Wide band printed circuit board through connector

A system comprising:

• one or more through connector devices, each through connector device comprising:
• a coaxial cable receiver portion defined by one or more surfaces, the coaxial cable receiver portion configured to couple to a center conductor portion of a coaxial cable, the center conductor portion of the coaxial cable protruding above a dielectric material of the coaxial cable;
• a beam lead positioned adjacent to the coaxial cable receiver portion;
• a planar transmission line contact pad configured to make electrical contact with a planar transmission line of a printed circuit board;
• and
• a step configured to electrically and mechanically couple the beam lead to the planar transmission line contact pad, the step configured to create a gap between a bottom surface of the beam lead and a top surface of an outer conductor portion of the coaxial cable;
• and
• a multi-layered printed circuit board stack-up, the multi-layered printed circuit board stack-up comprising:
• one or more printed circuit board layers, the one or more printed circuit board layers configured to be laminated together;
• one or more planar transmission lines, the one or more planar transmission lines including a first planar transmission line on a first side of the multi-layered printed circuit board stack-up and an additional planar transmission line on an additional side of the multi-layered printed circuit board stack-up;
• one or more planar transmission ground planes, at least one of the one or more planar transmission ground planes positioned between a first printed circuit board layer and an adjacent printed circuit board layer;
• and
• a plated through hole, the plated through hole configured to receive a portion of the coaxial cable, the plated through hole configured to make electrical contact with an outer surface of the outer conductor portion of the coaxial cable;
• the one or more through connector devices configured to interconnect the first planar transmission line and the additional planar transmission line.