Abstract: Provided is a method for manufacturing an electric connector. The electric connector is an electric connector having contact portions on both one surface and the other surface opposite to the one surface of a plate-shaped fitting portion that fits with a mating connector, and can accurately position a plurality of first terminals forming the contact portion on the one surface of the fitting portion and a plurality of second terminals forming a contact portion on the other surface of the fitting portion through a shield plate.

Abstract: An electronic card connector, defining an insertion direction, an ejection direction, and a transverse direction perpendicular to the insertion direction, includes an insulative housing and a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing. The terminals include a row of first contacts disposed along the insertion direction. Each first contact has a first affixed portion and a first contacting portion located at a peak therein. Each of the first contacts extends along the transverse direction. The first contacting portions of the neighboring first contacts are located offset along the insertion direction. The first contacting portions and associated first affixed portions of the first contacts are distanced differently in the transverse direction.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a connector such as an edge connector includes a connector housing, a first set of pins configured within the housing and having first ends to couple to corresponding signal lines of a first circuit board and second ends to couple to corresponding signal lines of a mating connector of a second circuit board, and a conductive material adapted to the housing to reduce interference caused by one or more sources of interference. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a micro ethernet connector includes an outer housing that has a recessed front end and a back end. The micro ethernet connector further includes an inner housing that is disposed within the recessed front end of the outer housing. The inner housing has an exposed end. The exposed end includes a recessed channel. The volume of the recessed channel is substantially equal to the volume of a correspondingly shaped protruding printed circuit board of a male micro ethernet connector. A plurality of spring-biased connectors are disposed within the recessed channel of the inner housing.

Abstract: A LED strip light connector system for providing a reliable connection between a flexible LED light strip and a connector. The LED strip light connector system generally includes a connector adapted to receive an end of a light strip, and a support member extending outwardly from the connector to support the light strip near the connector. The light strip is attached to the surface of the support member thereby preventing movement of the light strip with respect to the connector.

Abstract: The invention relates to a multiple micro HF-contact arrangement with HF-connections for passing through or contacting in a housing opening or in a duct, in particular at the transition from coaxial line or microstrip line to a coplanar line. The HF-connection thus comprises at least two circuit boards arranged in a plane which may be connected to each other by means of a planar contact pin on one circuit board and at least one planar socket on the other circuit board.

Abstract: A signal transmission medium inserted in a connector main body portion, which can be held and released successfully with a simple configuration, is disclosed. A distal end portion of an elastically-displaceable cantilever-shaped locking arm member formed so as to be integral with a board connection leg portion (holddown) is provided with a locking portion engaged with a portion of the signal transmission medium inserted in the connector main body portion to hold the inserted state. The held state of the signal transmission medium is maintained by elastic action of the locking arm member extending in a relatively-elongated shape from a swinging fulcrum. Simultaneously, an unlocking-action force on the locking portion can be reduced, and an unlocking-operation force is stably received by the board connection leg portion (holddown) fixed to a printed circuit board so that improvement in strength is achieved.

Abstract: The card connector can adequately detect the state in which an electronic device such as a memory card to be inserted and removed is fitted, and saves the footprint for mounting the card connector. With this card connector, a card detection switch detects a state in which a memory card is fitted in an accommodating part of a housing through an insertion slot. The card detection switch has movable terminals and fixed terminals, and the movable terminals each have a card contact part which is displaced by being pressed by the memory card to be inserted, and a movable contact part which is displaced in a same direction as a direction in which card contact part is displaced following displacement of the card contact part. The fixed terminals are each arranged in the housing to project in a direction to interest the direction in which the movable contact part is displaced, and is slid against by the movable contact part when the movable contact part is displaced.

Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a substrate having first and second sides and a substrate aperture formed therein. The substrate is made of an electrically non-conductive material. A busbar is attached to the first side of the substrate. The busbar has a busbar aperture formed therein. A trace is formed on the second surface of the substrate. The busbar and trace are formed of an electrically conductive material. A pin is disposed in both the substrate aperture and the busbar aperture, wherein the pin is in electrical communication with the busbar and the trace.

Abstract: The present invention provides a technique which can decrease the number of folding times of a flexible printed circuit board in a display device having the structure which can fold the flexible printed circuit board in a compact form by folding the flexible printed circuit board plural times. The display device includes a display panel having substrates, and a flexible printed circuit board having one end thereof fixed to a peripheral portion of a first side of the substrate, wherein the flexible printed circuit board forms an I/F portion on which a plurality of input terminals is formed in the inside thereof in a state that the flexible printed circuit board is developed.

