WO2008024275A2 - Electrical connector system with jogged contact tails - Google Patents

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WO2008024275A2
WO2008024275A2 PCT/US2007/018224 US2007018224W WO2008024275A2 WO 2008024275 A2 WO2008024275 A2 WO 2008024275A2 US 2007018224 W US2007018224 W US 2007018224W WO 2008024275 A2 WO2008024275 A2 WO 2008024275A2
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Danny Morlion
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Fci Americas Technology, Inc.
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    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures
    • H01R12/70Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures coupling devices mounted on the edge of the printed circuits
    • H01R12/727Coupling devices presenting arrays of contacts
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6591Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • H01R13/65912Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members for shielded multiconductor cable
    • H01R13/65918Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members for shielded multiconductor cable wherein each conductor is individually surrounded by shield
    • HELECTRICITY
    • H01ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01RELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R33/00Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof
    • H01R33/88Coupling devices specially adapted for supporting apparatus and having one part acting as a holder providing support and electrical connection via a counterpart which is structurally associated with the apparatus, e.g. lamp holders; Separate parts thereof adapted for simultaneous co-operation with two or more identical counterparts

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  • the invention relates to electrical connectors. More particularly, the invention relates to connector applications wherein orthogonally-mated connectors share common holes through a ⁇ dplane. The invention further relates to skew correction for right- angle electrical connectors.
  • a right-angle connector is a connector having a mating interface for mating with another connector and a mounting interface for mounting on a printed circuit board.
  • the mating and mounting interfaces each define a plane, and the two planes are perpendicular (i.e., at a right angle) to each other.
  • a right-angle connector can be used to electrically connect two boards perpendicularly to one another.
  • one contact of a differential signal contact pair may be longer than the other contact of the pair.
  • the difference in length in the contacts of the pair may create a different signal propagation time in one contact with respect to the other contact. It may be desirable to minimize this skew between contacts that form a differential signal pair in a right-angle connector.
  • each of two connectors is mounted to a respective, opposite side of a so-called "midplane.”
  • the connectors are electrically coupled to one another through the midplane.
  • a pattern of electrically conductive holes may be formed through the midplane.
  • the terminal mounting ends of the contacts may be received into the holes.
  • Connector systems may include electrical connectors orthogonally connected to each other through shared through-holes in a midplane.
  • Each orthogonal connector may be a vertical connector that is connected to a respective right- angle connector.
  • a header or vertical connector may be used to affect (e.g., reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing contact lengths in the right angle connector. That is, the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the header connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the header connector.
  • An electrical connector may include first, second, and third electrical contacts that each define a mating portion, an interim portion connected to the first mating portion, and a mounting portion connected to the interim portion, wherein the mating portions of each of the first, second, and third electrical contacts are spaced apart sequentially along a common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts may be spaced apart and offset from the common line.
  • the mounting portion of the first electrical contact may also lie along the common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts may be offset to the same side of the common line.
  • the first and second electrical contacts may define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact may a ground.
  • the third electrical contact may be offset farther from the common line than the second electrical contact, m another embodiment, the mounting portions of the first and third electrical contacts may lie on one side of the common line and the mounting portion of the second electrical contact may be offset to an opposite side of the common line.
  • the first and second electrical contacts may define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact may be a ground.
  • There may also be a mating connector that includes an array of second electrical contacts, wherein the electrical connector is a header connector and the mating connector is a right-angle connector. [0008 ⁇ By jogging the longer signal contacts in the header connector by the right amount, skew between the longer and shorter signal contacts in the right-angle connector may be eliminated or reduced.
  • the vertical connector thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector.
  • a first contact in the right angle connector may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector.
  • a second contact in the right angle connector may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector.
  • the first contact in the right angle connector may be greater in length than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector.
  • the second contact of the vertical connector may be jogged by the distance to increase the length of the second contact by the distance.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a pair of first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane, each connector also mated with a respective right-angle connector that is mounted on a respective daughtercard.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted on a midplane and mated with a right-angle connector that is mounted on a daughtercard.
  • FIG 3 A is a side view (in the Z direction of FIG. 1) of first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
  • FIG. 3B is a side view (in the Z direction of FIG. 1) as shown in FIG 3 A but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors.
  • FIG 4 A is a bottom view (in the Y direction of FIG. 1 ) of the first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
  • FIG. 4B is a bottom view (in the Y direction of FIG.1) as shown in FIG 4A but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors.
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted to a first side of a midplane.
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector oriented to be mounted to the first side of a midplane.
  • FIG. 7 A is a front view of a mating side of a first embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the first side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 7B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 7A with a housing of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 8 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the first side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 9 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted to a second side of a midplane.
  • FIG. 10 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector oriented to be mounted to the second side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 1 IA is a front view of a mating side of a first embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the second side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 1 IB depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 1 IA with a housing of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 12 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the second side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 13 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • FIG. 14 depicts a pair of second embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane, each connector also mated with a respective right-angle connector that is mounted on a respective daughtercard.
  • FIG 15. is a side view of second embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
  • FIG. 16 is a side view as shown in FIG 15 but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the second embodiment electrical connectors.
  • FIG. 17A is a front view of a mating side of a second embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the first side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 17B depicts the second embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 17A with a housing of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 18 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the first side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 19A is a front view of a mating side of a second embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the second side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 19B depicts the second embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 19A with a housing of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 20 depicts a midplane footprint for the second embodiment electrical connector mounted to the second side of the midplane.
  • FIG. 21 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • FIG. 22 provides a routing example for the second embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • FIGs. 1 through 13 depict various aspects of an example embodiment electrical connector system according to the invention.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a pair of first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally (e.g., the connector 240 may be rotated 90° with respect to the connector 340) to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane 100.
  • Each connector 240, 340 may also be mated with a respective right-angle connector 230, 330 that is mounted on a respective daughtercard 210, 310.
  • the connectors 240, 340 mounted on the midplane 100 may be vertical or header connectors.
  • a first vertical connector 340 may be mounted to a first side 103 of the midplane 100, and a second vertical connector 240 may be mounted to a second side 102 of the midplane 100.
  • the midplane 100 may define a pattern of holes that extend from the first side 103 of the midplane 100 to the second side 102.
  • Each of the vertical connectors 240, 340 may define contact tail patterns that correspond to the midplane-hole pattern. Accordingly, each hole may receive a respective contact from each of the connectors 240, 340. Thus, the connectors "share" the holes defined by the midplane 100.
  • Each of the right-angle connectors 230, 330 may be connected to a respective daughtercard 210, 310.
  • the first connector 330 may be mounted on a daughtercard 310 that is horizontal. That is, the daughtercard 310 may lie in a plane defined the arrows designated X and Z shown in FIG. 1. Of course, this "horizontal" designation may be arbitrary.
  • the second connector 230 may be mounted to a daughtercard 210 that is "vertical.” That is the daughtercard 210 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Y shown in FIG, 1.
  • the connector system 320 comprising the header or vertical connector 340 and the right-angle connector 330 may be called the horizontal connector system 320 or horizontal connector 320.
  • the connector system 220 comprising the header or vertical connector 240 and die right-angle connector 230 may be called the vertical connector system 220 or the vertical connector 220.
  • the daughtercards 210, 310 thus may be orthogonal to one another, and to the midplane ' lOO, [0040]
  • Each right-angle connector 230, 330 may include lead frame assemblies 232- 235, 335, with each including contacts extending from a mating interface of the connector 230, 330 (where the connector mates with a respective vertical connector 240, 340) to a mounting interface (where the connector is mounted on a respective daughtercard 210, 310).
  • the lead frame assemblies 232-235, 335 may be retained within a respective right-angle connector 230, 330 by a respective retention member 238, 338.
  • FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector system 330 mounted on the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 310.
  • the side view of FIG. 2 depicts the connector system 320 in the plane defined by the X and Y arrows, as shown in FIGs. 1 and 2.
  • the connector system 320 may include the vertical connector 340 and the right-angle connector 330.
  • the vertical connector 340 maybe mounted on the first midplane side 103 of the midplane 100 and be electrically and physically connected to the right-angle connector 330.
  • the right angle connector 330 may be mounted on the daughtercard 310.
  • the connector 340 and the connector 330 may form the connector system 320.
  • the connector system 320 electrically connects the daughtercard.310 to the midplane 100 through, for example, contacts extending within the lead frame assembly 335 of the right-angle connector 330 that are electrically connected to contacts within the vertical connector 340.
  • the contacts within the right-angle connector 330 may be of differing lengths. For example, contacts that connect to the daughtercard 310 at a location further from the midplane 100 in a direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X may be longer than contacts mounted on the daughtercard 310 at a location closest to the midplane 100 in the opposite X direction.
  • a contact 33 IA located at the "top" of the leadframe assembly 335 - that is, at a location furthest from the daughtercard 310 may be longer than a contact 331 D located in a mid-portion of the leadframe assembly 335.
  • the contact 33 ID likewise may be longer than a contact 33 IH located near the "bottom" of the leadframe assembly 335.
