Flexible, radio-frequency transitions and electronic systems that include the flexible, radio-frequency transitions

A flexible, radio-frequency transition configured to electrically interconnect a first electronic component and a second electronic component to facilitate radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween, the transition comprising:

• a flexible dielectric membrane;
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• a microstrip transmission line formed on the flexible dielectric membrane, wherein the microstrip transmission line includes an electrically conductive signal trace and an electrically conductive ground plane for the electrically conductive signal trace;
• wherein the transition is configured to electrically interconnect the first electronic component and the second electronic component, and to permit radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween, throughout a range of transition angles,
• wherein an electrically insulating region of the flexible dielectric membrane extends between, and electrically isolates, the electrically conductive signal trace and the electrically conductive ground plane;
• wherein the electrically insulating region of the flexible dielectric membrane includes an insulating membrane layer, wherein the electrically conductive signal trace is formed on a trace side of the insulating membrane layer, and further wherein the electrically conductive ground plane is formed on a plane side of the insulating membrane layer;
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• wherein the electrically insulating region of the flexible dielectric membrane includes an insulating membrane region that is defined on a surface of at least one of the flexible dielectric membrane and a membrane layer of the flexible dielectric membrane, wherein the electrically conductive signal trace and the electrically conductive ground plane both are formed on the surface.

A flexible, radio-frequency transition configured to electrically interconnect a first electronic component and a second electronic component to facilitate radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween, the transition comprising:

• a flexible dielectric membrane;
• and
• a microstrip transmission line formed on the flexible dielectric membrane, wherein the microstrip transmission line includes an electrically conductive signal trace and an electrically conductive ground plane for the electrically conductive signal trace;
• wherein the transition is configured to electrically interconnect the first electronic component and the second electronic component, and to permit radio-frequency electrical communication therebetween, throughout a range of transition angles;
• wherein the transition includes a plurality of microstrip transmission lines that includes a plurality of electrically conductive signal traces and a plurality of electrically conductive ground planes, wherein each microstrip transmission line of the plurality of microstrip transmission lines includes a corresponding electrically conductive signal trace of the plurality of electrically conductive signal traces and a corresponding electrically conductive ground plane of the plurality of electrically conductive ground planes;
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• wherein the transition further includes a plurality of ground connections that electrically interconnect a central region of adjacent electrically conductive ground planes of the plurality of electrically conductive ground planes.