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a main board (5) with a first card edge connector (1) mounted thereon, a sub-board (6) with a second card edge connector (2) mounted thereon, and a pair of complementary board to board connectors (3, 4) mounted on the main board (5) and the sub-board (6) respectively. The first and second card edge connectors (1, 2) are aligned with each other in a vertical direction and the second card edge connector (2) is on top of the first card edge connector (1).

Abstract: A portable computer includes a main body, a keyboard assembly and an interface unit. The main body has a main circuit substrate received in the main body and a main body connector. The interface unit has a plurality of signal pads and a plurality of groups of branch pads split from an end of a line extended from each signal pad into a plurality of branches. The keyboard assembly has a plurality of keyboard signal pins connected to one of either each of the branch pads of each group or the signal pad, and a main body cable unit of which one side is provided with a cable connector connected to the main body connector, and the other side is provided with main body signal pins connected to the other of either each of the branch pads of each group or the signal pad.

Abstract: A card connector base is mounted on a printed circuit board and has a metal-inserted housing, a pair of hooking assemblies and a card tray. The metal-inserted housing has a metal substrate and an insulative body. The insulative body is mounted securely on the metal substrate by an insert-molding process. The hook assemblies are mounted on the metal-inserted housing. The card tray is detachably mounted slidably in the metal-inserted housing. Because the metal substrate formed from the sheet-metal is thin and has fine structure strength such as tensile strength and compressive strength, the metal-inserted housing with the metal substrate is more compact and more structurally strong when compare to conventional insulative housings.

Abstract: A connector for mounting to a panel is provided that includes a housing that has a front edge configured to be located proximate an opening in the panel. The connector also includes a tab that extends from the front edge of the housing where the tab is oriented to engage an outer surface of the panel. A spring member also extends from the front edge of the housing and is positioned to engage an inner surface of the panel. The spring member is flexible toward and away from the tab.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention is a Land Grid Array (LGA) socket. A first L-shaped area has a first center, a first outer long side, and a first outer short side. The first L-shaped area contains a first set of contacts oriented in a first direction. A second L-shaped area has a second center, a second outer long side, and a second outer short side and is located symmetrically to the first L-shaped area. The second L-shaped area contains a second set of contacts oriented in a second direction opposite to the first direction such that pressing a device on the first and second sets of contacts results in approximately zero force and moment.

Abstract: A plurality of specific external connecting parts can be short-circuited, without increasing the number of parts and mounting work. A plurality of external connecting parts provided in parallel to each other, and a short-circuit part for short-circuiting edges located at rear end side of each of a first external connecting part and a second external connecting part which separate external connecting parts not short-circuited among the external connecting parts are inserted therebetween are comprised. The short-circuit part is formed by upward or downward bending process, and has a curved part.

Abstract: A portable reader is arranged to read a card. The card is provided with a set of contact areas. The reader is provided with a connector. The connector is provided with a set of contact pads. The portable reader comprises a first and a second holding elements arranged to hold the card so that at least one contact pad of the set contact pads can be connected to at least one contact area of the set of contact areas. At least the one of the holding elements is arranged to be movable.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A card connector comprises an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts, an ejector and a pressing member. The insulating housing has a rear wall and a pair of arms extending from lateral ends of the rear wall; the ejector is received on one of the arm and comprises a slider movable in a card insertion/ejecting direction, a spring and a guiding pin, the slider defines a heart groove on an outside surface thereof, and the guiding pin and the heart groove forms a locking member to lock the slider in a final position. The pressing member has a retaining portion and a pressing portion, the retaining portion is retained to a bottom surface of the insulating housing by a hot-melt way, the pressing member presses the guiding pin toward the heart groove to prevent the guiding pin from jumping out from the heart groove.

Abstract: An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connector further includes at least one of a first conductive contact affixed to the first major exterior surface and one of a second conductive contact affixed to the second major exterior surface. Additionally, the edge connector includes at least one third conductive contact conductively coupled to at least a portion of any internal conductive layer of the substrate and the third conductive contact is configured off-plane from the minor exterior surface.

