Patent ID: 6542048
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H01P,H05K

Abstract:
An embedded signal channeling device for a transmission line, comprising:a dielectric support layer having a first side and a second side; a combined signal line supported by the support layer and having a first part supported by the first side of the support layer and a second part supported by the second side of the support layer; a plurality of discrete signal lines supported by the support layer, each discrete signal line having a first part supported by the first side of the support layer and a second part supported by the second side of the support layer, the plurality of discrete signal lines extending from the combined signal line and each transmitting a portion of a signal transmitted on the combined signal line; a first ground plane positioned from the first side of the dielectric support layer in a spaced relationship, the spacing between the first ground plane and the first side selected to form a propagation structure to substantially contain the electromagnetic field generated by a transmitted signal on the combined signal line and the plurality of discrete signal lines in the propagation structure; a second ground plane positioned from the second side of the dielectric support layer in a spaced relationship, the spacing between the second ground plane and the second side selected to form a propagation structure to substantially contain the electromagnetic field generated by a signal transmitted on the combined signal line and the plurality of discrete signal lines in the propagation structure; and a plurality of broadside connectors spaced at substantially equal distances along the combined signal line and each of the plurality of discrete signal lines to maintain a substantially constant phase and amplitude for the signal transmitted on each of the lines, the plurality of broadside connectors connecting the first and second parts along the length of each of the signal lines.