Abstract: A receptacle cage includes shielding walls forming a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The shielding walls include a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the module channel, and a second side wall extending from the top wall opposite the first side wall to the bottom of the module channel. The top wall, the first side wall and the second side wall form the module channel. The receptacle cage includes a first polarization tab extending into the module channel from the first side wall. The first polarization tab is configured to interface with the pluggable module for keyed loading of the pluggable module in the receptacle cage.

Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact positioner having a front slot configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit board of a pluggable module. An upper contact array is coupled to the contact positioner and includes upper contacts and an upper ground shield. The upper ground shield includes an upper ground panel extending along a first side of the upper contacts and an upper ground plate extending along a second side of the upper contacts parallel to and spaced apart from the upper ground panel with the upper contacts therebetween. The contact assembly includes a lower contact array coupled to the contact positioner having lower contacts and a lower ground shield with lower ground panel and a lower ground plate parallel to and spaced apart from the lower ground panel with the lower contacts therebetween.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for receiving a plurality of streams by an implantable component of an implantable medical device system from a plurality of wireless sources and mixing the plurality of streams to generate stimulation signals for use in stimulating a recipient of the implantable medical device system.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and holding a contact assembly in the cavity. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end. The card edge connector includes a connector sleeve coupled to the connector housing movable between a retracted position and an advanced position. The connector sleeve includes an insert received in the cavity having a card slot configured to receive a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The insert includes press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board when moved to the advanced position.

Abstract: Presented herein are techniques for wirelessly communicating sound data and one or more sound signal attributes from an external component of a medical device to an implantable component of the medical device via one or more data packets. For example, when the medical device is embodied as a hearing device, such as a cochlear implant system or hearing aid, sensory data and one or more sensory signal attributes determined from input sensory data can be combined into data packets by an external component and wirelessly transmitted to an implantable component of the cochlear implant system. The cochlear implant can separate the sensory data and one or more sensory signal attributes from the data packets and further process the sensory data using the one or more sensory signal attributes in order to generate stimulation signals for delivery to a recipient of the cochlear implant system.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module. A contact assembly is received in a cavity of the housing having cable contacts arranged in an upper contact set and lower contact set. An upper ground bus bar is electrically connected to terminating ends of the ground contacts of the upper contact set and a lower ground bus bar is electrically connected to the ground contacts of the lower contact set. A ground element is coupled to the upper ground bus bar or the lower ground bus bar and includes a board termination component configured to be terminated to the host circuit board to electrically connect the corresponding ground bus bar to the host circuit board.

Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact holder having a central wall separating walls extending from a surface of the central wall defining contact tracks along the surface. A contact array is coupled to the surface and includes inner contacts arranged in pairs with contact dielectric bodies encapsulating portions of corresponding pairs of the contacts. Each pair of the contacts and the corresponding contact dielectric bodies form a contact set. The contact dielectric bodies of each contact set is spaced apart from each other and received in the corresponding contact track with the separating walls separating the contact sets from each other. A shield is coupled to the contact holder to cover the contact tracks and form shield pockets surrounding the corresponding contact tracks to provide circumferential shielding for the corresponding contact sets.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a connector housing having a cavity and holding a contact assembly in the cavity. The contact assembly has a contact positioner holding contacts in a contact array. Each contact includes a mating end, a terminating end, and an intermediate portion between the mating end and the terminating end. The card edge connector includes a connector sleeve coupled to the connector housing movable between a retracted position and an advanced position. The connector sleeve includes an insert received in the cavity having a card slot configured to receive a module circuit board of a pluggable module. The insert includes press anvils configured to engage the intermediate portions of the contacts to move the mating ends of the contacts toward the module circuit board to mate with corresponding contact pads on the module circuit board when moved to the advanced position.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a plurality of receptacle modules configured to be received in corresponding module channels in a receptacle cage. Each receptacle module has a housing holding a contact assembly. The housing has a card slot at a front of the housing. The contact assembly has contacts terminated to ends of cables. The contacts have mating ends at the card slot to mate with a pluggable module received in the receptacle cage. The connector assembly includes an integrator having integrator walls forming a plurality of chambers. Each chamber receives the corresponding receptacle module. The connector assembly includes a latch coupled to the integrator. The latch configured to be latchably coupled to the receptacle cage.

Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact positioner holding a contact array having contacts and a ground shield including a ground plate along forward sections of the contacts and a ground panel along rearward sections of the contacts. The contact array includes a forward contact holder coupled to the ground plate and the forward sections to locate the forward sections relative to the upper ground plate. The forward contact holder includes forward slots to separate the forward contact holder into discrete sections. The contact array includes a rearward contact holder coupled to the ground panel and the rearward sections to locate the rearward sections relative to the ground panel. The rearward contact holder includes rearward slots to separate the rearward contact holder into discrete sections.