Abstract: A testing tool for testing an I/O port includes a cable and a testing card. The cable includes a port formed at one end thereof configured for being connected to the I/O port, and a first connector formed at an opposite end thereof. The testing card includes two testing circuits and a second connector connected to the first connector. The second connector includes a slider shiftable between a first position where the second connector and a testing circuit are interconnected, and a second position where the second connector and the other testing circuit are interconnected.

Abstract: A testing tool for testing an I/O port includes a cable and a testing card. The cable includes a port formed at one end thereof configured for being connected to the I/O port, and a first connector formed at an opposite end thereof. The testing card includes two testing circuits and a second connector connected to the first connector. The second connector includes a slider shiftable between a first position where the second connector and a testing circuit are interconnected, and a second position where the second connector and the other testing circuit are interconnected.

Abstract: An edge connector, system, printed circuit board and electronic module are described, which include an edge connector comprised of a substrate, including a first major exterior surface, a second major exterior surface, and a minor exterior surface. The edge connector further includes at least one of a first conductive contact affixed to the first major exterior surface and one of a second conductive contact affixed to the second major exterior surface. Additionally, the edge connector includes at least one third conductive contact conductively coupled to at least a portion of any internal conductive layer of the substrate and the third conductive contact is configured off-plane from the minor exterior surface.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: In a method of forming a thick-film wiring on a substrate, photosensitive-electroconductive paste is filled into a pattern groove formed on the surface of a light-transmitting intaglio plate. The pattern groove corresponds to a desired thick-film wiring pattern. The photosensitive-electroconductive paste filled in the pattern groove are irradiated with light-rays from the front and back sides of the intaglio plate to cause the paste to harden until the overall peripheral surface of the electroconductive paste has a predetermined hardness. The electroconductive paste hardened in the pattern grooves of the intaglio plate is transferred to an intermediate piece. Then, the electroconductive paste is transferred from the intermediate piece to a substrate. Thereafter, the electroconductive paste is fired, whereby a thick-film wiring is formed on the substrate.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly is provided for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor die to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided for removably interconnecting first conductors of a flat flexible circuit to a plurality of second conductors without the use of conductive terminals. The assembly includes a male connector having a relatively rigid male body member with an edge about which the flexible circuit is wrapped, and with the first conductors of the circuit facing away from the body member at the edge thereof. An adapter or other female connecting device includes a first receptacle for receiving the male connector inserted edge-first into the first receptacle. A second receptacle receives the second conductors in position for engaging the first conductors of the flexible circuit at the edge of the male body member.

Abstract: A connector assembly includes a substrate assembly and a receptacle. The substrate assembly includes a first substrate layer having a conductive trace that is accessible for direct electrical interconnection with a first conductor associated with another device. A second substrate layer on the assembly includes an electrical contact for electrical interconnection with a second conductor associated with the other device. The electrical contact on the second substrate layer is disposed such that when the substrate assembly is inserted into the receptacle, the electrical contact is electrically connected with the second conductor, a direct electrical interconnection between the conductive trace and the first conductor is maintained. The arrangement is advantageous in that the connector assembly is capable of transmitting low frequency signals through electrical connections that also serve to maintain a high frequency direct electrical interconnection.

Abstract: In a connector for a small circuit board, contacting means is formed independently of elastic means that provides contact pressure on the small circuit board when the edge portion of the small circuit board is fitted to the connector. The contacting means comprises for example an insulator film and electrical contacts corresponding to terminals of the plate object. The insulator has first and second surfaces and the electrical contacts are formed on the first surface. The elastic means is for example arranged within a housing of the connector. Within the housing, the second surface of the insulator is fixed on the elastic means, so that the electrical contacts are also arranged on the elastic means via the insulator film. When the edge portion of the small circuit board is accommodated within the housing, the elastic means gives the contact pressure to the edge portion of the small circuit board so that the electrical contacts are connected with the terminals of the small circuit board.

Abstract: A connector for receiving a plug-in card comprises a carrier which defines a receiving space for the plug-in card, at least one guide hole which is formed in the carrier and which opens in the receiving space, a contact element which is movably arranged in the guide hole, a spring which urges the contact element towards the receiving space, and a conductor path which is electrically connected with the contact element.

