# US 10,374,273 B2 · Connector device, communication device, and communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,374,273 B2 - Document ID: US10374273B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/549,335 - Filed: 2015-12-10 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-02-27 - Assignees: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Applicants: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation - Inventors: Kenichi Kawasaki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10374273B2 ## CPC - H01P 1/042: {Hollow waveguide joints} - H01J 23/54: Filtering devices preventing unwanted frequencies or modes to be coupled to, or out of, the interaction circuit; Prevention of high frequency leakage in the environment - H01P 1/04: Fixed joints - H01P 5/04: with variable factor of coupling - H04B 1/04: Circuits - H01P 5/022: {Transitions between lines of the same kind and shape, but with different dimensions} - H04B 5/22: Capacitive coupling - H04B 5/24: Inductive coupling - H01P: WAVEGUIDES; RESONATORS, LINES, OR OTHER DEVICES OF THE WAVEGUIDE TYPE (operating at optical frequencies G02B) - H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H) - H04B: TRANSMISSION ## Abstract A connector device of the present disclosure includes two waveguides configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal, a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the two waveguides, and a control unit that is provided on a side of the waveguide, which is on a transmission side to transmit a radio-frequency signal, between the two waveguides and that stops transmission of the radio-frequency signal according to the connection state of the two waveguides, the state being monitored by the state monitoring unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A connector device, comprising: a first waveguide configured to transmit a first radio-frequency signal, wherein the first waveguide is on a transmission side of the connector device; a second waveguide configured to receive the first radio-frequency signal; a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first waveguide and the second waveguide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the first radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first waveguide; and a control unit is on the transmission side, wherein the control unit is configured to stop transmission of the first radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide monitored by the state monitoring unit. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the state monitoring unit is on the transmission side of the connector device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the state monitoring unit is further configured to: monitor whether the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is a state in which the leakage of the radio wave is detected from the connection part of the first waveguide and the second waveguide. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, further comprising a leakage prevention structure configured to prevent the leakage of the radio wave from the connection part of the first waveguide and the second waveguide, wherein an opening end of each of the first waveguide and the second waveguide are in contact with or adjacent to each other and the, leakage prevention structure is on the transmission side. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The connector device according to claim 4, wherein the leakage prevention structure comprises a choke structure in at least a peripheral part of the opening end of the first waveguide on the transmission side. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The connector device according to claim 5, wherein a depth of a groove of the choke structure is ¼ of a wavelength of the first radio-frequency transmitted between the first wavequide and the second wavequide. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the first radio-frequency signal is in a millimeter waveband. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the state monitoring unit further includes a distance detector configured to detect that a distance between the first wavequide and the second waveguide exceeds a determined distance. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The connector device according to claim 1, wherein the state monitoring unit is on a side of the second waveguide, which is on a reception side of the connector device, and the state monitoring unit is further configured to: receive the first radio-frequency signal; and transmit a return control signal corresponding to a result of the monitoring to the control unit on the transmission side of the connector device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The connector device according to claim 9, wherein the return control signal is a second radio-frequency signal. ### Claim 11 A connector device, comprising: a first waveguide configured to transmit a first radio-frequency signal, wherein the first waveguide is on a transmission side of the connector device; a second waveguide configured to receive the first radio-frequency signal, wherein the second waveguide is on a reception side of the connector device; a state monitoring unit on the reception side of the connector device, wherein the state monitoring unit is configured to: monitor a connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide; receive the first radio-frequency signal; and transmit a return control signal corresponding to a result of the monitoring, wherein the return control signal is a second radio-frequency signal; and a control unit on the transmission side of the connector device, wherein the control unit is configured to: stop transmission of the first radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide; and receive the return control signal from the state monitoring unit. ### Claim 12 A first communication device, comprising: a connector device configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal to a second communication device, wherein the connector device includes: a first waveguide configured to transmit the radio-frequency signal to a second waveguide of the second communication device; a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first wavequide; and a control unit configured to stop transmission of the radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide monitored by the state monitoring unit. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The first communication device according to claim 12, wherein the radio-frequency signal is in a millimeter waveband. ### Claim 14 A communication system, comprising: a first communication device; a second communication device; and a connector device configured to transmit a radio-frequency signal between the first communication device and the second communication device, wherein the connector device includes: a first wavequide in the first communication device; a second wavequide in the second communication device; a state monitoring unit configured to monitor a connection state of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, wherein the state monitoring unit comprises a leakage detector configured to detect leakage of a radio wave from a connection part of the first wavequide and the second wavequide, the leakage of the radio wave is detected based on a correlation between a signal of the radio wave leaked from the connection part and the radio-frequency signal transmitted by the first wavequide; and a control unit on a transmission side of the connector device that transmits the radio-frequency signal, wherein the control unit is configured to stop transmission of the radio-frequency signal based on the connection state of the first waveguide and the second waveguide monitored by the state monitoring unit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The communication system according to claim 14, wherein the radio-frequency signal is in a millimeter waveband.