Patent ID: 8514582
Filing Date: 2013-08-20
Classification: H01P,H01R,H04N

Abstract:
1. A coax-balun module, comprising: a housing; a threaded plug mounted in an end of the housing; at least two input conductors; at least one ground conductor; a printed circuit board located within the housing, the printed circuit board being electrically connected to the at least two input conductors and the at least one ground conductor; and a balun transformer disposed within a balun well in the housing and adjoining the printed circuit board such that the balun transformer is plugged into the printed circuit board, and wherein a front edge of the printed circuit board engages with a mating surface of the threaded plug, wherein the module has an overall length of less than 2.5 inches, an overall height of less than 1.2 inches, and an overall width of less than 1.1 inches, whereby the module is compact enough to occupy only a single position on a network interface device (NID).