Abstract: A contact module includes: a strip base; and a plurality of first and second protrusions continuously extending from the first and second ends of the base, respectively. The second end is opposite to the first end. The first and second protrusions include the same materials as the base. Each of the first and second protrusions includes first and second contact portions, respectively. The base includes a sheet made of a metal material, an insulating film formed on at least one side of the sheet, and a film including a noble metal material formed on the insulating film. The film forms the first and second contact portions and circuit patterns. The circuit patterns are formed between the first and second contact portions. The first and second contact portions and the circuit patterns integrally form a plurality of contacts. Each of the contacts includes one of the first contact portions, a corresponding one of the second contact portions, and the circuit pattern therebetween.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: An electrical connector for establishing an interconnection between the contact pads of a printed circuit board device under test (DUT) and an electrical device. The connector includes a flexible circuit carrying the interconnect between the DUT and pcb, which is moved into position by the inflation of a bladder that changes its form to press the contacts on the flexible circuit onto the contact positions of the DUT. The bladder is constrained to minimize its expansion. The flexible circuit is not constrained except at the point it is mated with the circuit board of the equipment driving the DUT. The path of the flexible circuit is shaped by fixed formers and terminates at the bladder. This avoids impinging on the DUT area outwith the contact zone. The connector includes variants which have a lock to secure the DUT in place and sensors to determine when the DUT is fully inserted.

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided for removably interconnecting first conductors of a flat flexible circuit to a plurality of second conductors without the use of conductive terminals. The assembly includes a male connector having a relatively rigid male body member with an edge about which the flexible circuit is wrapped, and with the first conductors of the circuit facing away from the body member at the edge thereof. An adapter or other female connecting device includes a first receptacle for receiving the male connector inserted edge-first into the first receptacle. A second receptacle receives the second conductors in position for engaging the first conductors of the flexible circuit at the edge of the male body member.

Abstract: Interconnected systems of function cards are presented. An interconnected system may include function cards with substantially identical sets of connectors. The interconnected system includes two groups of function cards, where the function cards within a group are parallel to each other but are perpendicular to the function cards of the other group. The function cards have sets of connectors, which form connector arrays. The connector array of one group of the function cards is reciprocal to the connector array of the other group of function cards. This reciprocity makes it possible to couple the two groups of function cards without a printed circuit board or back plane. The connectors can be male or female, and the male and female connectors of a function card can be arranged in various connector groups. The connectors can form checkerboard and other alternated and interchanged arrays.

Abstract: A method for mounting an electronic component. In one example of this method, the electronic component is an integrated circuit which is placed against an element of a carrier, such as a frame of a carrier. The electronic component has a plurality of elongate, resilient, electrical contact elements which are mounted on a corresponding first electrical contact pads on the electronic component. The electronic component is secured to the carrier, aNd the carrier is pressed against a first substrate having a plurality of second electrical contacts on a surface of the first substrate. In a typical example of this method, the electronic component is an integrated circuit which is being tested while being held in a carrier. The integrated circuit has been singulated from a wafer containing a plurality of integrated circuits.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: An improved flexible circuit connector that is particularly useful in connections for circuit boards has a housing and a circuit card engaging assembly mounted therein. The circuit card engaging assembly includes at least two contact spring members having a U-shaped portion adjoining a body portion thereof such that when the two contact spring members are brought together at their body portions, a U-shaped channel is formed that supports two lengths of flexible circuity close to the surface and edge of a circuit board inserted into the connector channel.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a direct-current (DC) electric connector that includes plurality of conductive and insulation layers constituting a near-zero inductance connector. The connector further includes a top and a bottom insulation-and-protection covers covering and protecting the plurality of conductive and insulation layers. The top and bottom insulation-and-protection covers having a tapered outer surface for providing a tapered profile along a horizontal direction toward a connector opening for receiving a printed circuit board into the near-zero inductance connector. The connector further includes a locking cartridge for adaptively enclosing the near-zero inductance connector with the printed circuit board inserted therein. The locking cartridge has top and bottom surfaces each engages the top and bottom insulation-and-protection covers respectively for horizontally pushing toward a direction having a gradually increased profile height for generating a vertical pressing force.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice to a substrate. The socket assembly is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate has a die socket for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes for attachment to bond pads on the removably inserted semiconductor die, and having opposing ends connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A packaging and interconnection of a contact structure formed of a contact structure made of conductive material and formed on a contact substrate through a photolithography process, a contact trace formed on the contact substrate and electrically connected to the contact structure at one end, and the other end of the contact trace is provided with a contact pad for establishing packaging and interconnection from an upper surface thereof, a printed circuit board (PCB) pad provided on a printed circuit board (PCB) substrate to be electrically connected with the contact pad, an elastomer provided under the contact substrate for allowing flexibility in the interconnection and packaging of the contact structure, and a support structure provided between the elastomer and the PCB substrate for supporting the contact structure, contact substrate and elastomer.

