Patent ID: 6686732
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
An interface module for connecting a plurality of signal paths from a first electronic assembly to a second electronic assembly, the interface module including:a plurality of coaxial cables having distal ends adapted for coupling to the first electronic assembly and having proximal ends, each cable having a shield conductor and a center conductor; a stiffener formed with a plurality of throughbores for receiving the proximal ends of the plurality of signal cables, the stiffener having a flat termination side at one end of the plurality of throughbores; and a flat substrate bonded to the stiffener termination side, the substrate having respective opposite planar surfaces and formed with spaced-apart signal paths and ground paths extending transversely from one planar surface to the other planar surface, each center conductor and shield conductor electrically coupled to the signal paths and ground paths, the center conductor mounted to the flat substrate to minimize relative axial displacement with respect to the shield conductor.