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Abstract

A high density electrical cable connector has a primary structural support or spine that is made of an electrically conducting material. The cable connector has a strain relief or cable retainer attached at one end of the spine for securing a cable to the spine. The cable connector has electrically conductive terminals at an opposite end, the terminals having contact portions for receiving and electrically connecting to other terminals, such as pins or other contacts on an electronic or electrical device such as a circuit board and/or another electrical connector. An intermediate layer of non-conducting material between the terminals and the spine electrically isolates the terminals from the spine. Wires from the cable may be attached to the terminals, so as to form an electrically conductive path between the cable and other terminals connected, e.g., pins, received by the terminals. One of the wires from the cable may also be attached to the spine to maintain the spine at a ground or other reference voltage. The spine is in relatively close proximity to the terminals to provide a voltage reference plane, such as a voltage reference plane, and is thus cooperative with the terminals to maintain and/or to control impedance in the circuit paths of the cable connector.

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