Patent ID: 6362696
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: G01S,H01P,H03B

Abstract:
In combination, a pair of devices, each device including a respective nonradiative dielectric waveguide;each said nonradiative dielectric waveguide comprising a respective pair of conductors which are arranged substantially parallel to each other and at a specified spacing, and a corresponding dielectric strip disposed between the respective pair of conductors; each said device having an end surface which is defined by a pair of respective ends of said pair of conductors, said end surface being transverse to a direction in which an electromagnetic wave is propagated in the dielectric strip, the respective dielectric strip in the corresponding said device having an end which is substantially even with said end surface of the device; said ends of the respective dielectric strips in the pair of devices being electromagnetically coupled to each other for propagating said electromagnetic wave between the respective devices; and one of said devices having a substantially flat mounting surface for surface-mounting said one of said devices, said flat mounting surface being distinct from said end surface, said flat mounting surface abutting said end of the corresponding one of said pair of conductors at said end surface of said one of said devices.