EP0446980B2 - Verbinderanordnung für gedruckte Leiterplatten - Google Patents

Verbinderanordnung für gedruckte Leiterplatten Download PDF

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EP0446980B2
EP0446980B2 EP91200396A EP91200396A EP0446980B2 EP 0446980 B2 EP0446980 B2 EP 0446980B2 EP 91200396 A EP91200396 A EP 91200396A EP 91200396 A EP91200396 A EP 91200396A EP 0446980 B2 EP0446980 B2 EP 0446980B2
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Geert Antoon Lips
Luc Jonckheere
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6581—Shield structure
    • H01R13/6585—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts
    • H01R13/6586—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules
    • H01R13/6587—Shielding material individually surrounding or interposed between mutually spaced contacts for separating multiple connector modules for mounting on PCBs
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R12/00—Structural 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
    • H01R12/70—Coupling devices
    • H01R12/71—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/72—Coupling devices for rigid printing circuits or like structures coupling with the edge of the rigid printed circuits or like structures
    • H01R12/722—Coupling 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
    • H01R12/724—Coupling 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 containing contact members forming a right angle
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R13/00—Details of coupling devices of the kinds covered by groups H01R12/70 or H01R24/00 - H01R33/00
    • H01R13/648—Protective earth or shield arrangements on coupling devices, e.g. anti-static shielding  
    • H01R13/658—High frequency shielding arrangements, e.g. against EMI [Electro-Magnetic Interference] or EMP [Electro-Magnetic Pulse]
    • H01R13/6591—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members
    • H01R13/6592—Specific features or arrangements of connection of shield to conductive members the conductive member being a shielded cable
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
    • H01R24/00—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure
    • H01R24/38—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts
    • H01R24/40—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency
    • H01R24/50—Two-part coupling devices, or either of their cooperating parts, characterised by their overall structure having concentrically or coaxially arranged contacts specially adapted for high frequency mounted on a PCB [Printed Circuit Board]

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  • the invention relates to a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • Such connector assemblies are known in various embodiments.
  • attention has mainly been paid to the mechanical aspects of the connector assembly, in particular with respect to the forces required for mating and unmating the connector elements.
  • Attention was only paid to the electrical aspects in that one aimed at realizing good reliable connections between the contacts of both connector elements.
  • the electrical performance of the contacts as a circuit element becomes important.
  • problems occur with higher signal speeds with respect to cross-talk between signal contacts, transmission losses, reflections and ground bounce or switching noise. Despite an optimal distribution of the ground and signal contacts these problems cannot be eliminated below rise times of 0.6ns in the known connector assemblies.
  • a connector assembly according to the preamble of claim 1 is known from US-A-4 867 707.
  • the contact means of each outer conductor adapted to contact the adjacent ground contacts is made as a female contact type for receiving and enclosing a ground contact pin.
  • the signal contacts together with the corresponding outer conductors each form more or less a transmission line with a geometry, the dimensional parameters of which can be determined in such a manner that the electrical requirements which are made on the connector assembly, are met.
  • the cable connector comprises an outer conductor with a plurality of contact springs formed out of the outer conductor and adapted to contact terminal pins inside the outer conductor.
  • the invention aims to provide a connector assembly of the above-mentioned type with a high density of contacts while maintaining the transmission line character.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention is characterized by the features of the characterizing part of claim 1.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention shows the advantage that the connector elements and the male and female contacts can be made in a usual manner so that all known design and manufacturing techniques of the ususal connector assemblies can be used advantageously.
  • the connection between the male and female contacts is comparable with the same of the known connector assemblies so that the favourable mechanical properties thereof, such as mating/unmating forces and in particular the tolerances with respect to the mutual positions of the contacts are maintained when used in rack and panel configurations.
  • all contacts and outer conductors can be manufactured from metal strips by stamping and forming so that the manufacturing costs of the connector assembly according to the invention are low.
  • Each signal contact of the second connector element is mounted in the corresponding outer conductor by means of a dielectric insert.