  • the connector system 320 and the connector system 220 shown in FIG. 1 may be the same as each other, and may be mounted orthogonally to opposite sides 102, 103 of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 2 shows the connector system 320 in the plane defined by the X and Y arrows
  • a similar view of the connector system 220 may be viewed in the plane defined by the X and Z arrows shown in FIG. 1.
  • FIG 3A is a side view of first embodiment vertical electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in sides 102, 103 the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 3B is a side view as shown in FIG 3A but with respective connector housings 243, 343 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340.
  • the views of the connectors 240, 340 in FIGs. 3A and 3B are in the direction indicated by the Z arrow shown in FIG. 1.
  • the vertical connectors 240, 340 are "male" or “plug” connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the vertical connectors 240, 340 are blade shaped.
  • the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be header connectors.
  • the right- angle connectors 230, 330 (FIGs. 1 and 2) are receptacle connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the right-angle connectors 230, 330 are configured to receive corresponding blade contacts from the vertical connectors 240, 340. It should be understood, of course, that the vertical connectors 240, 340 could be receptacle connectors and the right-angle connectors 230, 330 could be header connectors.
  • the connectors 240, 340 may each include electrical contacts in a signal-signal- ground orientation or designation. Such orientation or designation may provide for differential signaling through the electrical connectors 240, 340.
  • orientation or designation may provide for differential signaling through the electrical connectors 240, 340.
  • alternative embodiments of the invention may be used for single-ended signaling as well.
  • Other embodiments may implement shields in lieu of ground contacts or connectors devoid of ground contacts and/or shields.
  • each of the connectors 240, 340 may be arranged in arrays of rows and columns. Each column of contacts of the connector 340 may extend in the direction indicated by the Y arrow and each row of contacts of the connector 340 may extend in the direction indicated by the Z arrow of FIG. 1. Conversely (and because of the orthogonal relationship of the connectors 240, 340), each column of contacts of the connector 240 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 1, and each row of contacts of the connector 240 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Y. Of course, the designation of the direction of rows versus columns is arbitrary.
  • each column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 368G (a so-called “outer ground”), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 361Sl.
  • Each row also may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 267G, and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 236Sl .
  • the contacts may be arranged in any combination of differential signal pairs, single-ended signal conductors, and ground contacts in either the row or column direction.
  • the first vertical connector 340 may include contacts 361S 1-368G arranged in a column of contacts.
  • the contacts 361Sl, 361S2 of the first connector 340 may mate with contacts 268Sl, 268S2, respectively, of the second connector 240 through shared holes of the midplane 100.
  • Contacts 363Sl, 363S2 of the first connector 340 may mate with contacts 240S2, 240Sl, respectively, of the second connector 240 through shared holes.
  • the remaining signal contacts, as well as ground contacts, of the first vertical connector 340 likewise may be mated with respective contacts of the second vertical connector 240 through shared holes of the midplane 100. Such mating within the midplane 100 is shown by the dashed lines.
  • the vertical connector 240 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 230.
  • the right angle connector 230 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 230. As described with respect to FIG. 1, for example, contacts in the right angle connector 230 nearest the daughtercard 210 may be shorter than contacts further from the daughtercard 210. Such different lengths may affect the properties of the connector 230 and the connector system 220. For example, signals may propagate through a shorter contact in the right angle connecter 230 in a shorter amount of time than a longer contact, resulting in signal skew.
  • Skew results when the contacts that form a pair have different lengths (and, therefore, provide different signal propagation times). Skew is a known problem in right-angle connectors because, as shown in FIG. 1, the adjacent contacts that form a pair differ in length — the contacts nearer to the top of the column may be longer (as measured linearly from mating end to mounting end) than the contacts that are nearer to the bottom of the column.
  • a vertical connector according to the invention may be used to affect (e.g. , reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing signal contact lengths. That is, the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the vertical connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the vertical connector. By jogging the longer signal contact in the vertical connector by the right amount, skew between the longer and shorter signal contacts in the right-angle connector could be eliminated. It should be understood, of course, that other performance characteristics, such as impedance, insertion loss, and cross-talk, for example, may also be affected by the length of the jogged interim portions.
  • skew correction technique described herein may be used to affect skew, even if not to eliminate it.
  • skew correction may be employed even in a non-orthogonal application because the skew correction relies only on the right-angle/vertical connector combination, and not on anything within the midplane or related to the other connector combination on the other side of the midplane.
  • the vertical connector 240 thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector 230.
  • a first contact in the right angle connector 230 may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector 240.
  • a second contact in the right angle connector 230 may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector 240.
  • the first contact in the right angle connector 230 may be greater in length by a distance Dl than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector 230.
  • the second contact of the vertical connector 240 may be jogged by the distance Dl to increase the length of the second contact by a distance Dl .
  • interim portions of the ground contacts extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 2.8 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion M (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact.
  • Dl e.g., 2.8 mm
  • angle e.g. 90°
  • T terminal portion
  • T terminal portion
  • one signal contact may have a jogged interim portion J that extends a second distance D2 (e.g., 1.4 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) — designated "J" on the signal contact 268Sl - of the contact.
  • a terminal portion U of each first signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • the distance D2 may be chosen based on the differing lengths of adjacent contacts within a right angle connector such as the right angle connector 230.
  • a second signal contact - such as the contact 268S2 - in each pair does not include a jogged interim portion.
  • each second signal contact extends from the mating portion M along the same line as the mating portion.
  • the second signal contacts could include a jogged interim portion, wherein the jogged interim portions of the second signal contacts extend at an angle from the mating portions by a third distance that is less than the second distance.
  • jogging the lengths of mating signal contacts may equalize the lengths of the electrical connection between the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 210 through the contacts 268Sl, 268S2 and the respective contacts of the right angle connector 230 to which the contacts 268Sl, 268S2 may be connected.
  • the tail ends of the contacts within the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be jogged in the same direction, and that the tails may be equally-spaced apart from one another.
  • the tail portions of the contacts in the second connector 240 all may be jogged in the direction indicated by the Y arrow.
  • the tail portions of the contacts in the first connector 340 all may be jogged in the direction opposite the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 1 — that is, jogged in a direction out of the page.
  • FIG 4A is a bottom view of first embodiment vertical electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in sides 102, 103 of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 4B is a bottom view as shown in FIG 4A but with respective connector housings 243, 343 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340.
  • the views of the connectors 240, 340 in FIGs.4A and 4B are in the direction indicated by the Y arrow shown in FIG. 1.
  • adjacent signal contacts in each column of the second vertical connector 240 form respective differential signal pairs.
  • Each column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 273G (an outer ground), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 236Sl.
  • Each row of contacts of the vertical connector 340 also may begin with a ground contact, such as a ground contact 368G, and may end with a signal contact, such as a signal contact 375Sl.
  • the second vertical connector 240 may include contacts 273G-236S 1 arranged in a column of contacts.
  • the contacts 236Sl, 236S2 of the second connector 240 may mate with contacts 367S2, 367Sl, respectively, of the first connector 340 through shared holes of the midplane 100.
  • the remaining signal contacts, as well as ground contacts, of the second vertical connector 240 may be likewise mated with respective contacts of the first vertical connector 340 through shared holes of the midplane 100. Such mating within the midplane 100 is shown by the dashed lines.
  • the vertical connector 340 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 330.
  • the right angle connector 330 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 330.
  • the vertical connector 340 thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector 330.
  • a first contact in the right angle connector 330 may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector 340.
  • a second contact in the right angle connector 330 may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector 340.
  • the first contact in the right angle connector 330 may be greater in length by a distance Dl than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector 330.
  • the second contact of the vertical connector 340 may be jogged by the distance Dl to increase the length of the second contact by a distance Dl.
  • the distance Dl with respect to the connectors 330, 340 may be the same as or different than the distance Dl with respect to the connector 230, 240.
  • the dielectric vertical connector housing 243, 343 of respective connectors 240, 340, interim portions of the ground contacts may extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 2.8 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion M (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact.
  • a first distance Dl e.g., 2.8 mm
  • an angle e.g., 90°
  • I on the ground contact 368G
  • a terminal portion — designated "T” on the ground contact 368G — of each ground contact extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • one signal contact may have a jogged interim portion that extends a second distance D2 (e.g., 1.4 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) — designated "J" on the signal contact 367S2 - of the contact.
  • a terminal portion "U” of each first signal contact — such as contact 367S2 - extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • a second signal contact - such as the contact 367Sl — in each pair does not include a jogged interim portion.
  • each second signal contact extends from the mating portion M along the same line as the mating portion.
  • the second signal contacts each could include a jogged interim portion, wherein the jogged interim portions of the second signal contacts extend at an angle from the mating portions by a third distance that is less than the second distance.
  • jogging the lengths of the signal contacts may equalize the lengths of the electrical connection between the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 310 through the contacts 367Sl, 367S2 and the respective contacts of the right angle connector 330 to which the contacts 367Sl, 367S2 may be connected.
  • the tail ends of the contacts within the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be jogged in the same direction, and that the tails may be equally-spaced apart from one another.
  • the tail portions of the contacts in the second connector 340 all may be jogged in a direction opposite that indicated by the Z arrow.