Abstract: An electrical connector (10) for interconnecting discrete circuits on a first circuit board (14) with discrete circuits on a second circuit board (16), includes an insulating housing (18) having a series of contact members (20) arranged in side by side cavities (22). Each contact member (20) has a straight shank (130) that is only partially supported by the floor (32) of the housing. The shank (130) has a first beam (136) at one end and a second beam (138) at the other end, each end of which has a respective one of first and second contacts (140, 142) attached thereto. Each contact terminates in a pre-load member (144, 146) that is formed parallel to the shank and slidingly extends into a recess (120) in the housing. Each pre-load member (144, 146) includes a latch surface (168) that abuts against a stop surface (124) formed in the housing (18) to limit movement of the contacts and thereby provide a desired pre-load to each contact (140, 142).

Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing having a cavity which holds a pair of terminal inserts. Each of the terminal inserts includes a respective molding which holds a respective plurality of terminals. The moldings have respective latch arms which latchably secure the terminal inserts together to form a terminal insert subassembly which is inserted into the cavity as a unit. The latch arms have latch tabs which are cooperable with the housing to secure the terminal insert subassembly in the housing. The terminals in one of the terminal inserts are laterally staggered with respect to the terminals in the other of the terminal inserts.

Abstract: A modular bare die socket assembly 10 for attaching a plurality of miniature semiconductor dice 18 to a substrate. The socket assembly 10 is comprised of a plurality of two-sided plates 14 joined vertically in a horizontal stack, wherein each plate 14 has a die socket 22 for the removable insertion of a bare semiconductor die 18. A multi-layer interconnect lead tape 50 has a plurality of lithographically formed leads bent on one end to form nodes 88 for attachment to bond pads 90 on the removably inserted semiconductor die 18, and having opposing ends 92 connectable to the substrate.

Abstract: A female connector is adapted for electrically interconnecting the conductors of a flat flexible circuit to the conductors of a complementary mating connecting device. The connector includes a female housing having wall portions defining a cavity for receiving the flexible circuit. The wall portions are relatively movable between an open condition allowing a yieldable backing structure to be assembled on a cavity-side of at least one of the wall portions and a closed condition defining the cavity. The yieldable backing structure resiliently biases the conductors of the flexible circuit received in the cavity against the conductors of the mating connecting device when the connector is mated with the device.

Abstract: A first terminal portion constructed by a plurality of contact pins of a first circuit board and a second terminal portion constructed by a plurality of contact pins of a second circuit board are joined in a housing of a connector. The connector has a presser for applying a pressing force to a joint portion. The presser applies the pressing force, thereby joining the plurality of contact pins of the first terminal and the plurality of contact pins of the second terminal through soft metal projections. Thus, a joint area of the contact terminal portion can be increased and the reliability of the joining can be improved. Since the circuit boards are positioned, the terminal portions of the circuit boards can be accurately joined.

Abstract: A connector (10,10A) is provided for electrically interconnecting the conductors (12) of a flat flexible circuit (14)to the conductors of a complementary mating connecting device. The connector includes a body member (22) on which a first length (14a) of the flexible circuit (14) is fixed. A second length (14b) of the circuit extends away from the body member. A resilient strain relief component (33) on the body member (22) is engageable with the flexible circuit (14) to locate the second length (14b) of the flexible circuit in a plane offset from the plane of the first length (14a) of the circuit. Therefore, pulling forces on the second length (14b) of the flexible circuit away from the body member biases the circuit against the resilient strain relief component (33). The body member may be a two-part housing (46) relatively movable between open and closed positions. A flexible molded-in-place (56) hinge joins the housing parts to accommodate their movement.

Abstract: A circuit card connector that utilizes flexible circuitry includes an elongated base, a pair of cradle spring members supported on the base, and a pair of contact springs movably supported on the cradle spring members. The cradle spring members include a plurality of reset arms that extend upwardly therefrom into contact with the undersides of the flexible circuitry. The flexible circuitry includes an apertured ground plane layer spaced apart from and located beneath the signal face layer. The apertures in the ground plane layer increase its flexibility especially at the interconnection interfaces to increase the compliance of the connector.