  • the impedance of each signal contact can be determined by using an insert wherein by providing more or less recesses the dielectric constant of the insert between the signal contact and the outer conductor can be determined. Thereby the combination of signal contact and outer conductor which can be considered as a transmission line, can be provided with a desired impedance.
  • Fig. 1 is a section of a first embodiment of a connector assembly wherein the first and second connector elements are shown in a disassembled position.
  • Fig. 2 is a section corresponding with fig. 1 of an amended embodiment of the connector assembly according to the invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a top view of the first connector element of figs. 1 and 2.
  • Figs. 4a and 4b show perspective the ground contact plates of the second connector element of figs. 1 and 2, respectively.
  • Fig. 5 is a partially shown perspective cut-away view of the second connector element of the connector assembly of fig. 1.
  • Fig. 6 is a perspective view of an amended embodiment of the outer conductor and corresponding signal contact as the same can be used in the second connector element.
  • Fig. 7 is a partially shown perspective cut-away view of an amended embodiment of the second connector element of a connector assembly according to the invention.
  • Fig. 7a is a perspective view of an outer conductor of the connector element of fig. 7 with dielectric insert.
  • Fig. 8 is a section corresponding with fig. 1 of an amended embodiment of the connector assembly according to the invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the outer conductors of the second connector element of the connector assembly according to fig. 8.
  • Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a ground contact of the first connector element of the connector assembly according to fig. 8.
  • Fig. 11 shows in perspective an outer conductor of the second connector element with two female signal contacts.
  • Fig. 12 is a top view of an alternative embodiment or the first connector element according to the invention.
  • Fig. 13 is a section according to the line XV-XV of fig. 12.
  • Fig. 14 is a perspective view of an outer conductor with signal contact of the first connector element of fig. 12.
  • Fig. 15 is a section corresponding with fig. 13 of a first connector element with amended connection to a printed circuit board.
  • Fig. 16 shows in perspective the outer conductors with signal contacts of the connector element of fig. 15.
  • a connector assembly 1 comprising a first connector element 2 with a first housing 3 of insulating material and contact pins 4 and 5 arranged in parallel rows r and columns c (see fig. 3).
  • These contact pins 4, 5 each have a connection element 6, by which the contact pins 4, 5 can be connected with the plated inner wall of holes in a printed circuit board 7 indicated by a dashed.
  • the connection elements 6 are preferably provided with a known press-fit portion not further shown.
  • the connector element 2 comprises two rows with signal contact pins 4 which are indicated by an s, wherein at both sides of each row with only signal contact pins 4 a row with only ground contact pins 5 indicated by a g is provided.
  • the arrangement is such that a column with only ground contact pins 5 is provided on both sides of each column c with alternatingly signal contact pins 4 and ground contact pins 5.
  • the rows with contact pins 4, 5 have a fixed intermediate spacing of 2mm, while in row direction the ground contact pins 5 lie at a fixed intermediate spacing of 2mm and the signal contact pins 4 lie at a fixed intermediate spacing of 4mm.
  • the connector assembly 1 is further provided with a second connector element 8 with a second housing 9 of insulating material adapted to be inserted with a mating side 10 in the first housing 3 of the connector element 2.
  • the second connector element 8 is shown in perspective in fig. 5 and includes two rows with female signal contacts 11 for contacting the signal contact pins 4 when the second housing 9 is received in the first housing 3.
  • Each signal contact 11 is enclosed by an outer conductor 12 which seen in column direction has opposite contact springs 13. In mated position these contact springs 13 contact the ground contact pins 5 of the first connector element 2 lying in the same column as the corresponding signal contact pin 4.
  • the outer conductors 12 Seen in row direction the outer conductors 12 have opposite contact tongues 14 adapted to contact ground contact plates 15 located on both sides of each outer conductor 12 in the second housing 9.
  • the contact tongues 14 lying at the mating side in fig. 5 conduct the current to the inner side of the outer conductor 12 whereas the contact tongues 14 lying at the other end conduct the current from the inner side of the outer conductor to the ground contact plates 15.
  • Fig. 4a shows one ground contact plate 15 in perspective.
