Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing and a contact module mounted in the housing. The contact module includes a mating edge and a mounting edge, and a lead frame having terminals extending between the mating and mounting edges. The contact module has an insulated body with a side surface, and the insulated body includes a slot open from the side surface to expose at least some of the terminals. Each of the terminals exposed by the slot has a respective exposed portion in the slot, and each exposed portion has an equal length.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a mating face and a mounting face. The housing holds signal contacts and ground contacts arranged in rows. Each of the signal contacts and ground contacts include a mating end extending from the mating face of the housing and a mounting end extending from the mounting face of the housing. For each row, the mating ends of the signal contacts and ground contacts are aligned in a common plane. The mounting ends of the ground contacts are aligned in the common plane, and the mounting ends of the signal contacts are offset from the common plane.