Patent ID: 6407923
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A support architecture for a plurality of printed circuit boards containing RF signaling circuits comprising:a base plate having first and second sides and containing apertures therethrough in which first multi-pin connectors are supported in an orientation that is generally transverse to said base plate; RF signal distribution networks associated with said RF signaling circuits of said printed circuit boards, disposed on said first side of said base plate, and coupled to said first multi-pin connectors; and a plurality of a printed circuit board mounting modules affixed on said second side of said base plate in mutually adjacent, spatially separated relationship, and configured to support said plurality of printed circuit boards in a direction that is generally transverse to said second side of said base plate, and having convectively cooled heat exchangers integral therewith that extend into gaps between spaced apart printed circuit board mounting modules; a respective printed circuit board having a first side thereof coupled with a respective printed circuit board mounting module, and a second side thereof containing an RF signaling circuit and a second multi-pin connector having respective pins thereof connected to signal and RF signal ground conductors of said RF signaling circuit, said second multi-pin connector being adapted to engage a respective one of said first multi-pin connectors, so as to provide an RF signaling path between said RF signaling circuit of said respective circuit board on a module retained on said second side of said base plate and an associated RF signal distribution network on said first side of said base plate.