Claims
- 1. An interconnection system comprising:a first connector and a second connector head to head positioned with each other on a printed circuit board, each of said first and second connectors including: an insulative housing defining a central slot with two rows of pairs of contacts positioned by two sides of the central slot; four rows of conductive pads formed on the printed circuit board corresponding to two rows of the contacts of each of said connectors, respectively; wherein in every four conductive pads, taken along each transverse line, of the respective four rows of conductive pads, the conductive pad of a first row is electrically connected to the conductive pad of the third row via a trace by one side of said four conductive pads, while the conductive pad of the second row is electrically connected to the conductive pad of the fourth row via another trace on the other side of said four conductive pads.
- 2. The system as defined in claim 1, wherein the conductive pad of the first row is electrically connected to a lower contact of the first connector, the conductive pad of the second row is electrically connected to an upper contact of the first connector, the conductive pad of the third row is electrically connected to an upper contact of the second connector, and the conductive pad of the fourth row is electrically connected to a lower contact of the second connector.
- 3. The system as defined in claim 2, wherein said upper contact and said lower contact of the first connector, and said upper contact and said lower contact of the second connector are all located in a same transverse plane.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part application of the application Ser. No. 09/270,380 filed Mar. 16, 1999, now U.S. Pat No. 6,113,398 which is a continuation-in-part application of the application Ser. No. 08/858,218 filed May 10, 1997 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,882,211, and a continuation-in-part application of the application Ser. No. 09/016,144 filed Jan. 30, 1998. now U.S. Pat. No. 6,086,416.
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