Connector apparatus and radio transmission system

• US 9,728,833 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 08/08/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Okada, Yasuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Trandai, Cindy
• Application Number:
  US14/783,565
• Publication Number:
  US 20160036114A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,230 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 3/16 Dielectric waveguides, i.e. without a longitudinal conductor
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 5/087 Transitions to a dielectric waveguide
• CPC Class Codes: H01P 5/107 Hollow-waveguide/strip-line transitions
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 50/20 using microwaves or radio frequency waves

Abstract

The present invention includes a first connector unit, a second connector unit, and a joining unit. The first connector unit is provided at an end section of a feeder cable formed on a circuit substrate. The second connector unit is provided at an end section of a waveguide cable through which a high-frequency signal is transmitted. The joining unit includes a hollow waveguide interposed between the first connector unit and the second connector unit, the joining unit being capable of detachably joining the first connector unit and the second connector unit.

Claims

1. A connector apparatus, comprising:

a hollow waveguide provided on a circuit board, the hollow waveguide being electromagnetically-coupled with a feeder wire formed on the circuit board, wherein the hollow waveguide is detachably coupled with an end of a waveguide cable configured to transmit a high-frequency signal, wherein the hollow waveguide has a height and a width, wherein the waveguide cable has a height and a width, wherein at least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the waveguide cable, wherein

a spacer is interposed between the hollow waveguide and the end of the waveguide cable, wherein the spacer has a height and a width, wherein a least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the spacer, and wherein the height of the spacer is greater than the height of the waveguide cable.

2. The connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the spacer is a hollow waveguide.

3. The connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the hollow waveguide is a hollow ridge waveguide.

4. The connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the waveguide cable is a dielectric waveguide.

5. The connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the waveguide cable is a dielectric ridge waveguide.

6. The connector apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the high-frequency signal is a millimeter-waveband signal.

7. A connector apparatus, comprising:

a hollow waveguide provided on an end of a waveguide cable configured to transmit a high-frequency signal, the hollow waveguide being electromagnetically-coupled with the waveguide cable, wherein the hollow waveguide is detachably coupled with an end of a feeder wire formed on a circuit board, wherein the hollow waveguide has a height and a width, wherein the waveguide cable has a height and a width, wherein at least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the waveguide cable, wherein a spacer is interposed between the hollow waveguide and the end of the waveguide cable, wherein the spacer has a height and a width, wherein a least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the spacer, and wherein the height of the spacer is greater than the height of the waveguide cable.

8. The connector apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the spacer is a hollow waveguide.

9. The connector apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the hollow waveguide is a hollow ridge waveguide.

10. The connector apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the waveguide cable is a dielectric waveguide.

11. The connector apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the waveguide cable is a dielectric ridge waveguide.

12. The connector apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the high-frequency signal is a millimeter-waveband signal.

13. A connector apparatus, comprising:

a first connector unit provided on an end of a feeder wire formed on a circuit board;

a second connector unit provided on an end of a waveguide cable configured to transmit a high-frequency signal; and

a coupler including a hollow waveguide interposed between the first connector unit and the second connector unit, the coupler being configured to detachably couple the first connector unit and the second connector unit, wherein the hollow waveguide has a height and a width, wherein the waveguide cable has a height and a width, wherein at least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the waveguide cable, wherein

a spacer is interposed between the hollow waveguide and the end of the waveguide cable, wherein the spacer has a height and a width, wherein a least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the spacer, and wherein the height of the spacer is greater than the height of the waveguide cable.

14. The connector apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the hollow waveguide is provided on the circuit board, the hollow waveguide being electromagnetically-coupled with the end of the feeder wire.

15. The connector apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the hollow waveguide is electromagnetically-coupled with the end of the waveguide cable.

16. The connector apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the high-frequency signal is a millimeter-waveband signal.

17. A wireless transmission system, comprising:

a sender configured to send a high-frequency signal;

a receiver configured to receive the high-frequency signal;

a waveguide cable configured to transmit the high-frequency signal between the sender and the receiver; and

a connector apparatus configured to connect at least one of the sender and the receiver, and the waveguide cable, wherein

the connector apparatus includes

a first connector unit provided on an end of a feeder wire formed on a circuit board,

a second connector unit provided on an end of a waveguide cable configured to transmit a high-frequency signal, and

a coupler including a hollow waveguide interposed between the first connector unit and the second connector unit, the coupler being configured to detachably couple the first connector unit and the second connector unit, wherein the hollow waveguide has a height and a width, wherein the waveguide cable has a height and a width, wherein at least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the waveguide cable, wherein

a spacer is interposed between the hollow waveguide and the end of the waveguide cable, wherein the spacer has a height and a width, wherein a least the height of the hollow waveguide is greater than the height of the spacer, and wherein the height of the spacer is greater than the height of the waveguide cable.

18. The wireless transmission system according to claim 17, wherein the high-frequency signal is a millimeter-waveband signal.