Abstract: A receptacle cage includes shielding walls forming a module channel configured to receive a pluggable module. The shielding walls include a top wall, a first side wall extending from the top wall to a bottom of the module channel, and a second side wall extending from the top wall opposite the first side wall to the bottom of the module channel. The top wall, the first side wall and the second side wall form the module channel. The receptacle cage includes a first polarization tab extending into the module channel from the first side wall. The first polarization tab is configured to interface with the pluggable module for keyed loading of the pluggable module in the receptacle cage.

Abstract: A receptacle assembly includes a receptacle cage surrounding an intermediate connector configured to be coupled to the host circuit board. The receptacle cage receives a plug module and a receptacle module mated with the plug module. The receptacle module includes a receptacle housing having a card slot and holding a receptacle contact assembly. The receptacle contacts include cable contacts terminated to cables and intermediate contacts terminated to the intermediate connector. The intermediate connector electrically connects the intermediate contacts with the host circuit board.

Abstract: A contact assembly includes a contact positioner having a front slot configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit board of a pluggable module. An upper contact array is coupled to the contact positioner and includes upper contacts and an upper ground shield. The upper ground shield includes an upper ground panel extending along a first side of the upper contacts and an upper ground plate extending along a second side of the upper contacts parallel to and spaced apart from the upper ground panel with the upper contacts therebetween. The contact assembly includes a lower contact array coupled to the contact positioner having lower contacts and a lower ground shield with lower ground panel and a lower ground plate parallel to and spaced apart from the lower ground panel with the lower contacts therebetween.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly includes first and second connector assemblies and a connector interconnect between the first and second connector assemblies. Each connector assembly includes an outer shell and a connector received in a cavity of the outer shell. The connector has a connector body holding contacts in a card slot, which receives a circuit card edge of an add-in card. The outer shell has an outer board guide configured to engage the add-in card and guide mating of the outer shell with the add-in card. The outer shell has a latch configured to latchably engage the add-in card to secure the connector to the add-in card. The connector interposer electrically interconnects the contacts of the connector assemblies to electrically connect the add-in cards.

Abstract: A stacked card edge connector for mating with stacked pluggable modules includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and including inner and outer contact channels and inner and outer card slots configured to receive card edges of module circuit boards of the stacked pluggable modules. The stacked card edge connector includes an inner contact assembly received in the inner card slot and an outer contact assembly received in the outer card slot.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts are interspersed with the pairs of the signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having first and second sides extending between a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each ground contact includes a ground contact body having first and second sides extending between a ground mating end and a ground terminating end. The contact assembly includes a ground shield assembly including a ground shield spanning across the contacts and ground connective elements electrically connected to the ground shield and the corresponding ground contacts. The ground connective elements are compressible.

Abstract: A card edge connector includes a housing configured to be mounted to a host circuit board and having a card slot at the front configured to receive a card edge of a module circuit card of the pluggable module. A contact assembly is received in a cavity of the housing having cable contacts arranged in an upper contact set and lower contact set. An upper ground bus bar is electrically connected to terminating ends of the ground contacts of the upper contact set and a lower ground bus bar is electrically connected to the ground contacts of the lower contact set. A ground element is coupled to the upper ground bus bar or the lower ground bus bar and includes a board termination component configured to be terminated to the host circuit board to electrically connect the corresponding ground bus bar to the host circuit board.

Abstract: A communication system having a circuit board with an airflow opening includes a receptacle cage configured to be mounted to the circuit board adjacent a communication connector. The receptacle cage has walls including a front wall, a rear wall and side walls defining a cavity. A module channel is defined in the cavity configured to receive a pluggable module. The module channel has a module port at the front wall that receives the pluggable module. An airflow channel is defined by at least one of the walls of the receptacle cage located between the module channel and the circuit board. The airflow channel is configured to be in flow communication with the airflow opening in the circuit board for cooling the pluggable module in the module channel. The airflow channel has an airflow port at the front wall.

Abstract: A contact assembly for an electrical connector signal contacts arranged in pairs and ground contacts are interspersed with the pairs of the signal contacts. Each signal contact includes a signal contact body having first and second sides extending between a signal mating end and a signal terminating end. Each ground contact includes a ground contact body having first and second sides extending between a ground mating end and a ground terminating end. The contact assembly includes a ground shield assembly including a ground shield spanning across the contacts and ground connective elements electrically connected to the ground shield and the corresponding ground contacts. The ground connective elements are compressible.

Abstract: A board-to-board connector assembly includes first and second connector assemblies and a connector interconnect between the first and second connector assemblies. Each connector assembly includes an outer shell and a connector received in a cavity of the outer shell. The connector has a connector body holding contacts in a card slot, which receives a circuit card edge of an add-in card. The outer shell has an outer board guide configured to engage the add-in card and guide mating of the outer shell with the add-in card. The outer shell has a latch configured to latchably engage the add-in card to secure the connector to the add-in card. The connector interposer electrically interconnects the contacts of the connector assemblies to electrically connect the add-in cards.