ELECTRICAL SHIELDING FOR WAFER ASSEMBLY OF ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

A wafer assembly includes a leadframe with signal contacts and cables with signal conductors arranged as a signal pair terminated to the corresponding signal contacts at a cable termination region. The wafer assembly includes a wafer body holding the signal contacts. A ground frame is attached to the wafer body to provide electrical shielding for the leadframe. The wafer assembly includes shield bridges extending across the space between the cable shields and the ground frame to provide shielding for the signal pairs and the terminating ends of the corresponding signal contacts. The shield bridges are formed in place in the cable termination region to electrically connect the ground frame and the cable shields.