Contact assembly and electrical connector having the same

Abstract

A contact assembly for an electrical connector comprises: a row of signal contacts having plural contacting portions and plural mounting portions; 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 each of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate integrally has a plurality of ground mounting portions; and the plurality of ground mounting portions of one of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate contact the other one of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate, and the plurality ground mounting portions of the other one of the upper ground plate and the lower ground plate are aligned with the plurality of mounting portions of the row of signal contacts.