  • the tail portions of the contacts in the first connector 240 all may be jogged in the direction indicated by the Y arrow of FIG. 1 — that is, jogged in a direction into the page.
  • FIG. 5 is a side view of the first vertical connector 340 mounted to a first side 103 of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 6 is a side view of the first vertical connector 340 oriented to be mounted to the first side 103 of the midplane 100.
  • the vertical connector 340 may include contacts 361S1-368G extending through, received in, or overmolded as part of, a housing 343.
  • Each of the contacts 361S1-368G may include a mating end A for mating with a corresponding receptacle contact of a right-angle or other connector.
  • the contacts 361S1-368G may also include a mounting end B for mounting on a substrate such as the midplane 100.
  • the portions of the contacts 361S1-368G that jog, as described herein, may be within the dielectric housing 343. As shown by the dotted lines in FIG. 6, the cross-sectional size of the contacts 361S1-368G may be adjusted (e.g., reduced, increased) where the contact is received within the housing — such as at locations I and T for ground contacts (the interim and terminal portions described herein) and U and J for signal contacts (the interim and terminal portions described herein) — to ensure proper signaling characteristics and impedance of the connector 340.
  • FIG. 7 A is a front view of a mating side of the first embodiment electrical connector 340 as the vertical connector 340 would be oriented and mounted to the first side 103 of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 7A depicts a view, in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1, of the mating side of the connector 340 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 1.
  • the connector 340 may include a column of contacts 361S1- 368G extending along a common line in the Y direction.
  • ground contacts 368G 5 370G, 372G, 374G may be ground contacts 368G 5 370G, 372G, 374G. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
  • FIG. 7B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 7A with the housing 343 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 7A, FIG. 7B is a depiction in direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 8 depicts a midplane footprint on the first side 103 of the midplane 100 for the example embodiment electrical connector 340, with grounds 170-176 and 190-195 shown, in addition to differential signal vias 161Sl, 161S2
  • FIG. 7B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 330 and the through holes of the midplane 100.
  • the signal and ground contacts 361Sl, 361S2, 362G maybe mated to respective midplane through-holes 161Sl, 161S2, 196. Also shown in FIG. 7B are outer ground contacts 261G, 263G, 265G, 267G, 269G, 271G, 273G of the vertical connector 230 extending from the opposite side 102 of the midplane 100 through respective through-holes 173, 172, 171, 170, 174, 175, 176.
  • FIG. 9 is a side view of the second vertical connector 240 with housing 243 mounted to the second side 102 of a midplane 100.
  • FIG. 10 is a side view of vertical connector 240 oriented to be mounted to the second side 102 of the midplane 103.
  • the vertical connector 240 may include contacts 260 extending through, received in, or overmolded as part of, a housing 243. As with the contacts of the vertical connector 340, each of the contacts 260 may include a mating end (not shown) for mating with a corresponding receptacle contact of a right- angle, such as the connector 230, or other connector.
  • the contacts 260 may also include a mounting end B for mounting on a substrate such as the midplane 100.
  • the portions of the contacts 260 that jog, as described herein, may be within the dielectric housing 343. As described with respect to the contacts of the vertical connector 340, the cross-sectional size of the contacts 260 may be adjusted (e.g., reduced, increased) where the contact is received within the housing to ensure proper signaling characteristics and impedance of the connector 240.
  • FIG. 1 IA is a front view of a mating side of the second electrical connector 240, with housing 243, as the connector 240 would be oriented and mounted to the second side 102 of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 1 IA depicts a view, in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1, of the mating side of the connector 240 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 1.
  • the connector 240 may include a column of contacts 261G-268S2 extending along the Z direction. Along the left most row of the connector 240 extending along the Y direction may be ground contacts 261G, 269G, 271G, 273G.
  • the vertical connector 240 may be a column of contacts 273G-236S1 arranged in a signal-signal-ground arrangement.
  • the right-most row of the connector 240 extending along the Y direction may be signal contacts 268S2, 240Sl, 238Sl, 236Sl .
  • Adjacent the right-most row may be a row of contacts 268Sl, 240S2, 238S2, 236S2.
  • the next row to the left includes contacts 267G, 241G, 239G, 237G. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
  • FIG. 1 IB depicts the electrical connector 240 of FIG. 1 IA with the housing 243 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 1 IA, FIG. 1 IB is a depiction in a direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 12 depicts a midplane footprint on the side 102 of the midplane 100 for the example embodiment electrical connector 240.
  • FIG. 1 IB shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 230 and the through holes of the midplane 100.
  • FIG. 1 IB also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contact 267G, by the distance Dl and of contacts, such as the contact 268Sl, by the distance D2.
  • the signal path from the daughter card 210 to the midplane 100 through the respective contacts of the right angle connector 230 and the contacts 267G, 268Sl, 268S2 may be equivalent.
  • the contacts 268Sl, 268S2, 267G may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 161Sl, 161 S2, 170.
  • contacts 361Sl, 361S2, 362G of the vertical connector 340 may likewise be mated to respective through- holes 161Sl, 161S2, 170. Therefore, contacts 268Sl, 268S2, 267G maybe electrically connected to, respectively, contacts 361Sl, 362S2, 362G.
  • outer ground contacts 362G, 364G, 366G, 368G, 370G, 372G, 374G of the vertical connector 340 extending from the opposite side 103 of the midplane 100 through respective through-holes 196, 195, 194, 193, 192, 191, 190.
  • FIG. 13 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • FIG. 13 shows the jogging of the respective ground and first signal contacts of pairs of signal contacts.
  • FIG. 13 shows the mating of contacts, 268Sl, 268S2 with, respectively, contacts 361Sl, 361 S2 through the midplane 100.
  • the transparent view of FIG. 13 also shows how the outer grounds 26 IG, 263G, 265G, 267G, 273G, 271G, 269G of the connector 240 and the outer grounds 362G, 364G, 366G 5 368G, 370G, 372G, 374G of the connector 340 surround the connection system described herein.
  • FIG. 13 further shows that in each header connector 240, 340, the tails ends of the signal contacts of the connector 240 are received into the same holes as the tail ends of complementary signal contacts from the connector 340.
  • the short signal contacts (i.e., the signal contacts with no jogging in the tail ends) of each connector connect through the same holes to the long signal contacts (i.e., the signal contacts with jogging in the tail ends) of the other connector.
  • FIGs. 14-21 depict various aspects of an alternative example embodiment electrical connector system according to the invention.
  • FIG. 14 depicts a pair of second embodiment electrical connectors 540, 640 mounted orthogonally (e.g., the connector 540 may be rotated 90° with respect to the connector 640) to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane 400.
  • Each connector 540, 640 may also be mated with a respective right-angle connector 530, 630 that is mounted on a respective daughtercard 510, 610.
  • the connectors 540, 640 mounted on the midplane 400 may be vertical or header connectors.
  • a first vertical connector 640 may be mounted to a first side 403 of the midplane 400, and a second vertical connector 540 maybe mounted to a second side 402 of the midplane 400.
  • the midplane 400 may define a pattern of holes that extend from the first side 403 of the midplane 400 to the second side 402.
  • Each of the vertical connectors 540, 640 may define contact tail patterns that correspond to the midplane-hole pattern. Accordingly, each hole may receive a respective contact from each of the connectors 540, 640. Thus, the connectors "share" the holes defined by the midplane 400.
  • Each of the right-angle connectors 530, 630 may be connected to a respective daughtercard 510, 610.
  • the first connector 630 may be mounted on a daughtercard 610 that is horizontal. That is, the daughtercard 610 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Z shown in FIG. 14. Of course, this "horizontal" designation may be arbitrary.
  • the second connector 530 maybe mounted to a daughtercard 510 that is "vertical.” That is, the daughtercard 510 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Y shown in FIG. 14.
  • the connector system 620 comprising the header connector 640 and the right-angle connector 630 may be called the horizontal connector system 620 or horizontal connector 620.
  • the connector system 520 comprising the header connector 540 and the right-angle connector 530 may be called the vertical connector system 520 or the vertical connector 520.
  • the daughtercards 510, 610 thus may be orthogonal to one another, and to the midplane 400.
  • Each right-angle connector 530, 630 may include lead frame assemblies, with each including contacts extending from a mating interface of the connector 530, 630 (where the connector mates with a respective vertical connector 540, 640) to a mounting interface (where the connector is mounted on a respective daughtercard 510, 610).
  • the lead frame assemblies may be retained within a respective right-angle connector by a respective retention member.
  • FIG 15. is a side view of second embodiment electrical connectors 540, 640 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
  • FIG. 16 is a side view as shown in FIG 15 but with respective connector housings 543, 643 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the second embodiment electrical connectors.
  • the views of the connectors 540, 640 in FIGs. 15 and 16 are in the direction indicated by the Z arrow shown in FIG. 14.
  • the vertical connectors 540, 640 are "male" or “plug” connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the vertical connectors 540, 640 are blade shaped. Thus the vertical connectors 540, 640 may be header connectors.
  • the right- angle connectors 530, 630 are receptacle connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the right-angle connectors 530, 630 are configured to receive corresponding blade contacts from the vertical connectors 540, 640. It should be understood, of course, that the vertical connectors 540, 640 could be receptacle connectors and the right-angle connectors 530, 630 could be header connectors. [0082] .
