Connectors and connector interfaces

Abstract

This invention relates to connector grounding shield terminal walls. A connector having grounding shield terminal walls and flexible shielding pads is described. An exemplary connector includes a housing and a sheet body assembly located within the housing, the housing having a slot for insertion of a board edge interface. The sheet body assembly includes a channel shield and a pair of signal terminals extending along a channel of the channel shield. The channel shield includes a channel base wall, a pair of channel sidewalls, and a pair of grounding shield terminal walls. When the board edge interface is inserted into the housing, the contact tip surfaces of the signal terminals and the grounding shield terminal walls are configured to intersect with a single contact tip plane. Flexible shielding pads are secured to the grounding shield terminal walls, and flexible grounding strips are secured across the grounding shield terminal walls. The shielding pads and grounding strips may be implemented as conductive foam.

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