  • This ground contact plate 15 is provided with female contact elements 16 at the mating side, which contact elements 16 cooperate with the columns with only ground contact pins 5 of the first connector element 2. In this manner a very good ground connection between both connector elements 2, 8 is obtained, wherein a favourable current distribution in the outer conductors 12 occurs.
  • connection elements 17 and 18 are provided with a press-fit portion.
  • ground contact plates 15 can be closed by providing a ground contact plate 15 with extensions which extend from this ground contact plate 15 to the adjacent ground contact plate 15. Thereby the signal contacts 11 will be fully enclosed by ground contact plates.
  • the signal contacts 11 Due to the fact that the signal contacts 11 are surrounded by the outer conductors 12 and are further enclosed between the ground contact plates 15, the signal contacts 11 with the outer conductor 12/ground contact plates 15 form a transmission line with a geometry, of which the electrical parameters and thereby the performance as circuit element can be determined.
  • the signal contacts 11 are mounted in the outer conductors 12 by means of dielectric inserts 19. These dielectric inserts 19 which can be manufactured by injection molding at low costs, have a predetermined dielectric constant. By providing larger or smaller recesses so that more or less air is present between the signal contacts 11 and the outer conductors 12, this dielectric constant can be determined and thereby among others the impedance of the transmission line formed by the signal contacts 11 and the outer conductors 12/ground contact plates 15. In this manner a connection can be realized with a constant impedance, wherein cross-talk between signal contacts cannot occur because each signal conductor is surrounded by a ground conductor.
  • connection elements 17, 18 of the signal contacts 11 and the ground contact plates 15 may also be made as contact springs adapted for surface mounting as appears from fig. 2, showing a connector assembly, the connector element 2 of which fully corresponds with the connector element 2 of fig. 1 and the connector element 8 of which is provided with ground contact plates 20 and signal contacts 11 adapted for surface mounting.
  • the connection elements are indicated by 17' and 18'.
  • Fig. 4b shows in perspective a ground contact plate 20 used in the embodiment according to fig. 2.
  • Fig. 6 shows in perspective one outer conductor 24 which can be mounted in the second connector element 8 for connecting coaxial cables 25 to the printed circuit board 7.
  • the outer conductor 24 comprises a connection element 26 to provide a simple connection with the outer conductor 27 of the coaxial cable 25.
  • the connection element 26 is first bent around the outer conductor 27.
  • the signal contact not further shown and mounted in the outer conductor 24 by the dielectric insert 19, has a connection element 28 for connecting the inner conductor 29 of the coaxial cable 25.
  • the connection between the outer conductor 27 and the inner conductor 29 can be obtained by soldering.
  • Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of an amended embodiment of the second connector element 8 with the housing 9, wherein the outer conductors 12 at the side opposite of the mating side 10 are provided with an extension 31 having two ground contact pins 32 to be connected to a printed circuit board 33.
  • fig. 7a one of the outer conductors with dielectric insert 19 and both ground contact pins 32 is shown in perspective.
  • the ground contact pins 32 can be provided with a press-fit portion.
  • the contact pins 32 are lying with respect to the longitudinal direction of the outer conductor 12 diagonally with respect to each other.
  • Straight opposite of each contact pin 32 a recess 34 is provided, leaving free a hole 35 of the printed circuit board 33 which is intended to receive the ground contact pin 32 of an adjacent outer conductor 12.
  • Fig. 8 shows a cross-section of a connector assembly 39, wherein the first connector element 40 mainly corresponds with the first connector element of fig. 1.
  • the contact pins 4, 5 are located in column direction at a mutual distance of 2,5mm.
  • the signal contact pins 4 lie at an intermediate spacing of 4,5mm.
  • Each three subsequent ground contact pins 5 are united into a ground contact lip 41 shown in fig. 10, which can have three connection elements 42 with a mutual spacing of 1,5mm.
  • the connector assembly 39 comprises a second connector element 43 which in the same manner as the second connector element 8 is provided with two rows of female signal contacts.
  • the second connector element 43 further comprises for each signal contact an outer conductor 44 and 45, respectively, having an extension 46 and 47, respectively.
