Patent ID: 7495527
Filing Date: 2009-02-24
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
1. An RF switch, comprising: a switch housing; a first coaxial RF connector mounted to said switch housing having an inner conductor and an outer conductor; a second coaxial RF connector mounted to said switch housing having an inner conductor and an outer conductor; a third coaxial RF connector of a predetermined sex mounted to said switch housing having an inner conductor and an outer conductor; an actuator provided on a portion of said third coaxial RF connector configured to engage a mating RF connector of said third coaxial RF connector, said actuator movable from a first position to a second position responsive to a mechanical force applied to said third RF coaxial connector; a switch element responsive to said actuator exclusively forming a conductive path between said first and second coaxial RF connectors when said actuator is in said first position, and exclusively forming said conductive path between said first and third coaxial RF connectors when said actuator is in said second position.