Electrical cable interconnections for reduced impedance mismatches

Abstract

Reduced impedance mismatches are obtained when coupling electrical signalling media by replacing conventional connector architectures, which disrupt transmission line characteristics, with an electrical coupling means that permits the electrical signalling media to present a planar interface for interconnection. A connector suitable for electrically coupling a first pair of coaxially arranged conductors to a second pair of conductors disposed on a substrate includes a housing adapted to receive at least one coaxial cable having a planar interface, wherein the planar interface comprises a first conductor surface, a first dielectric surface, and a second conductor surface, the three surfaces being substantially coplanar with each other, and a connector bottom mechanically coupled to the housing and coupled to the planar coax cable interface, wherein the connector bottom comprises an electrically insulative portion, the electrically insulative portion having at least two major surfaces; and at least two electrically conductive portions.

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