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Noncontact RF connector

  • US 5,977,841 A
  • Filed: 12/20/1996
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An RF connector that transmits RF power through a dielectric seal, said connector comprising:

  • an input connector portion comprising an outer conductor coaxially disposed around an inner conductor, and having dielectric material disposed between the inner and outer conductors, and having an impedance matching input transition portion that abuts an input side of the dielectric seal that has a relatively large diameter adjacent the dielectric seal and transitions to a relatively small diameter distal from the dielectric seal; and

    an output connector portion comprising an outer conductor coaxially disposed around an inner conductor, and having dielectric material disposed between the inner and outer conductors, and having an impedance matching output transition portion that abuts an output side of the dielectric seal that has a relatively large diameter adjacent the dielectric seal and transitions to a relatively small diameter distal from the dielectric seal;

    and wherein RF energy transmitted by way of the input connector portion is capacitively coupled through the dielectric seal to the output connector portion.

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