Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having two side walls defining signal passageways and grounding passageways; two rows of terminals including signal terminals in the signal passageways and grounding terminals in the grounding passageways, each terminal having a retained portion and an elastic arm with a contacting portion extending into the card slot; a one-piece inserting member assembled in the insulating housing, the inserting member defining first inserting portions in the signal passageways and made from insulating plastic, and second inserting portions in the grounding passageways and at least partly made from conductive plastic, the second inserting portions mechanically connecting the grounding terminals; and a metallic member retained in the inserting member, wherein the metallic member defines two rows of grounding fingers, the grounding fingers are located in corresponding second inserting portions respectively and directly connect or face but not directly connect with corres

Abstract: A power card edge connector includes: a housing defining a card slot; and a power terminal comprising an inner piece and an outer piece stacked together, the inner piece comprising a first retaining portion and a first elastic portion, the outer piece comprising a second retaining portion and a second elastic portion, the first and second retaining portions attached together, wherein the first elastic portion defines a first contacting portion, the second elastic portion is split into a second contacting portion and an abutting portion separated from each other, the first and second the contacting portions are arranged side by side and protrude into the card slot, and the first contacting portion is pushable outward to abut against the abutting portion.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and first through eighth terminals sequentially arranged in a lateral direction in the insulating body, wherein the first and second terminals, the third and sixth terminals, the fourth and fifth terminals, and the seventh and eighth terminals are respectively used to transmit a pair of differential signals, each terminal including: a mating portion for mating to a mating connector; a tail portion opposite to the mating portion; and a connecting portion connected therebetween, the connecting portions of the third terminal to the fifth terminal are all provided with a coupling portion; wherein the coupling portions of the third through fifth terminals are in three different planes, respectively, and the coupling portion of the fifth terminal and the coupling portion of the third terminal at least partially overlap in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing having a mating face, a card slot recessed from the mating face with a floor face facing the mating face, and two side walls located at opposite sides of the card slot; and two terminal modules retained in the insulating housing, each terminal module including a row of terminals, a conductive plastic, and an insulating plastic, the row of terminals including plural signal terminals and plural grounding terminals, wherein the grounding terminals are partially retained in the conductive plastic and the insulating plastic surrounds and retains the signal terminals and the conductive plastic, thereby forming the terminal module.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module having a circuit board having first through eighth conductive traces sequentially arranged in a transverse direction and corresponding first through eighth terminals, the third terminal and the sixth terminal being configured for transmitting a pair of differential signals, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal being configured for transmitting another pair of differential signals, the first through eighth conductive traces being respectively electrically connected to corresponding first through eighth terminals, each of the third conductive trace and the fifth conductive trace including a coupling portion, a size of the coupling portion in the transverse direction is larger than a size of the other part of the corresponding conductive trace in the transverse direction, wherein the coupling portion of the third conductive trace and the coupling portion of the fifth conductive trace overlap in an up and down direction to increase mutual coupling.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating housing defining a mating face, a card slot, and two side walls at opposite sides of the card slot, each of the side walls defining signal passageways and grounding passageways; two rows of terminals located on the side walls and each row of terminal including signal terminals in the signal passageways and grounding terminals in the grounding passageways, the terminals including retaining portions retained in the passageways and elastic arms with contacting portions extending into the card slot; and a one-piece inserting member assembled in the insulating housing, wherein the inserting member defines plural first inserting portions inserted in the signal passageways and plural second inserting portions inserted in the grounding passageways, the second inserting portions contact corresponding grounding terminals, respectively, to establish a grounding path.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a front face, a rear face, and a card slot opening forward through the front face, a row of first terminals retained in the insulative housing from the front face, a row of second terminals retained in the insulative housing from the rear face, and a grounding and shielding plate. The row of second terminals includes signal terminals and grounding terminals, each second terminal including an upright portion, an elastic portion extending from the upright portion with a contacting portion exposed upon the card slot, and a leg portion. The grounding and shielding plate covers the rear face of the insulative housing and electrical connects to all the grounding terminals of the row of second terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including a plurality of mating terminals, an insulating carrier with an accommodating cavity, plural intermediate terminals fixed on one side of the insulating carrier and electrically connected to the mating terminals, plural pin terminals fixed on the other side of the insulating carrier, and a magnetic module accommodated in the accommodating cavity and electrically connected to the intermediate terminals and the pin terminals, wherein the insulating carrier is a two-piece housing, the intermediate terminals are held in one housing piece, and the pin terminals are held in the other housing piece.