  • the connectors 540, 640 may each include electrical contacts in a signal-signal- ground orientation or designation. Such orientation or designation may provide for differential signaling through the electrical connectors 540, 640.
  • alternative embodiments of the invention may be used for single-ended signaling as well.
  • Other embodiments may implement shields in lieu of ground contacts or connectors devoid of ground contacts and/or shields.
  • each of the connectors 540, 640 may be arranged in arrays of rows and columns. Each column of contacts of the connector 640 may.extend in the direction indicated by the Y arrow and each row of contacts of the connector 640 may extend in the direction indicated by the Z arrow of FIG. 14. Conversely (and because of the orthogonal relationship of the connectors 540, 640), each column of contacts of the connector 540 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 14, and each row of contacts of the connector 540 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Y. Of course, the designation of the direction of rows versus columns is arbitrary.
  • a column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 66 IG (a so-called "outer ground"), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 668S2.
  • Each signal contact in a column of the connector 640 may electrically connect, through shared holes in the midplane, with a signal contact in a row of the connector 540.
  • the signal contact 662Sl of the connector 640 may connect with the signal contact 568Sl of the connector 540.
  • the contacts may be arranged in any combination of differential signal pairs, single-ended signal conductors, and ground contacts in either the row or column direction. Such mating within the midplane 400 is shown by the dashed lines.
  • the vertical connector 540 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 530.
  • the right angle connector 530 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 530. As described herein, for example, contacts in the right angle connector nearest the daughtercard may be shorter than contacts further from the daughtercard. Such different lengths may affect the properties of the connector 530 and the connector system 520. For example, signals may propagate through a shorter contact in the right angle connecter 530 in a shorter amount of time than a longer contact, resulting in signal skew.
  • a header connector according to the invention maybe used to affect (e.g., reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing contact lengths.
  • the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the header connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the header connector.
  • portions of each ground contact such as the ground contact 567G may extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 0.7 mm) at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact.
  • a terminal portion of each ground contact, such as the ground contact 567G may extend at an angle (e.g., 45°) from jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • one signal contact such as the contact 568S 1 may include a jogged interim portion that extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact 568Sl.
  • a terminal (tail) portion of each first signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • the tail portion of the first signal contact may be offset in the first direction from the mating portion of the first signal contact by an offset distance (e.g., 0.7mm).
  • the second signal contact such as the contact 568S2 in each pair has a jogged interim portion that extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (Le., the blade portion) of the contact 568S2.
  • a terminal (tail) portion of each second signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
  • the tail portion of the second signal contact may be offset in a second direction from the mating portion of the second signal contact by an offset distance (e.g., 0.7mm).
  • the direction in which the tail of the second signal contact is offset from its mating portion may be the opposite of the direction in which the tail portions of the ground contact and the first signal contact are offset from their mating portions.
  • FIG. 17A is a front view of a mating side of an alternative embodiment electrical connector 640 as the vertical connector 640 would be oriented and mounted to the first side 403 of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 17 A depicts a view, in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14, of the mating side of the connector 640 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 14.
  • the connector 640 may include a column of contacts 661G-668S2 extending along the Y direction. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
  • FIG. 17B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 17 A with the housing 643 of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 17B is a depiction in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14.
  • FIG. 18 depicts a midplane footprint for the example embodiment electrical connector on the first side 403 of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 17B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 640 and the through holes of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 17B also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contact 661 G, 662S 1 , 662S2 by the distance Dl .
  • the signal contacts 661 G, 662S 1 , 662S2, for example, may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 470, 471, 472. Also shown in FIG. 17B are outer ground contacts 540G, 541G, 542G, 543G of the vertical connector 540 extending from the opposite side 402 of the midplane 100 through through-holes of the midplane.
  • FIG. 19A is a front view of a mating side of the second electrical connector 540 as the connector 540 would be oriented and mounted to the second side 402 of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 19A depicts a view, in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14, of the mating side of the connector 540 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 14.
  • FIG. 19B depicts the electrical connector 540 of FIG. 19A with the housing 543 of the connector hidden.
  • FIG. 19B is a depiction in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14.
  • FIG. 20 depicts a midplane footprint for the example embodiment electrical second side 402 of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 19B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 540 and the through-holes of the midplane 400.
  • FIG. 19B also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contacts 567G, 568Sl, 568S2 by the distance Dl .
  • contacts 567G, 568Sl, 568S2, for example, may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 473, 472, 471.
  • 5 contacts 662Sl, 662S2 of the vertical connector 640 may likewise be mated to respective through-holes 471, 472. Therefore, contacts 568Sl, 568S2 maybe electrically connected to, respectively, contacts 662S2, 662Sl.
  • FIG. 21 is a transparent view through the midplane for an alternative embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • FIG. 21 shows the jogging of the respective ground and signal contacts.
  • FIG. 21 shows the mating of contacts 568Sl, 568S2 with, respectively, contacts 662Sl, 662S2 through the midplane 400.
  • the transparent view of FIG. 21 also shows the location of the outer grounds 657G, 658G, 659G, 661G of the connector 640 and the outer grounds 540G, 541 G, 542G, 543G of the connector 540.
  • FIG. 21 further shows that in each header connector 540, 640, the tails ends of the signal contacts of the connector 540 are received into the same holes as the tail ends of complementary signal contacts from the connector 640.
  • FIG. 22 provides a routing example for the alternative embodiment orthogonal connection.
  • the connector footprint 700 shown is the same as that depicted in FIG. 18, which is the same as the connector footprint depicted in FIG. 20 rotated 90°.
  • two pairs 710, 720 of electrically conductive traces may be routed between two pairs of rows/columns 730, 740 that define the signal pairs.
  • two pairs of traces 710, 720 are shown in FIG. 22, it should be understood that two pairs of traces 710, 720 maybe routed between each two pairs of rows/columns that define the signal pairs.
  • the anti-pads 741 may have a width (diameter at their ends) of about 1.25 mm (0.049").
  • the spacing between the anti-pads and adjacent traces may be about 0.05 mm (0.002").
  • Trace width may be about 0.16 mm (0.0063").
  • Intra-pair spacing may be about 0.16 mm (0.0063"), while inter-pair spacing may be about 0.49 mm (0.0193"). Spacing between adjacent anti-pads may be about 1.55 mm (0.061").

Abstract

Connector systems include electrical connectors (240, 340) orthogonally connected to each other through shared through-holes in a midplane. An orthogonal vertical connector includes jogged contacts (230, 330) to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector to which the vertical connector is connected. A first contact in the right angle connector may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector. A second contact in the right angle connector may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector. The first contact in the right angle connector may be greater in length than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector. Thus, the second contact of the vertical connector may be jogged by the distance to increase the length of the second contact by the distance.

Description

ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR SYSTEM WITH JOGGED CONTACT TAILS
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] Generally, the invention relates to electrical connectors. More particularly, the invention relates to connector applications wherein orthogonally-mated connectors share common holes through a πήdplane. The invention further relates to skew correction for right- angle electrical connectors.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] Right-angle connectors are well-known. A right-angle connector is a connector having a mating interface for mating with another connector and a mounting interface for mounting on a printed circuit board. The mating and mounting interfaces each define a plane, and the two planes are perpendicular (i.e., at a right angle) to each other. Thus, a right-angle connector can be used to electrically connect two boards perpendicularly to one another.
[0003] In a right-angle connector, one contact of a differential signal contact pair may be longer than the other contact of the pair. The difference in length in the contacts of the pair may create a different signal propagation time in one contact with respect to the other contact. It may be desirable to minimize this skew between contacts that form a differential signal pair in a right-angle connector.
[0004] Electrical connectors may be used in orthogonal applications. In an orthogonal application, each of two connectors is mounted to a respective, opposite side of a so-called "midplane." The connectors are electrically coupled to one another through the midplane. A pattern of electrically conductive holes may be formed through the midplane. The terminal mounting ends of the contacts may be received into the holes. To reduce the complexity of the midplane, it is often desirable that the terminal mounting ends of the contacts from a first of the connectors be received into the same holes as the terminal mounting ends of the contacts from the other connector. [0005] Additional background maybe found in U.S. patent nos. 5,766,023, 5,161,987, and 4,762,500, and in U.S. patent application no. 11/388,549, filed March 24, 2006.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] Connector systems according to aspects of the invention may include electrical connectors orthogonally connected to each other through shared through-holes in a midplane. Each orthogonal connector may be a vertical connector that is connected to a respective right- angle connector. A header or vertical connector may be used to affect (e.g., reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing contact lengths in the right angle connector. That is, the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the header connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the header connector.
