Contact assembly

Abstract

A contact assembly for an electrical connector comprises: a row of signal contacts having plural contacting portions and plural mounting portions, the row of signal contacts including at least one pair of differential signal contacts; an insulator secured to the row of signal contacts; and an upper ground plate and a lower ground plate surrounding the row of signal contacts; wherein at least one of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate integrally has a plurality of ground mounting portions aligned with the plurality of mounting portions of the row of signal contacts; and at least one of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate has a plurality of shields each located between the at least one pair of differential signal contacts and an adjacent signal contact of the row of signal contacts.