Communication system comprising a connector having first and second waveguides disposed in proximity to each other for coupling millimeter-wave data signals

A connector system comprising:

• a first waveguide having a first opening terminal;
• a second waveguide having a second opening terminal;
• a first dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal;
• a second dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the second opening terminal;
• a first dielectric protrusion provided on the first dielectric plate;
• and
• a second dielectric protrusion provided on the second dielectric plate,
• wherein a cross-sectional shape of each of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is a rectangle,
• wherein the first waveguide, the first dielectric plate, and the first dielectric protrusion form a first structure of a pair of structures,
• wherein the second waveguide, the second dielectric plate, and the second dielectric protrusion form a second structure of the pair of structures, and
• wherein the pair of structures is configured to perform bidirectional communication.

A connector system comprising:

• a first waveguide having a first opening terminal;
• a second waveguide having a second opening terminal;
• a first dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal;
• a second dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the second opening terminal;
• and
• a dielectric protrusion is provided on a plane on which the opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal is in contact with the first dielectric plate, the dielectric protrusion being located at a center position of the opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal,
• wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to transmit a high-frequency signal when the first opening terminal is in contact with or in a vicinity of the second opening terminal,
• wherein the dielectric protrusion is a three-dimensional (3D) structure that is one of a rectangular parallelepiped or a column, and
• wherein a height of the dielectric protrusion from the plane is ½ of a wavelength of the high-frequency signal transmitted by the first waveguide and received by the second waveguide.

A data communication device comprising:

• a connector system including
• a waveguide;
• and
• a dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the waveguide, wherein
• the data communication device is configured to transmit a millimeter-waveband data signal when an opening terminal of the waveguide is in contact with or in a vicinity of a second opening terminal of a second waveguide of a second data communication device.

A connector system comprising:

• a first waveguide having a first opening terminal;
• a second waveguide having a second opening terminal;
• a first dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal;
• and
• a second dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the second opening terminal,
• wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to transmit a millimeter-waveband data signal when the first opening terminal is in contact with or in a vicinity of the second opening terminal;
• a cross-sectional shape of at least one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is one of a square or a circle, wherein,
• when the cross-sectional shape of at least one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is the square, at least one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is configured to perform a first bidirectional communication using a horizontally-polarized wave and a vertically-polarized wave, and wherein,
• when the cross-sectional shape of at least one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is the circle, at least one of the first waveguide and the second waveguide is configured to perform a second bidirectional communication using a right-handed circularly polarized wave and a left-handed circularly polarized wave.

A communication system comprising:

• a first communication device including a first waveguide;
• a second communication device including a second waveguide;
• and
• a connector system configured to connect the first waveguide and the second waveguide when a first opening terminal of the first waveguide is in contact with or in a vicinity of a second opening terminal of the second waveguide,
• wherein the connector system includes a dielectric plate provided on at least one of a first opening terminal surface of the first waveguide or a second opening terminal surface of the second waveguide,
• wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to transmit a millimeter-waveband signal,
• wherein the first communication device and the second communication device are configured to communicate with each other when the first waveguide is in contact with or in the vicinity of the second waveguide.

A connector system comprising:

• a first waveguide having a first opening terminal;
• a second waveguide having a second opening terminal;
• a first dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal;
• and
• a second dielectric plate provided on an opening terminal surface of the second opening terminal,
• wherein the first waveguide and the second waveguide are configured to transmit a millimeter-waveband signal when the first opening terminal is in contact with or in a vicinity of the second opening terminal, wherein
• the first dielectric plate is part of a chassis, and wherein the first waveguide is housed within the chassis;
• a dielectric protrusion provided on an inner surface of the first dielectric plate, the dielectric protrusion being located at a center position of the opening terminal surface of the first opening terminal, wherein
• the dielectric protrusion is integrally formed with the first dielectric plate.