[0007] An electrical connector according to the invention may include first, second, and third electrical contacts that each define a mating portion, an interim portion connected to the first mating portion, and a mounting portion connected to the interim portion, wherein the mating portions of each of the first, second, and third electrical contacts are spaced apart sequentially along a common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts may be spaced apart and offset from the common line. The mounting portion of the first electrical contact may also lie along the common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts may be offset to the same side of the common line. The first and second electrical contacts may define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact may a ground. The third electrical contact may be offset farther from the common line than the second electrical contact, m another embodiment, the mounting portions of the first and third electrical contacts may lie on one side of the common line and the mounting portion of the second electrical contact may be offset to an opposite side of the common line. The first and second electrical contacts may define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact may be a ground. There may also be a mating connector that includes an array of second electrical contacts, wherein the electrical connector is a header connector and the mating connector is a right-angle connector. [0008} By jogging the longer signal contacts in the header connector by the right amount, skew between the longer and shorter signal contacts in the right-angle connector may be eliminated or reduced. The vertical connector thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector. For example, a first contact in the right angle connector may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector. A second contact in the right angle connector may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector. The first contact in the right angle connector may be greater in length than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector. Thus, the second contact of the vertical connector may be jogged by the distance to increase the length of the second contact by the distance. When a signal is sent through the first and second contacts of the right angle and vertical connectors, for example, from the daughter card to the midplane, the signals will reach the midplane simultaneously.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] FIG. 1 depicts a pair of first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane, each connector also mated with a respective right-angle connector that is mounted on a respective daughtercard.
10010] FIG. 2 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted on a midplane and mated with a right-angle connector that is mounted on a daughtercard.
[0011] FIG 3 A is a side view (in the Z direction of FIG. 1) of first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
[0012] FIG. 3B is a side view (in the Z direction of FIG. 1) as shown in FIG 3 A but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors.
[0013] FIG 4 A is a bottom view (in the Y direction of FIG. 1 ) of the first embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
[0014] FIG. 4B is a bottom view (in the Y direction of FIG.1) as shown in FIG 4A but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors. [0015] FIG. 5 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted to a first side of a midplane.
[0016] FIG. 6 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector oriented to be mounted to the first side of a midplane.
[0017] FIG. 7 A is a front view of a mating side of a first embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the first side of the midplane.
[0018] FIG. 7B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 7A with a housing of the connector hidden.
[0019] FIG. 8 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the first side of the midplane.
[0020] FIG. 9 is a side view of a first embodiment electrical connector mounted to a second side of a midplane.
[0021] FIG. 10 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector oriented to be mounted to the second side of the midplane.
[0022] FIG. 1 IA is a front view of a mating side of a first embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the second side of the midplane. [0023] FIG. 1 IB depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 1 IA with a housing of the connector hidden.
[0024] FIG. 12 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the second side of the midplane.
[0025] FIG. 13 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection.
[0026] FIG. 14 depicts a pair of second embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane, each connector also mated with a respective right-angle connector that is mounted on a respective daughtercard. [0027] FIG 15. is a side view of second embodiment electrical connectors mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane.
[0028] FIG. 16 is a side view as shown in FIG 15 but with respective connector housings hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the second embodiment electrical connectors.
[0029] FIG. 17A is a front view of a mating side of a second embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the first side of the midplane. [0030] FIG. 17B depicts the second embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 17A with a housing of the connector hidden.
[0031] FIG. 18 depicts a midplane footprint for the first embodiment electrical connector mounted to the first side of the midplane.
[0032] FIG. 19A is a front view of a mating side of a second embodiment electrical connector as the connector would be oriented and mounted to the second side of the midplane.
[0033] FIG. 19B depicts the second embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 19A with a housing of the connector hidden.
[0034] FIG. 20 depicts a midplane footprint for the second embodiment electrical connector mounted to the second side of the midplane.
[0035] FIG. 21 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection.
[0036] FIG. 22 provides a routing example for the second embodiment orthogonal connection.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS
[0037] FIGs. 1 through 13 depict various aspects of an example embodiment electrical connector system according to the invention. FIG. 1 depicts a pair of first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally (e.g., the connector 240 may be rotated 90° with respect to the connector 340) to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane 100. Each connector 240, 340 may also be mated with a respective right-angle connector 230, 330 that is mounted on a respective daughtercard 210, 310. The connectors 240, 340 mounted on the midplane 100 may be vertical or header connectors. A first vertical connector 340 may be mounted to a first side 103 of the midplane 100, and a second vertical connector 240 may be mounted to a second side 102 of the midplane 100.
[0038] The midplane 100 may define a pattern of holes that extend from the first side 103 of the midplane 100 to the second side 102. Each of the vertical connectors 240, 340 may define contact tail patterns that correspond to the midplane-hole pattern. Accordingly, each hole may receive a respective contact from each of the connectors 240, 340. Thus, the connectors "share" the holes defined by the midplane 100.
[0039] Each of the right-angle connectors 230, 330 may be connected to a respective daughtercard 210, 310. The first connector 330 may be mounted on a daughtercard 310 that is horizontal. That is, the daughtercard 310 may lie in a plane defined the arrows designated X and Z shown in FIG. 1. Of course, this "horizontal" designation may be arbitrary. The second connector 230 may be mounted to a daughtercard 210 that is "vertical." That is the daughtercard 210 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Y shown in FIG, 1. Thus the connector system 320 comprising the header or vertical connector 340 and the right-angle connector 330 may be called the horizontal connector system 320 or horizontal connector 320. The connector system 220 comprising the header or vertical connector 240 and die right-angle connector 230 may be called the vertical connector system 220 or the vertical connector 220. The daughtercards 210, 310 thus may be orthogonal to one another, and to the midplane'lOO, [0040] Each right-angle connector 230, 330 may include lead frame assemblies 232- 235, 335, with each including contacts extending from a mating interface of the connector 230, 330 (where the connector mates with a respective vertical connector 240, 340) to a mounting interface (where the connector is mounted on a respective daughtercard 210, 310). The lead frame assemblies 232-235, 335 may be retained within a respective right-angle connector 230, 330 by a respective retention member 238, 338.
[0041 J FIG. 2 is a side view of the first embodiment electrical connector system 330 mounted on the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 310. The side view of FIG. 2 depicts the connector system 320 in the plane defined by the X and Y arrows, as shown in FIGs. 1 and 2. The connector system 320 may include the vertical connector 340 and the right-angle connector 330. The vertical connector 340 maybe mounted on the first midplane side 103 of the midplane 100 and be electrically and physically connected to the right-angle connector 330. The right angle connector 330 may be mounted on the daughtercard 310. The connector 340 and the connector 330 may form the connector system 320. The connector system 320 electrically connects the daughtercard.310 to the midplane 100 through, for example, contacts extending within the lead frame assembly 335 of the right-angle connector 330 that are electrically connected to contacts within the vertical connector 340.
[0042] The contacts within the right-angle connector 330 may be of differing lengths. For example, contacts that connect to the daughtercard 310 at a location further from the midplane 100 in a direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X may be longer than contacts mounted on the daughtercard 310 at a location closest to the midplane 100 in the opposite X direction. For example, a contact 33 IA located at the "top" of the leadframe assembly 335 - that is, at a location furthest from the daughtercard 310 — may be longer than a contact 331 D located in a mid-portion of the leadframe assembly 335. The contact 33 ID likewise may be longer than a contact 33 IH located near the "bottom" of the leadframe assembly 335.
[0043] The connector system 320 and the connector system 220 shown in FIG. 1 may be the same as each other, and may be mounted orthogonally to opposite sides 102, 103 of the midplane 100. Thus while FIG. 2 shows the connector system 320 in the plane defined by the X and Y arrows, a similar view of the connector system 220 may be viewed in the plane defined by the X and Z arrows shown in FIG. 1.
[0044] FIG 3A is a side view of first embodiment vertical electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in sides 102, 103 the midplane 100. FIG. 3B is a side view as shown in FIG 3A but with respective connector housings 243, 343 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340. The views of the connectors 240, 340 in FIGs. 3A and 3B are in the direction indicated by the Z arrow shown in FIG. 1.
[0045] As shown, the vertical connectors 240, 340 are "male" or "plug" connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the vertical connectors 240, 340 are blade shaped. Thus the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be header connectors. Correspondingly, the right- angle connectors 230, 330 (FIGs. 1 and 2) are receptacle connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the right-angle connectors 230, 330 are configured to receive corresponding blade contacts from the vertical connectors 240, 340. It should be understood, of course, that the vertical connectors 240, 340 could be receptacle connectors and the right-angle connectors 230, 330 could be header connectors.
[0046] The connectors 240, 340 may each include electrical contacts in a signal-signal- ground orientation or designation. Such orientation or designation may provide for differential signaling through the electrical connectors 240, 340. Of course, alternative embodiments of the invention may be used for single-ended signaling as well. Other embodiments may implement shields in lieu of ground contacts or connectors devoid of ground contacts and/or shields.
[0047] The contacts of each of the connectors 240, 340 may be arranged in arrays of rows and columns. Each column of contacts of the connector 340 may extend in the direction indicated by the Y arrow and each row of contacts of the connector 340 may extend in the direction indicated by the Z arrow of FIG. 1. Conversely (and because of the orthogonal relationship of the connectors 240, 340), each column of contacts of the connector 240 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 1, and each row of contacts of the connector 240 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Y. Of course, the designation of the direction of rows versus columns is arbitrary.
