Patent ID: 6366185
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
An RF interconnect between an airline circuit including a dielectric substrate having a conductor trace formed on a first substrate surface and an RF circuit vertically separated from the airline circuit by a separation distance, the RF interconnect comprising:a compressible conductor structure having an uncompressed length exceeding the separation distance; a dielectric sleeve structure surrounding at least a portion of the uncompressed length of the compressible conductor structure; and wherein said RF interconnect structure is disposed between said substrate and said RF circuit such that said compressible conductor is placed under compression between said substrate and said RF circuit, and and wherein said RF interconnect structure is disposed between said substrate and said RF circuit such that said compressible conductor is placed under compression between said substrate and said RF circuit, and wherein said RF circuit is a grounded coplanar waveguide (GCPW) circuit including a GCPW dielectric substrate with a first surface having a conductor center trace and a ground conductor pattern formed thereon, said compressible conductor under compression between said GCPW substrate and said airline substrate.