Patent ID: 6016085
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
An RF. termination load comprising:a substantially flat base of an electrically and thermally conductive material having first and second surfaces, a recess in said first surface and a groove in the first surface extending from the recess to an edge of the base;a resistor seated in the recess in the first surface of the base, said resistor comprising a substrate of an electrically insulating material having first and second opposed surfaces, a resistance film on said first surface, a first contact of a conductive material on said first surface at one end of the resistance film and a second contact of a conductive material on said first surface and extending from the other end of the resistance film over an edge of the substrate and along the second surface of the substrate, said resistor being seated in the recess with the portion of the second contact which is on the second surface of the substrate being seated on and contacting the base; andan RF cable having an inner conductor and an outer shielding conductor spaced and insulated from the inner conductor, the cable having an end which is seated in the groove in the first surface of the base with the inner conductor being electrically connected to the first contact of the resistor and the outer shielding conductor being electrically connected to the base.