[0048] In the example embodiments of FIGs. 3A and 3B, adjacent signal contacts in each column form respective differential signal pairs. Each column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 368G (a so-called "outer ground"), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 361Sl. Each row also may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 267G, and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 236Sl . It should be understood that the contacts may be arranged in any combination of differential signal pairs, single-ended signal conductors, and ground contacts in either the row or column direction.
[0049] The first vertical connector 340 may include contacts 361S 1-368G arranged in a column of contacts. The contacts 361Sl, 361S2 of the first connector 340 may mate with contacts 268Sl, 268S2, respectively, of the second connector 240 through shared holes of the midplane 100. Contacts 363Sl, 363S2 of the first connector 340 may mate with contacts 240S2, 240Sl, respectively, of the second connector 240 through shared holes. The remaining signal contacts, as well as ground contacts, of the first vertical connector 340 likewise may be mated with respective contacts of the second vertical connector 240 through shared holes of the midplane 100. Such mating within the midplane 100 is shown by the dashed lines.
[0050] As described herein, the vertical connector 240 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 230. The right angle connector 230 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 230. As described with respect to FIG. 1, for example, contacts in the right angle connector 230 nearest the daughtercard 210 may be shorter than contacts further from the daughtercard 210. Such different lengths may affect the properties of the connector 230 and the connector system 220. For example, signals may propagate through a shorter contact in the right angle connecter 230 in a shorter amount of time than a longer contact, resulting in signal skew.
[0051] Skew results when the contacts that form a pair have different lengths (and, therefore, provide different signal propagation times). Skew is a known problem in right-angle connectors because, as shown in FIG. 1, the adjacent contacts that form a pair differ in length — the contacts nearer to the top of the column may be longer (as measured linearly from mating end to mounting end) than the contacts that are nearer to the bottom of the column.
[0052] A vertical connector according to the invention may be used to affect (e.g. , reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing signal contact lengths. That is, the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the vertical connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the vertical connector. By jogging the longer signal contact in the vertical connector by the right amount, skew between the longer and shorter signal contacts in the right-angle connector could be eliminated. It should be understood, of course, that other performance characteristics, such as impedance, insertion loss, and cross-talk, for example, may also be affected by the length of the jogged interim portions. It should be understood, therefore, that the skew correction technique described herein may be used to affect skew, even if not to eliminate it. Note that such skew correction may be employed even in a non-orthogonal application because the skew correction relies only on the right-angle/vertical connector combination, and not on anything within the midplane or related to the other connector combination on the other side of the midplane.
[0053] As described in more detail herein, the vertical connector 240 thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector 230. For example, a first contact in the right angle connector 230 may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector 240. A second contact in the right angle connector 230 may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector 240. The first contact in the right angle connector 230 may be greater in length by a distance Dl than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector 230. Thus, the second contact of the vertical connector 240 may be jogged by the distance Dl to increase the length of the second contact by a distance Dl . When a signal is sent through the first and second contacts of the right angle and vertical connectors, for example, from the daughter card 210 to the midplane 100, the signals will reach the midplane 100 simultaneously.
[0054] Within the dielectric vertical connector housing 243, 343 of respective connectors 240, 340, interim portions of the ground contacts extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 2.8 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion M (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact. Such an interim portion is designated "I" on the ground contact 267G. A terminal portion — designated T on the ground contact 267 G — of each ground contact extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. For each signal pair, one signal contact may have a jogged interim portion J that extends a second distance D2 (e.g., 1.4 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) — designated "J" on the signal contact 268Sl - of the contact. A terminal portion U of each first signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. The distance D2 may be chosen based on the differing lengths of adjacent contacts within a right angle connector such as the right angle connector 230. A second signal contact - such as the contact 268S2 - in each pair does not include a jogged interim portion. Accordingly, the terminal portion of each second signal contact extends from the mating portion M along the same line as the mating portion. It should be understood that the second signal contacts could include a jogged interim portion, wherein the jogged interim portions of the second signal contacts extend at an angle from the mating portions by a third distance that is less than the second distance.
[0055] Thus, jogging the lengths of mating signal contacts may equalize the lengths of the electrical connection between the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 210 through the contacts 268Sl, 268S2 and the respective contacts of the right angle connector 230 to which the contacts 268Sl, 268S2 may be connected.
[0056] It should be noted that the tail ends of the contacts within the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be jogged in the same direction, and that the tails may be equally-spaced apart from one another. For example, with reference to the connector 240 as shown in FIGs 3 A, 3B, the tail portions of the contacts in the second connector 240 all may be jogged in the direction indicated by the Y arrow. Also, for example, with reference to the connector 340 as show in FIGs 3 A, 3B, the tail portions of the contacts in the first connector 340 all may be jogged in the direction opposite the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 1 — that is, jogged in a direction out of the page.
[0057] FIG 4A is a bottom view of first embodiment vertical electrical connectors 240, 340 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in sides 102, 103 of the midplane 100. FIG. 4B is a bottom view as shown in FIG 4A but with respective connector housings 243, 343 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the first embodiment electrical connectors 240, 340. The views of the connectors 240, 340 in FIGs.4A and 4B are in the direction indicated by the Y arrow shown in FIG. 1.
[0058] In the example embodiments of FIGs. 4A and 4B, adjacent signal contacts in each column of the second vertical connector 240 form respective differential signal pairs. Each column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 273G (an outer ground), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 236Sl. Each row of contacts of the vertical connector 340 also may begin with a ground contact, such as a ground contact 368G, and may end with a signal contact, such as a signal contact 375Sl.
[0059] The second vertical connector 240 may include contacts 273G-236S 1 arranged in a column of contacts. The contacts 236Sl, 236S2 of the second connector 240 may mate with contacts 367S2, 367Sl, respectively, of the first connector 340 through shared holes of the midplane 100. The remaining signal contacts, as well as ground contacts, of the second vertical connector 240 may be likewise mated with respective contacts of the first vertical connector 340 through shared holes of the midplane 100. Such mating within the midplane 100 is shown by the dashed lines.
[0060] As described herein, the vertical connector 340 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 330. The right angle connector 330 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 330. As described in more detail herein, the vertical connector 340 thus may include jogged contacts to offset for or equalize the different length contacts in the right-angle connector 330. For example, a first contact in the right angle connector 330 may mate with a first contact in the vertical connector 340. A second contact in the right angle connector 330 may mate with a second contact in the vertical connector 340. The first contact in the right angle connector 330 may be greater in length by a distance Dl than the adjacent second contact of the right angle connector 330. Thus, the second contact of the vertical connector 340 may be jogged by the distance Dl to increase the length of the second contact by a distance Dl. The distance Dl with respect to the connectors 330, 340 may be the same as or different than the distance Dl with respect to the connector 230, 240. Thus, when a signal is sent through the first and second contacts of the right angle and vertical connectors, for example, from the daughter card 310 to the midplane 100, the signals will reach the midplane 100 simultaneously.
[0061] For example, the dielectric vertical connector housing 243, 343 of respective connectors 240, 340, interim portions of the ground contacts may extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 2.8 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion M (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact. Such an interim portion is designated "I" on the ground contact 368G. A terminal portion — designated "T" on the ground contact 368G — of each ground contact extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. For each signal pair, one signal contact may have a jogged interim portion that extends a second distance D2 (e.g., 1.4 mm) at an angle (e.g., 90°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) — designated "J" on the signal contact 367S2 - of the contact. A terminal portion "U" of each first signal contact — such as contact 367S2 - extends at an angle (e.g., 90°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. A second signal contact - such as the contact 367Sl — in each pair does not include a jogged interim portion. Accordingly, the terminal portion of each second signal contact extends from the mating portion M along the same line as the mating portion. It should be understood that the second signal contacts each could include a jogged interim portion, wherein the jogged interim portions of the second signal contacts extend at an angle from the mating portions by a third distance that is less than the second distance.
[0062] Thus, jogging the lengths of the signal contacts may equalize the lengths of the electrical connection between the midplane 100 and the daughtercard 310 through the contacts 367Sl, 367S2 and the respective contacts of the right angle connector 330 to which the contacts 367Sl, 367S2 may be connected.
[0063 J It should be noted that the tail ends of the contacts within the vertical connectors 240, 340 may be jogged in the same direction, and that the tails may be equally-spaced apart from one another. For example, with reference to the connector 340 as shown in FIGs 4A and 4B, the tail portions of the contacts in the second connector 340 all may be jogged in a direction opposite that indicated by the Z arrow. Also, for example, with reference to the connector 240 as show in FIGs 4A and 4B, the tail portions of the contacts in the first connector 240 all may be jogged in the direction indicated by the Y arrow of FIG. 1 — that is, jogged in a direction into the page.
[0064] FIG. 5 is a side view of the first vertical connector 340 mounted to a first side 103 of the midplane 100. FIG. 6 is a side view of the first vertical connector 340 oriented to be mounted to the first side 103 of the midplane 100. As shown in Figs. 5 or 6, the vertical connector 340 may include contacts 361S1-368G extending through, received in, or overmolded as part of, a housing 343. Each of the contacts 361S1-368G may include a mating end A for mating with a corresponding receptacle contact of a right-angle or other connector. The contacts 361S1-368G may also include a mounting end B for mounting on a substrate such as the midplane 100. The portions of the contacts 361S1-368G that jog, as described herein, may be within the dielectric housing 343. As shown by the dotted lines in FIG. 6, the cross-sectional size of the contacts 361S1-368G may be adjusted (e.g., reduced, increased) where the contact is received within the housing — such as at locations I and T for ground contacts (the interim and terminal portions described herein) and U and J for signal contacts (the interim and terminal portions described herein) — to ensure proper signaling characteristics and impedance of the connector 340.
