Abstract:
A modular jack includes an insulative housing, an oblique inner PCB mounted on the insulative housing, a number of mating contacts soldered to the top edge portion of the inner PCB, a number of footer pins soldered to the bottom edge portion of the inner PCB, and a number of POE leads soldered to the top edge portion. The contacts, footer pins, and POE leads are retained on the same piece insulative housing, thus omitting requirement of an insulative carrier and a process of assembling the footer pins and POE leads to the insulative carrier. Each of the contacts, footer pins, and POE leads has a connecting section extending along a same direction in order for the tail sections to be soldered on a same top face of the inner PCB by a one-time soldering process.