US Patent 7004793 Low inductance shielded connector

An electrical connector system includes mating header and socket connectors. The header connector includes a plurality of signal pins and a plurality of shield blades. The socket connector including an electrically insulative carrier containing a plurality of electrical cable connectors. Each of the cable connectors comprises an electrically conductive outer housing containing an electrically insulative inner housing. The inner housing holds at least one conductive terminal in electrical isolation from the outer housing for making electrical connection between a cable signal conductor and a signal pin of the header connector. The inner housing includes a cavity for receiving one of the plurality of shield blades of the header connector, and the outer housing includes a contact for electrically coupling with the shield blade.