[0065J FIG. 7 A is a front view of a mating side of the first embodiment electrical connector 340 as the vertical connector 340 would be oriented and mounted to the first side 103 of the midplane 100. Thus, FIG. 7A depicts a view, in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1, of the mating side of the connector 340 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 1. As described herein, the connector 340 may include a column of contacts 361S1- 368G extending along a common line in the Y direction. Along the "bottom" of the connector 340 maybe ground contacts 368G5 370G, 372G, 374G. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
[0066] FIG. 7B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 7A with the housing 343 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 7A, FIG. 7B is a depiction in direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1. FIG. 8 depicts a midplane footprint on the first side 103 of the midplane 100 for the example embodiment electrical connector 340, with grounds 170-176 and 190-195 shown, in addition to differential signal vias 161Sl, 161S2 FIG. 7B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 330 and the through holes of the midplane 100. FIG. 7B also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the ground contact 368G, by the distance Dl and of contacts, such as the signal contact 367S2, by the distance D2. Thus, the signal path from the daughter card 310 to the midplane 100 through the respective contacts of the right angle connector 330 and the contacts 367Sl, 327S2 may be equivalent.
[0067] The signal and ground contacts 361Sl, 361S2, 362G, for example, maybe mated to respective midplane through-holes 161Sl, 161S2, 196. Also shown in FIG. 7B are outer ground contacts 261G, 263G, 265G, 267G, 269G, 271G, 273G of the vertical connector 230 extending from the opposite side 102 of the midplane 100 through respective through-holes 173, 172, 171, 170, 174, 175, 176.
[0068] FIG. 9 is a side view of the second vertical connector 240 with housing 243 mounted to the second side 102 of a midplane 100. FIG. 10 is a side view of vertical connector 240 oriented to be mounted to the second side 102 of the midplane 103. The vertical connector 240 may include contacts 260 extending through, received in, or overmolded as part of, a housing 243. As with the contacts of the vertical connector 340, each of the contacts 260 may include a mating end (not shown) for mating with a corresponding receptacle contact of a right- angle, such as the connector 230, or other connector. The contacts 260 may also include a mounting end B for mounting on a substrate such as the midplane 100. The portions of the contacts 260 that jog, as described herein, may be within the dielectric housing 343. As described with respect to the contacts of the vertical connector 340, the cross-sectional size of the contacts 260 may be adjusted (e.g., reduced, increased) where the contact is received within the housing to ensure proper signaling characteristics and impedance of the connector 240.
[0069] FIG. 1 IA is a front view of a mating side of the second electrical connector 240, with housing 243, as the connector 240 would be oriented and mounted to the second side 102 of the midplane 100. Thus, FIG. 1 IA depicts a view, in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1, of the mating side of the connector 240 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 1. As described herein, the connector 240 may include a column of contacts 261G-268S2 extending along the Z direction. Along the left most row of the connector 240 extending along the Y direction may be ground contacts 261G, 269G, 271G, 273G. Additionally, along the "bottom" of the vertical connector 240 may be a column of contacts 273G-236S1 arranged in a signal-signal-ground arrangement. Along the right-most row of the connector 240 extending along the Y direction may be signal contacts 268S2, 240Sl, 238Sl, 236Sl . Adjacent the right-most row may be a row of contacts 268Sl, 240S2, 238S2, 236S2. The next row to the left includes contacts 267G, 241G, 239G, 237G. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
[0070} FIG. 1 IB depicts the electrical connector 240 of FIG. 1 IA with the housing 243 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 1 IA, FIG. 1 IB is a depiction in a direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 1. FIG. 12 depicts a midplane footprint on the side 102 of the midplane 100 for the example embodiment electrical connector 240.
[0071] FIG. 1 IB shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 230 and the through holes of the midplane 100. FIG. 1 IB also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contact 267G, by the distance Dl and of contacts, such as the contact 268Sl, by the distance D2. Thus, the signal path from the daughter card 210 to the midplane 100 through the respective contacts of the right angle connector 230 and the contacts 267G, 268Sl, 268S2 may be equivalent.
[0072] The contacts 268Sl, 268S2, 267G, for example, may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 161Sl, 161 S2, 170. As described with respect to FIG. IB, contacts 361Sl, 361S2, 362G of the vertical connector 340 may likewise be mated to respective through- holes 161Sl, 161S2, 170. Therefore, contacts 268Sl, 268S2, 267G maybe electrically connected to, respectively, contacts 361Sl, 362S2, 362G.
[0073] Also shown in FIGs. 1 IB and 12 are outer ground contacts 362G, 364G, 366G, 368G, 370G, 372G, 374G of the vertical connector 340 extending from the opposite side 103 of the midplane 100 through respective through-holes 196, 195, 194, 193, 192, 191, 190.
[0074] FIG. 13 is a transparent view through the midplane for the first embodiment orthogonal connection. FIG. 13 shows the jogging of the respective ground and first signal contacts of pairs of signal contacts. Among other things, FIG. 13 shows the mating of contacts, 268Sl, 268S2 with, respectively, contacts 361Sl, 361 S2 through the midplane 100. The transparent view of FIG. 13 also shows how the outer grounds 26 IG, 263G, 265G, 267G, 273G, 271G, 269G of the connector 240 and the outer grounds 362G, 364G, 366G5 368G, 370G, 372G, 374G of the connector 340 surround the connection system described herein.
[0075] FIG. 13 further shows that in each header connector 240, 340, the tails ends of the signal contacts of the connector 240 are received into the same holes as the tail ends of complementary signal contacts from the connector 340. The short signal contacts (i.e., the signal contacts with no jogging in the tail ends) of each connector connect through the same holes to the long signal contacts (i.e., the signal contacts with jogging in the tail ends) of the other connector.
[0076] FIGs. 14-21 depict various aspects of an alternative example embodiment electrical connector system according to the invention. FIG. 14 depicts a pair of second embodiment electrical connectors 540, 640 mounted orthogonally (e.g., the connector 540 may be rotated 90° with respect to the connector 640) to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane 400. Each connector 540, 640 may also be mated with a respective right-angle connector 530, 630 that is mounted on a respective daughtercard 510, 610. The connectors 540, 640 mounted on the midplane 400 may be vertical or header connectors. A first vertical connector 640 may be mounted to a first side 403 of the midplane 400, and a second vertical connector 540 maybe mounted to a second side 402 of the midplane 400.
[0077] The midplane 400 may define a pattern of holes that extend from the first side 403 of the midplane 400 to the second side 402. Each of the vertical connectors 540, 640 may define contact tail patterns that correspond to the midplane-hole pattern. Accordingly, each hole may receive a respective contact from each of the connectors 540, 640. Thus, the connectors "share" the holes defined by the midplane 400.
[0078] Each of the right-angle connectors 530, 630 may be connected to a respective daughtercard 510, 610. The first connector 630 may be mounted on a daughtercard 610 that is horizontal. That is, the daughtercard 610 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Z shown in FIG. 14. Of course, this "horizontal" designation may be arbitrary. The second connector 530 maybe mounted to a daughtercard 510 that is "vertical." That is, the daughtercard 510 may lie in a plane defined by the arrows designated X and Y shown in FIG. 14. Thus the connector system 620 comprising the header connector 640 and the right-angle connector 630 may be called the horizontal connector system 620 or horizontal connector 620. The connector system 520 comprising the header connector 540 and the right-angle connector 530 may be called the vertical connector system 520 or the vertical connector 520. The daughtercards 510, 610 thus may be orthogonal to one another, and to the midplane 400.
[0079] Each right-angle connector 530, 630 may include lead frame assemblies, with each including contacts extending from a mating interface of the connector 530, 630 (where the connector mates with a respective vertical connector 540, 640) to a mounting interface (where the connector is mounted on a respective daughtercard 510, 610). The lead frame assemblies may be retained within a respective right-angle connector by a respective retention member. [0080] FIG 15. is a side view of second embodiment electrical connectors 540, 640 mounted orthogonally to one another through use of shared holes in a midplane. FIG. 16 is a side view as shown in FIG 15 but with respective connector housings 543, 643 hidden, thus showing contact arrangements within the second embodiment electrical connectors. The views of the connectors 540, 640 in FIGs. 15 and 16 are in the direction indicated by the Z arrow shown in FIG. 14.
[0081] As shown, the vertical connectors 540, 640 are "male" or "plug" connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the vertical connectors 540, 640 are blade shaped. Thus the vertical connectors 540, 640 may be header connectors. Correspondingly, the right- angle connectors 530, 630 (FIG. 14) are receptacle connectors. That is, the mating portions of the contacts in the right-angle connectors 530, 630 are configured to receive corresponding blade contacts from the vertical connectors 540, 640. It should be understood, of course, that the vertical connectors 540, 640 could be receptacle connectors and the right-angle connectors 530, 630 could be header connectors. [0082] . The connectors 540, 640 may each include electrical contacts in a signal-signal- ground orientation or designation. Such orientation or designation may provide for differential signaling through the electrical connectors 540, 640. Of course, alternative embodiments of the invention may be used for single-ended signaling as well. Other embodiments may implement shields in lieu of ground contacts or connectors devoid of ground contacts and/or shields.
