitting portion to fit to a ground contact conductor of a mate connector; and a clamp portion to hold a second exposing portion of a coaxial cable (a portion of a terminal portion of the coaxial cable where a part of an insulating sheath has been removed) to contact a shield exposed at the second exposing portion, without the ground contact conductor overlapping an outer peripheral surface of the insulating sheath. The clamp portion is located at an end of the ground contact conductor farthest from the fitting portion. The second exposing portion is adjacent to a first exposing portion formed at the terminal portion where a signal line is exposed.

An electrical connector has a first wafer having a first housing with a first plurality of contact beams extending from the first housing in a first plane. A second wafer has a second housing with a second plurality of contact beams extending from said second housing in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. A dividing panel member extends from the insulative housing between the first plurality of contact beams and the second plurality of contact beams. Each of the contact beams extending from the wafer pair is configured to mate with a corresponding backplane contact in a backplane connector. The contact beams extending from the wafer pair and the backplane contacts are configured such that each pair of corresponding contacts includes a first contact point and a second contact point. When the wafer pair is fully received by the backplane connector, contact between the contact beam and the backplane contact is maintained at both the first and second contact points. Each of the contact beams includes a pivot member configured such that the electrical connector has a low initial insertion force, but a high normal force when fully mated with the backplane connector.

The present disclosure relates to a converter. The converter may include a first connector configured to transmit one or more signals, a second connector configured to receive the one or more signals, a first cable with a first impedance, a second cable with a second impedance, and an impedance module. The first connector may be connected to the impedance module via the first cable. The second connector may be connected to the impedance module via the second cable. The impedance module may be configured to convert the first impedance of the first cable to the second impedance of the second cable such that the one or more signals are transmitted from the first connector to the second connector via the first cable and the second cable.

Provided are a shield member, a shield unit, and a connector module each of which allows easy alignment with a connection target instrument. The shield member includes a plurality of first elastic portions made of a conductive material and arranged annularly in a plate shape at an inner circumferential part of the shield member; a plurality of second elastic portions arranged annularly at an outer circumferential part of the shield member; and an intermediate portion between the plurality of first elastic portions and the plurality of second elastic portions. The plurality of first elastic portions are defined by a plurality of first slits each extending from an inner circumferential edge of the shield member in a radial direction of the shield member. The plurality of second elastic portions are defined by a plurality of second slits each extending from an outer circumferential edge of the shield member in the radial direction.

An electrical connector electrically connects a first electrical module and a second electrical module, for insertion by the first electrical module along a first direction. The electrical connector includes a first group of terminals arranged in a row along a second direction, having multiple signal terminals and multiple ground terminals and forming at least one first terminal unit and at least one second terminal unit. Each of the terminals has a contact portion, a tail portion, and a middle portion located between the contact portion and the tail portion. In the second direction, the middle portions of the first terminal unit form a first row of the middle portions, and the middle portions of the second terminal unit form a second row of the middle portions. Viewing from the second direction, the first and second rows of the middle portions are staggered, thus improving the crosstalk.

An electrical connector electrically connects a first electrical module and a second electrical module, for insertion by the first electrical module along a first direction. The electrical connector includes a first group of terminals arranged in a row along a second direction, having multiple signal terminals and multiple ground terminals and forming at least one first terminal unit and at least one second terminal unit. Each of the terminals has a contact portion, a tail portion, and a middle portion located between the contact portion and the tail portion. In the second direction, the middle portions of the first terminal unit form a first row of the middle portions, and the middle portions of the second terminal unit form a second row of the middle portions. Viewing from the second direction, the first and second rows of the middle portions are staggered, thus improving the crosstalk.

An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a body having a mounting end and a mating end, a contact beam, and an anchoring region. The contact beam includes first and second edges that are laterally spaced from one another, and first and second broadsides that extend between the first and second edges. The anchoring region includes first, second, and intermediate portions. The first portion extends from the contact beam towards the mounting end, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The second portion extends from the mounting end towards the first portion, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion, and has a first side that is recessed laterally inwards from the first sides of the first and second portions.

An electrical contact for an electrical connector includes a body having a mounting end and a mating end, a contact beam, and an anchoring region. The contact beam includes first and second edges that are laterally spaced from one another, and first and second broadsides that extend between the first and second edges. The anchoring region includes first, second, and intermediate portions. The first portion extends from the contact beam towards the mounting end, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The second portion extends from the mounting end towards the first portion, and has a first side that is spaced laterally outwards from the first edge. The intermediate portion extends between the first portion and the second portion, and has a first side that is recessed laterally inwards from the first sides of the first and second portions.

(Technical Problem) To provide a lightweight and highly reliable plug connector for high-speed digital multi-channel transmission. (Technical Solution) A rigid substrate of a plug connector includes a base material having a first surface, including a first side and a second side formed opposite the first side, and a second surface formed opposite the first surface, and a plurality of signal transmission patterns configured to transmit a differential signal, and includes a first signal transmission pattern on the first surface, a second signal transmission pattern on the second surface, a third signal transmission pattern on the first surface and adjacent to the first signal transmission pattern, and a fourth signal transmission pattern on the second surface and adjacent to the second signal transmission pattern. Each signal transmission pattern includes a first conductor pattern, a second conductor pattern forming a differential pair, and a third conductor pattern having a fixed potential. Each of the first conductor pattern, the second conductor pattern, and the third conductor pattern includes a terminal portion electrically connected to a terminal of another connector, a pad portion electrically connected to a cable, and a wiring portion electrically connecting the terminal portion and the pad portion. The terminal portion is formed along the first side, and the pad portion is formed along the second side.

(Technical Problem) To provide a lightweight and highly reliable plug connector for high-speed digital multi-channel transmission. (Technical Solution) A rigid substrate of a plug connector includes a base material having a first surface, including a first side and a second side formed opposite the first side, and a second surface formed opposite the first surface, and a plurality of signal transmission patterns configured to transmit a differential signal, and includes a first signal transmission pattern on the first surface, a second signal transmission pattern on the second surface, a third signal transmission pattern on the first surface and adjacent to the first signal transmission pattern, and a fourth signal transmission pattern on the second surface and adjacent to the second signal transmission pattern. Each signal transmission pattern includes a first conductor pattern, a second conductor pattern forming a differential pair, and a third conductor pattern having a fixed potential. Each of the first conductor pattern, the second conductor pattern, and the third conductor pattern includes a terminal portion electrically connected to a terminal of another connector, a pad portion electrically connected to a cable, and a wiring portion electrically connecting the terminal portion and the pad portion. The terminal portion is formed along the first side, and the pad portion is formed along the second side.