  • the outer conductors 44, 45 are perspectively shown in fig. 9.
  • the extensions 46, 47 have four connection elements 48 which may be provided with a press-fit portion.
  • the outer conductors 44, 45 further have two contact springs 49 on both sides for contacting the ground contact lips 41 which are adjacent on both sides of the corresponding signal contact pin 4 of the first connector element 40. Thereby the ground connection is separated for each column of signal contacts.
  • each female signal contact is mounted in the corresponding outer conductor 44, 45 also by means of a dielectric insert in the connector assembly 39.
  • two connection elements 50 of the female signal contacts of the second connector element 43 are shown.
  • connection elements for mounting in plated holes of a printed circuit board.
  • connection elements can be made as contact springs for surface mounting.
  • each female signal contact is enclosed by an outer conductor
  • twinax or triax connections with the same favourable properties can be obtained.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention is therefor for example also suitable for use in systems equiped with ECL circuits.
  • Fig. 11 shows in perspective as an example an outer conductor 51 of a second connector element not shown, in which two female signal contacts 52 are mounted by means of an insert 53.
  • the outer conductor 51 comprises ground connection elements 54, whereas the signal contacts 52 each have a connection element 55. Further the outer conductor 51 is provided with contact springs 56 for contacting ground contacts of the corresponding signal contact of the first connector element not shown. It will be clear that both connector elements can be made in the above-described manner for the remaining part.
  • the described connector assemblies already give a substantial improvement as to the high frequency performance. A further improvement can even be obtained if the signal contacts of the first connector element are mounted in an outer conductor in the same manner as the signal contacts of the second connector element.
  • Figs. 12 and 13 show a top view and a section, respectively, of a first connector element 56, wherein each signal contact 4 is enclosed by an outer conductor 57 along the portion of the signal contact extending in the insulating material of the first housing 3.
  • the signal contacts 4 are in this case mounted in the outer conductor 57 by means of an insert 58. It is noted that in this case also two or more signal contacts 4 can be enclosed by a common outer conductor 57.
  • the ground contacts 5 of the connector element 56 each comprise a plate-like portion 59 contacting the outer conductor 57 of adjacent signal contacts 4. At the location of the contact points the outer conductors 57 are provided with a contact tongue 60 as shown in fig. 14.
  • a section as in fig. 13 of a first connector element 61 is shown, which connector element 61 is adapted for a perpendicular connection to a printed circuit board in dicated by a dashed line.
  • the outer conductors 57 comprise an extension 62 which in the same manner as the extensions 31 of the outer conductors 12 is provided with ground connection elements 63.
  • the ground contacts 5 are made without connection elements 6.
  • the outer conductors 57 with extensions 62 are perspectively shown in fig. 16.
  • the connection elements 63 are provided in the same manner as the connection elements 32 of the extension 31 of the outer conductors 12.
  • recesses 34 are made for the connection elements of adjacent outer conductors.
  • the signal contact pins 4 with their connection elements 6 can also be seen.
  • the first connector element comprises rows of only signal contacts. It is however also possible to mount a ground contact between subsequent signal contacts. In that case the ground contact plates of the corresponding second connector elements can be omitted so that the ground contacts lying in a row of signal contacts can directly contact the outer conductors through suitable contact springs or the like.
  • the connector assembly according to the invention can also be provided with signal contacts mounted in the usual manner which of course are only suitable for relatively low frequency signals.
  • the invention provides a connector assembly wherein the signal contacts with corresponding outer conductors can be considered as a transmission line with such a geometry that the electrical parameters of the connector assembly can be determined. Thereby it is possible to adapt the impedance of the signal contads to the output impedance of the signal source and in put impedance of the receiver.
  • the connector assembly provides a connection with a predetermined impedance between printed circuit boards or between a printed circuit board and a multi-core cable.
  • the manufacturing costs of this connector assembly are relatively low because all signal and ground contacts and outer conductors can be manufactured by stamping and forming. Further both press-fit and surface mounting connections to printed circuit boards are possible.
