Variable location connector for communicating high frequency electrical signals
First Claim
1. A mountable connector for making electrical connection between a cable and a conductive line on a substrate, comprising:
- a mounting plate having a plurality of tapped threaded holes therein;
an extended coupling throat connected to a first side of said mounting plate, and having an end for mechanically coupling to a cable;
a conductive gasket, having a center hole mating with said extended coupling throat, and having bolt holes mating with the tapped threaded holes in said mounting plate, anda wire lead extending from a second side of said mounting plate, and in electrical connection with a conductor within said extended coupling throat, said wire lead suitable for connection to a conductive line.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A connector for connecting coaxial cable to a microstrip transmission line on a substrate is disclosed. The connector includes tapped threaded holes in a mounting plate, and an extended throat between the mounting plate and the threaded coaxial coupler. The threaded holes and extended throat allow for the mounting of the connector on the inner surface of the chassis wall, for example within a machined cavity or within a stamped dimple. The chassis bolt holes are oversized, to allow for fine adjustment of the vertical and lateral position of the connector on the chassis wall relative to the transmission line trace. The resulting connection has reduced UHF signal attenuation, and also a higher reliability connection to the transmission line.
134 Citations
16 Claims
-
1. A mountable connector for making electrical connection between a cable and a conductive line on a substrate, comprising:
-
a mounting plate having a plurality of tapped threaded holes therein; an extended coupling throat connected to a first side of said mounting plate, and having an end for mechanically coupling to a cable; a conductive gasket, having a center hole mating with said extended coupling throat, and having bolt holes mating with the tapped threaded holes in said mounting plate, and a wire lead extending from a second side of said mounting plate, and in electrical connection with a conductor within said extended coupling throat, said wire lead suitable for connection to a conductive line. - View Dependent Claims (2)
-
-
3. A high frequency electronic system, comprising:
-
a substrate having a transmission line thereon, said transmission line having a trace extending toward an edge of said substrate; a chassis having an enclosure defined by a wall, within which said substrate is disposed, said wall having bolt holes and a connector hole therethrough; a connector for coupling said transmission line trace to a cable, comprising; a mounting plate disposed between a portion of said wall and said substrate, having a plurality of tapped threaded holes therein mating with said bolt holes in said wall; a coupling throat connected on a first end to said mounting plate extending through said wall, and having a second end for mechanically coupling to a cable; and a wire lead extending from said mounting plate toward and in electrical connection with said transmission line trace, and in electrical connection with a conductor within said coupling throat; and bolts for securing said connector to said wall, said bolts passing through said bolt holes and threadably engaged in said tapped threaded holes in said mounting plate. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
-
-
8. The system of claim 25, wherein said bolt holes are larger in the vertical direction than in the lateral direction.
-
14. A method of installing a connector into a chassis to make connection between a cable and a conductor on a substrate, said connector having a mounting plate with tapped threaded holes therein, a coupling throat connected to a first side of the mounting plate, and a wire lead extending from a second side of said mounting plate, comprising the steps of:
-
inserting said coupling throat through a hole in a wall of said chassis, said wall also having non-threaded holes therethrough corresponding to said tapped threaded holes in said mounting plate; threading bolts into the tapped threaded holes in said mounting plate, said bolts passing through the non-threaded holes in said wall so that said mounting plate is held against said wall by said bolts; adjusting the position of said mounting plate relative to the substrate so that said wire lead is positioned over the conductor on the substrate; tightening said bolts; and connecting said wire lead to said conductor. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
-
Specification