Capacitivly coupled flat conductor connector
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsKendrick Van Swearingen, Jeffrey D Paynter, Frank Harwath, Jonathon C. Veihl
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Abstract
A capacitivly coupled flat conductor connector provided with a male connector body and a female connector body. An alignment insert is coupled to the male connector body, the alignment insert dimensioned to support a predefined length of an inner conductor. An alignment receptacle coupled to the female connector body, the alignment receptacle dimensioned to receive a connector end of the alignment insert to seat an overlapping portion of an inner conductor and an inner conductor trace parallel with one another against opposite sides of a spacer.
Claims20
A capacitivly coupled flat conductor connector, comprising:
- a male connector body with a bore dimensioned to couple with an outer conductor;
- the outer conductor surrounding a dielectric layer which surrounds a generally flat inner conductor;
- an alignment insert coupled to the male connector body, dimensioned to support the inner conductor extending from a connector end of the male connector body;
- a female connector body with a bore provided with an alignment receptacle dimensioned to support an inner conductor trace on a printed circuit board;
- the alignment receptacle dimensioned to receive the alignment insert to seat an overlapping portion of the inner conductor and the inner conductor trace parallel with one another against opposite sides of a spacer.
A capacitivly coupled flat conductor connector, comprising:
- a male connector body;
- an alignment insert coupled to the male connector body;
- the alignment insert dimensioned to support a predefined length of an inner conductor;
- a female connector body;
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- an alignment receptacle coupled to the female connector body;
- the alignment receptacle dimensioned to receive a connector end of the alignment insert to seat an overlapping portion of an inner conductor and a mating conductor, the mating conductor supported by the female connector body, parallel with one another against opposite sides of a spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.