  • the connection between male and female contacts can be compared with the same of the known connector assemblies so that the favourable mechanical properties thereof, like mating and unmating forces and in particular the tolerances with respect to the mutual positions of the contacts, are maintained when used in rack and panel configurations.

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  1. Verbinderanordnung (1, 21, 39) für gedruckte Leiterplatten (7), mit
    einem ersten Verbinderelement (2, 40, 56, 61) mit einem ersten Gehäuse (3) aus isolierendem Material und gleichmäßig in Zeilen und Spalten angeordneten Signal- und Erdungssteckkontakten (4, 5) die mit der Leiterplatte verbindbar sind, und
    einem zweiten Verbinderelement (8, 43) mit einem zweiten Gehäuse (9) aus isolierendem Material, welches mit einer Gegensteckseite (10) in das erste Gehäuse eingesteckt werden kann, und mit Signal- und Erdungskontaktbuchsen (11, 16, 52) mit einem Verbindungselement (17, 18), wobei die Kontaktbuchsen regelmäßig in Zeilen und Spalten angeordnet sind und die entsprechenden Steckkontakte verbinden, wenn das zeite Gehäuse in dem ersten Gehäuse aufgenommen ist, wobei das zweite Verbinderelement (8, 43) mit mehreren äußeren Leitern (12, 24, 44, 45, 51) ausgerüstet ist, wobei jeder äußere Leiter im wesentlichen mindestens einen Signalkontakt (11, 52) in einer Umfangsrichtung umfaßt und jeder äußere Leiter Kontaktmittel (13, 49, 56) aufweist, die so ausgebildet sind, daß sie mit den benachbarten Erdungskontakten (5) des/bzw. jedes entsprechenden Signalkontakts (4) des ersten Verbinderelements (2, 40, 56, 61) außerhalb des äußeren Leiters in Kontakt stehen, wobei jeder äußere Leiter des zweiten Verbinderelements mit einem dielektrischen Einsatz (19, 53) ausgerüstet ist, in dem der/bzw. jeder entsprechende Signalkontakt in montiert ist,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß
    das Kontaktmittel eines jeden äußeren Leiters (12, 24, 44, 45, 51) des zweiten Verbinderelements (8) aus dem äußeren Leiter als Kontaktfedern (13, 49, 56) gebildet ist, um die Erdungskontakte (5) des ersten Verbinderelements (2, 40, 56, 61) zu kontaktieren, wobei die äußeren Leiter des zweiten Verbinderelements in Zeilen und Spalten angeordnet sind und jede Spalte mindestens zwei äußere Leiter enthält, wobei im ersten Verbinderelement eine Zeile Erdungskontakte (5) zwischen zwei Zeilen Signalkontakten (4) angeordnet ist und die Erdungskontakte (5) dieser Zeile, wenn sie zusammengebracht werden, zwei benachbarte Kontaktfedern (13, 49, 56) der benachbarten äußeren Leiter in einer Spalte kontaktieren.
  2. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste Verbinderelement (2) mindestens zwei Reihen Signalkontakte (4) aufweist, wobei eine Reihe mit ausschließlich Erdungskontakten (5) zu beiden Seiten jeder Reihe mit Signalkontakten (4) angeordnet ist.
  3. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste Verbinderelement (2) mit einer Spalte mit ausschließlich Erdungskontakten (5) versehen ist, wobei zu beiden Seiten einer jeden Spalte Signalkontakte (4) und Erdungskontakte (5) angeordnet sind.
  4. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder äußere Leiter (12, 44, 45, 51) des zweiten Verbinderelements (8) eine Verlängerung (31, 46, 47) gegenüber der Gegensteckseite (10) aufweist, wobei die Verlängerung Erdungsverbindungslemente (32, 48, 54) aufweist.
  5. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder äußere Leiter (12) des zweiten Verbinderelements (8) zwei Verbindungsstifte (32) zur Verbindung mit einer gedruckten Leiterplatte (33) aufweist, wobei die Verbindungsstifte diagonal bezüglich der Längsrichtung der äußeren Leiter angeordnet sind, wobei gegenüber jedem Verbindungsstift (32) eine Aussparung (34) in einem äußeren Leiter vorgesehen ist, um den Verbindungsstift (32) eines benachbarten äußeren Leiters (12) aufzunehmen.