Abstract: An electrical connector for mounting on an external circuit board includes: an insulating body having an upper receiving space and a lower receiving space; a terminal module assembled on the insulating body and including plural pin terminals, each pin terminal having a pin for mounting on the external circuit board, wherein the terminal module is capable of being modified to support 1G or 2.5G or 5G or 10G or 25G or 40G signal transmission while keeping arrangement pattern of the pins unchanged in order to be mounted on the same external circuit board.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulating body defining a mating space; and a terminal module assembled to the insulating body and having a circuit board and plural mating terminals mounted on the circuit board, wherein: each of the mating terminals has a contact portion extending obliquely backward, a bending portion bent backward from a front end of the contact portion, a connecting portion extending rearward from a rear end of the bending portion, and a mounting portion vertically extending from a rear end of the connecting portion for mounting on the circuit board; and a front end of the circuit board extends forward into the mating space.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulating body and first through eighth terminals sequentially arranged in a lateral direction in the insulating body, wherein the first and second terminals, the third and sixth terminals, the fourth and fifth terminals, and the seventh and eighth terminals are respectively used to transmit a pair of differential signals, each terminal including: a mating portion for mating to a mating connector; a tail portion opposite to the mating portion; and a connecting portion connected therebetween, the connecting portions of the third terminal to the fifth terminal are all provided with a coupling portion; wherein the coupling portions of the third through fifth terminals are in three different planes, respectively, and the coupling portion of the fifth terminal and the coupling portion of the third terminal at least partially overlap in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to the lateral direction.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a terminal module having a circuit board having first through eighth conductive traces sequentially arranged in a transverse direction and corresponding first through eighth terminals, the third terminal and the sixth terminal being configured for transmitting a pair of differential signals, the fourth terminal and the fifth terminal being configured for transmitting another pair of differential signals, the first through eighth conductive traces being respectively electrically connected to corresponding first through eighth terminals, each of the third conductive trace and the fifth conductive trace including a coupling portion, a size of the coupling portion in the transverse direction is larger than a size of the other part of the corresponding conductive trace in the transverse direction, wherein the coupling portion of the third conductive trace and the coupling portion of the fifth conductive trace overlap in an up and down direction to increase mutual coupling.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing having an upper wall and a lower wall with a plurality of vertical walls linked therebetween to form corresponding passageways alternately arranged with the vertical walls. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively. A plurality of upper apertures are formed in the upper wall to communicate with the corresponding passageways. A plug connector is adapted to be mated with the receptacle connector and includes an insulative body with opposite top wall and bottom wall. A plurality of through openings are formed in the top wall. A plurality of grooves are formed in an interior face of the top wall to communicate the through openings of the plug connector with the corresponding apertures of the receptacle connector.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an insulative housing defining a front face, a rear face, and a card slot opening forward through the front face, a row of first terminals retained in the insulative housing from the front face, a row of second terminals retained in the insulative housing from the rear face, and a grounding and shielding plate. The row of second terminals includes signal terminals and grounding terminals, each second terminal including an upright portion, an elastic portion extending from the upright portion with a contacting portion exposed upon the card slot, and a leg portion. The grounding and shielding plate covers the rear face of the insulative housing and electrical connects to all the grounding terminals of the row of second terminals.

Abstract: A receptacle connector includes an insulative housing having an upper wall and a lower wall with a plurality of vertical walls linked therebetween to form corresponding passageways alternately arranged with the vertical walls. A plurality of contacts are disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively. A plurality of upper apertures are formed in the upper wall to communicate with the corresponding passageways. A plug connector is adapted to be mated with the receptacle connector and includes an insulative body with opposite top wall and bottom wall. A plurality of through openings are formed in the top wall. A plurality of grooves are formed in an interior face of the top wall to communicate the through openings of the plug connector with the corresponding apertures of the receptacle connector.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts disposed in the housing with a metallic shielding plate therebetween, and a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing. The upper contacts have the signal contacts and the grounding contacts alternatively arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A plurality of wires are located behind the housing. Each of the wires includes an inner conductor mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the inner conductor. A grounding bar is mechanically and electrically connected to all the shielding plate, the braiding layer, the grounding contacts and the shell.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of upper contacts and a plurality of lower contacts disposed in the housing with a metallic shielding plate therebetween, and a metallic shielding shell enclosing the housing. The upper contacts have the signal contacts and the grounding contacts alternatively arranged with each other along a transverse direction. A plurality of wires are located behind the housing. Each of the wires includes an inner conductor mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding signal contacts, and an outer braiding layer surrounding the inner conductor. A grounding bar is mechanically and electrically connected to all the shielding plate, the braiding layer, the grounding contacts and the shell.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing, a number of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the insulating housing for locking with a memory card. The insulative housing includes a passageway and at least one tower portion extending upwardly from an end thereof. The tower portion has a two opposite side walls, and a middle wall located between two side walls. The ejector has a base portion defining a lower ejecting section, a locking portion defining a locking section, and a narrowed reinforcing portion formed between the base portion and the locking portion. The narrowed reinforcing portion being thinner than the base portion and the locking portion, and the middle wall has a narrowed slot communicating with the elongated passageway to permit the narrowed reinforcing portion to rotate inward to lower a height of the card edge connector.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining at least one tower portion extending upwardly from a longitudinal end thereof, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the at least one tower portion for latching with or ejecting a memory card. The ejector has a base portion rotatably attached to the tower portion and a locking portion rotatably attached to the base portion, the at least one tower portion has a slot, the locking portion is rotatable inward to face towards the top surface of the insulative housing in order to reduce a height of the card edge connector, the base portion has a lower ejecting section, and the locking portion has an upper locking section.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes an elongated insulative housing extending in a longitudinal direction and defining at least one tower portion extending upwardly from a longitudinal end thereof, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulative housing, and an ejector received in the at least one tower portion for latching with or ejecting a memory card. The ejector has a base portion rotatably attached to the tower portion and a locking portion rotatably attached to the base portion, the at least one tower portion has a slot, the locking portion is rotatable inward to face towards the top surface of the insulative housing in order to reduce a height of the card edge connector, the base portion has a lower ejecting section, and the locking portion has an upper locking section.