Cable assembly and cable bypass assembly having the same

Abstract

A cable assembly includes: a row of terminals comprising a plurality of contact portions and a plurality of tail portions, the row of terminals comprising plural pairs of signal terminals for transmitting differential signals; an insulator secured to the row of terminals; an upper shielding plate and a lower shielding plate surrounding the row of terminals, at least one of the upper shielding plate and the lower shielding plate integrally having a plurality of ground contact portions aligned with the plurality of contact portions of the row of terminals, the contact portion of each of the plural pairs of signal terminals disposed between two adjacent ground contact portions; and a cable comprising a pair of signal conductors, an insulative layer enclosing the pair of signal conductors, and a ground shield disposed outside the insulative layer, the pair of signal conductors electrically connected to the tail portions of a corresponding pair of signal terminals, the ground shield electrically connected to at least one of the upper shielding plate and the lower shielding plate.

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