  6. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß in Richtung der entsprechenden Reihe von Signalkontakten (4) gesehen jeder äußere Leiter (12, 24, 44, 45, 51) mit gegenüberliegenden Kontaktzungen (14) versehen ist, um die Erdungskontaktplatten (15, 20, 23) zu kontaktieren, die zu beiden Seiten eines jeden äußeren Leiters in dem zweiten Gehäuse (9) angeordnet sein können, wobei die Erdungskontaktplatten (15, 20, 23) mit Kontaktbuchsenelementen (16) auf der Gegensteckseite (10) versehen sind, um die Erdungskontakte (5) des ersten Verbindungselements (2, 40, 56, 61) zu kontaktieren.
  7. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß eine Erdungskontaktplatte (15, 20, 23) zu beiden Seiten eines jeden äußeren Leiters (12, 24, 44, 45, 51) angeordnet ist, wobei die Erdungskontaktplatte (15, 20, 23) Erdungsverbindungselemente (18, 18') auf der der Gegensteckseite (10) gegenüberliegenden Seite aufweist.
  8. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jede Erdungskontaktplatte (15, 20, 23) sich an der zur Gegensteckseite (10) entgegengesetzten Seite hinter den Verbindungselementen (17, 17') der Signalkontakte (11) erstreckt.
  9. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erdungskontakte (5) des ersten Verbinderelements in Gruppen in jeder Reihe in Erdungskontaktlippen (41) verbunden sind, wobei jeder äußere Leiter (44, 45) des zweiten Verbinderelements ausgebildet ist, um nur solche Erdungskontaktlippen (41) zu kontaktieren, die zu dem entsprechenden Signalkontakt auf beiden Seiten davon benachbart sind.
  10. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß einer oder mehrere der äußeren Leiter (24) und der entsprechenden Signalkontakte des zweiten Verbinderelements zur Verbindung eines Koaxialkabels (25) mit Verbindungselementen (26, 28) versehen sind.
  11. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das erste Verbinderelement (56, 61) mit mehreren äußeren Leitern (57) versehen ist, die im wesentlichen mindestens einen Signalkontakt (4) in einer Umfangsrichtung entlang wenigstens eines Teils des/bzw. jedes Signalkontakts umgeben, der sich in dem Isoliermaterial des ersten Gehäuses erstreckt, und wobei jeder der äußeren Leiter ausgebildet ist, um die benachbarten Erdungskontakte (5) des entsprechenden Signalkontakts bzw. jedes entsprechenden Signalkontakts (4) des ersten Verbinderelements zu kontaktieren.
  12. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder äußere Leiter (57) des ersten Kontaktelements (56, 61) mit einem dielektrischen Einsatz (58) versehen ist, wobei der entsprechende Signalkontakt (4) bzw. die entsprechenden Signalkontakte in dem Einsatz montiert sind.
  13. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 11 oder 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder äußere Leiter (57) zum Kontaktieren der Erdungskontakte (5) mit Kontaktzungen (60) versehen ist.
  14. Verbinderanordnung nach Anspruch 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Erdungskontakte (5) des ersten Verbinderelements (56, 61) jeweils ein plattenähnliches Teil zum Kontaktieren einer Kontaktzunge (60) des äußeren Leiters (57) des benachbarten Signalkontakts (4) bzw. der benachbarten Signalkontakte (4) aufweisen.
  15. Verbinderanordnung nach einem der Ansprüche 11 bis 14, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß jeder äußere Leiter (57) des ersten Verbinderelements (61) mit einer Verlängerung (62) auf seiner dem zweiten Verbinderelement gegenüberliegenden Seite versehen ist, wobei die Verlängerung (62) mit Erdungsverbindungselementen (63) zum Verbinden der Erdungskontakte (5) mit einer gedruckten Leiterplatte versehen ist, wobei die Erdungsverbindungselemente (63) sich senkrecht zur Längsrichtung des äußeren Leiters erstrekken.
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