Patent ID: 6094115
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H01P,H01R

Abstract:
An interconnect structure providing an interconnect transmission line having an interconnect length for RF signal interconnection between two separated substrates, the interconnect structure comprising:a solid conductor pin sized to form an inner conductor for the interconnect transmission line, the pin having a first pin diameter, and a head region of a second pin diameter greater than the first pin diameter, said head region formed intermediate a first pin end and a second pin end, the pin having a length less than the interconnect length;a dielectric tube structure having an outer diameter and an inner tube opening diameter sized to receive tightly therein regions of the pin of the first pin diameter, the tube structure having a first end and a second end;an air gap defined in a circumferential region around the pin head region;a first wire bundle fabricated of densely packed wire packed in the first end of the tube opening and having a first end and a second end, the first end in compression against the first end of the solid conductor pin, the second end of the first wire bundle protruding from the first end of the through hole for making electrical contact with a surface of a mating first substrate; anda second wire bundle fabricated of densely packed wire packed within the second end of the tube opening and having a first end and a second end, the first end in compression against the second end of the solid conductor pin, the second end of the second wire bundle protruding from the second end of the through hole for making electrical contact with a surface of a mating second substrate.