Patent ID: 9160096
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly, comprising: a shell; an insulator held by the shell; a center contact held by the insulator, the center contact having a terminating segment at an end thereof; a mating contact held in the shell for mating with the terminating segment to form a center conductor through the connector assembly, the mating contact and the terminating segment slidably engage one another as the connector assembly is compressed during mating with a mating connector, the mating contact and the terminating segment having a variable mating range defined between a retracted position and an advanced position with an intermediate position between the retracted position and the advanced position; and a compound dielectric surrounding the at least a portion of the center conductor, the compound dielectric positioned between the center conductor and the shell, the compound dielectric comprising, a first dielectric layer at least partially surrounding the center conductor; and a second dielectric layer at least partially surrounding the first dielectric layer; wherein the second dielectric layer has a different dielectric constant than a dielectric constant of the first layer; and wherein the compound dielectric is impedance matched with the shell and center conductor at the intermediate position as opposed to at the retracted position or at the advanced position.