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US 2014/0235100 A1Published application
Microwave coaxial connector, intended notably to link two printed circuit boards together
AssigneeRadiall
InventorYves PERRIN
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a novel microwave coaxial connector that allows for a board-to-board connection over a very short distance, typically less than or equal to 2 mm, with relatively high tolerances in relative value terms but low tolerances in absolute value terms, typically equal to 0.2 mm, and at the same time ensuring a good electrical contact between all the tracks of the printed circuits to be connected.
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Microwave coaxial connector, intended notably to link two printed circuit boards together, wherein it comprises:
- a first outer contact comprising a body of generally tubular form of longitudinal axis X comprising a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and, on its outer periphery, between the first and second ends, a contact surface of flared form towards the second end,
- a central contact comprising an elongate element partly folded on itself defining an elastically deformable loop which can be closed, with one of its free ends outside of the loop,
- a second outer contact comprising an elastically deformable open ring
- an insulating element comprising an open slot that is elongate on the axis X, the insulating element being arranged between the elongate conductive element and the tubular body,
- in that the elongate conductive element inside the insulating element is such that its loop can be closed and elastically deformed by compression on itself between a non-deformed position in which its top protrudes beyond the first end and an extreme deformed position in which its top is aligned on the first end, the free end of the elongate conductive element outside of the loop being able to slide by protruding from the slot so as to be aligned on the second end regardless of the deformed position of the loop,
- and in that the ring is kept outside the tubular body so that it can be elastically deformed by pressing against the flared surface between a non-deformed position in which it is not pressing against the flared surface and its top protrudes beyond the first end and an extreme deformed position in which its top is aligned on the first end.
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