Microcoaxial cable connector

A connector assembly (100) for an array of discrete microcoaxial wires (10) includes a housing (102) with signal terminals (140) disposed therein having intermediate sections (154) exposed along a rearward housing section (114) for eventual solder termination to inner conductor ends (20) of the wires. The signal terminals of each row are initially joined to a respective carrier strip (146) until after soldering. A ground plate (50) is insertable into a medial slot (106) of the housing and includes an array of semicylindrical nests (56) formed to receive portions of the microcoaxial wires thereinto for soldering of ground ferrules (30) therearound directly to the nests (56) prior to insertion of the ground plate into the housing, thereby defining a wire-carrying subassembly (90). When the ground plate (50) is inserted into the housing (102), the stripped inner conductors (20) are positioned at termination sites (144) of the signal terminals (140) for soldering.