Waveguide structure comprising first and second waveguide sections connected to each other through a fixed connector

US11705613B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Schleifring GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Iris Metzner · Neubiberg, DE
• Holger Steffens · Herrsching am Ammersee, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 29, 2022
• Grant date: Jul 18, 2023
• Expiry date: Aug 29, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01P5/107
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A waveguide structure includes a first waveguide section mechanically and electrically connected by a fixed connector to a second waveguide section. The waveguide sections include a dielectric material with a ground layer and a conductor structure with a pair of elongate conductors. The fixed connector includes a dielectric material with a pair of contact pads insulated from a ground layer. The fixed connector is attached by its top side to the bottom sides of interface sections of the waveguides sections forming a ground contact. The interface sections each comprise an intermediate conductor from each of the elongate conductors at the top side to the bottom side of the dielectric material. The intermediate conductors are connected via the contact pads.