US Patent 7785135 Electrical connector having an improved magnetic module

An electrical connector (100) has a housing (10) defining an opening therein (101), a magnetic module (3) mounted to the housing and a shield (50) surrounding the housing. The magnetic module includes a printed circuit board (31), a first set of terminals (20) mounted to a front face of the printed circuit board and received in the opening, a second set of terminals (21) mounted to a rear side of the printed circuit board, a toroidal coil pair (32) mounted to the printed circuit board and having a first toroidal body and (321), and a second toroidal body (322) electrically connected with each other by a circuit provided on the printed circuit board.