[0083] The contacts of each of the connectors 540, 640 may be arranged in arrays of rows and columns. Each column of contacts of the connector 640 may.extend in the direction indicated by the Y arrow and each row of contacts of the connector 640 may extend in the direction indicated by the Z arrow of FIG. 14. Conversely (and because of the orthogonal relationship of the connectors 540, 640), each column of contacts of the connector 540 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Z of FIG. 14, and each row of contacts of the connector 540 may extend in the direction indicated by the arrow Y. Of course, the designation of the direction of rows versus columns is arbitrary.
[0084] In the example embodiments of FIGs. 15 and 16, adjacent signal contacts in each column form respective differential signal pairs. A column may begin with a ground contact, such as a contact 66 IG (a so-called "outer ground"), and may end with a signal contact, such as a contact 668S2. Each signal contact in a column of the connector 640 may electrically connect, through shared holes in the midplane, with a signal contact in a row of the connector 540. For example, the signal contact 662Sl of the connector 640 may connect with the signal contact 568Sl of the connector 540. It should be understood that the contacts may be arranged in any combination of differential signal pairs, single-ended signal conductors, and ground contacts in either the row or column direction. Such mating within the midplane 400 is shown by the dashed lines.
[0085] As described herein, the vertical connector 540 may be electrically connected to the right angle connector 530. The right angle connector 530 may include contacts that have different lengths than other contacts in the right angle connector 530. As described herein, for example, contacts in the right angle connector nearest the daughtercard may be shorter than contacts further from the daughtercard. Such different lengths may affect the properties of the connector 530 and the connector system 520. For example, signals may propagate through a shorter contact in the right angle connecter 530 in a shorter amount of time than a longer contact, resulting in signal skew. A header connector according to the invention maybe used to affect (e.g., reduce, minimize, correct) the skew resultant from such differing contact lengths. That is, the longer signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the shorter signal contact in the header connector, and the shorter signal contact in the right-angle connector can be matched with the longer signal contact in the header connector. By jogging the longer signal contact in the header connector by the right amount, skew between the longer and shorter signal contacts in the right-angle connector could be reduced or eliminated.
[0086] Within the dielectric vertical connector housing 543, 643 of respective connectors 540, 640, portions of each ground contact, such as the ground contact 567G may extend (or jog) a first distance Dl (e.g., 0.7 mm) at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact. A terminal portion of each ground contact, such as the ground contact 567G, may extend at an angle (e.g., 45°) from jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion.
[0087] For each signal pair, one signal contact, such as the contact 568S 1 may include a jogged interim portion that extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (i.e., the blade portion) of the contact 568Sl. A terminal (tail) portion of each first signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. Thus, the tail portion of the first signal contact may be offset in the first direction from the mating portion of the first signal contact by an offset distance (e.g., 0.7mm).
[0088] The second signal contact, such as the contact 568S2 in each pair has a jogged interim portion that extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from an end of the mating portion (Le., the blade portion) of the contact 568S2. A terminal (tail) portion of each second signal contact extends at an angle (e.g., 45°) from the jogged portion, parallel to the mating portion. Thus, the tail portion of the second signal contact may be offset in a second direction from the mating portion of the second signal contact by an offset distance (e.g., 0.7mm). The direction in which the tail of the second signal contact is offset from its mating portion may be the opposite of the direction in which the tail portions of the ground contact and the first signal contact are offset from their mating portions.
[0089] The contacts of the connector 640 likewise may be jogged in a manner similar to that described with respect to the connector 540. FIG. 17A is a front view of a mating side of an alternative embodiment electrical connector 640 as the vertical connector 640 would be oriented and mounted to the first side 403 of the midplane 400. Thus, FIG. 17 A depicts a view, in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14, of the mating side of the connector 640 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 14. As described herein, the connector 640 may include a column of contacts 661G-668S2 extending along the Y direction. It should be recognized that, though the contacts are shown as including a rectangular cross section, other contact shapes (square, rounded) are envisioned for use in alternative embodiments.
[0090] FIG. 17B depicts the first embodiment electrical connector of FIG. 17 A with the housing 643 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 17A, FIG. 17B is a depiction in the direction indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14. FIG. 18 depicts a midplane footprint for the example embodiment electrical connector on the first side 403 of the midplane 400. FIG. 17B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 640 and the through holes of the midplane 400. FIG. 17B also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contact 661 G, 662S 1 , 662S2 by the distance Dl .
[00911 The signal contacts 661 G, 662S 1 , 662S2, for example, may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 470, 471, 472. Also shown in FIG. 17B are outer ground contacts 540G, 541G, 542G, 543G of the vertical connector 540 extending from the opposite side 402 of the midplane 100 through through-holes of the midplane.
[0092] FIG. 19A is a front view of a mating side of the second electrical connector 540 as the connector 540 would be oriented and mounted to the second side 402 of the midplane 400. Thus, FIG. 19A depicts a view, in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14, of the mating side of the connector 540 shown in a plane defined by the Y and Z arrows of FIG. 14. FIG. 19B depicts the electrical connector 540 of FIG. 19A with the housing 543 of the connector hidden. As in FIG. 19A, FIG. 19B is a depiction in the direction opposite that indicated by the arrow X of FIG. 14. FIG. 20 depicts a midplane footprint for the example embodiment electrical second side 402 of the midplane 400.
[0093] FIG. 19B shows the electrical connection between contacts of the vertical connector 540 and the through-holes of the midplane 400. FIG. 19B also shows the jogging of contacts, such as the contacts 567G, 568Sl, 568S2 by the distance Dl .
[0094] The contacts 567G, 568Sl, 568S2, for example, may be mated to respective midplane through-holes 473, 472, 471. As described with respect to FIG. 17B5 contacts 662Sl, 662S2 of the vertical connector 640 may likewise be mated to respective through-holes 471, 472. Therefore, contacts 568Sl, 568S2 maybe electrically connected to, respectively, contacts 662S2, 662Sl.
[0095] Also shown in FIGs. 19B and 20 are outer ground contacts 657G, 658G, 659G, 661G of the vertical connector 640 extending from the opposite side 403 of the midplane 400. [0096] FIG. 21 is a transparent view through the midplane for an alternative embodiment orthogonal connection. FIG. 21 shows the jogging of the respective ground and signal contacts. Among other things, FIG. 21 shows the mating of contacts 568Sl, 568S2 with, respectively, contacts 662Sl, 662S2 through the midplane 400. The transparent view of FIG. 21 also shows the location of the outer grounds 657G, 658G, 659G, 661G of the connector 640 and the outer grounds 540G, 541 G, 542G, 543G of the connector 540.
[0097] FIG. 21 further shows that in each header connector 540, 640, the tails ends of the signal contacts of the connector 540 are received into the same holes as the tail ends of complementary signal contacts from the connector 640.
[0098] FIG. 22 provides a routing example for the alternative embodiment orthogonal connection. The connector footprint 700 shown is the same as that depicted in FIG. 18, which is the same as the connector footprint depicted in FIG. 20 rotated 90°. As shown, two pairs 710, 720 of electrically conductive traces may be routed between two pairs of rows/columns 730, 740 that define the signal pairs. Though only two pairs of traces 710, 720 are shown in FIG. 22, it should be understood that two pairs of traces 710, 720 maybe routed between each two pairs of rows/columns that define the signal pairs.
[0099] In an example embodiment, the anti-pads 741 may have a width (diameter at their ends) of about 1.25 mm (0.049"). The spacing between the anti-pads and adjacent traces may be about 0.05 mm (0.002"). Trace width may be about 0.16 mm (0.0063"). Intra-pair spacing may be about 0.16 mm (0.0063"), while inter-pair spacing may be about 0.49 mm (0.0193"). Spacing between adjacent anti-pads may be about 1.55 mm (0.061").

Claims

What is Claimed:
1. An electrical connector comprising: first, second, and third electrical contacts that each define a mating portion, an interim portion connected to the first mating portion, and a mounting portion connected to the interim portion, wherein the mating portions of each of the first, second, and third electrical contacts are spaced apart sequentially along a common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts are offset from the common line.
2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the mounting portion of the first electrical contact also lies along the common line and the mounting portions of the second and third electrical contacts are offset to the same side of the common line.
3. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the first and second electrical contacts define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact is a ground.
4. The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the third electrical contact is offset farther from the common line than the second electrical contact
5. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the mounting portions of the first and third electrical contacts lie on one side of the common line and the mounting portion of the second electrical contact is offset to an opposite side of the common line.
6. The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the first and second electrical contacts define a differential signal pair and the third electrical contact is a ground.
7. The electrical connector of claim 1, further comprising a mating connector comprising an array of second electrical contacts.
8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein the electrical connector is a header connector and the mating connector is a right-angle connector.
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