Patent ID: 6822532
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: H01P

Abstract:
A suspended-stripline device comprising:first and second conductive traces disposed on a first surface and second surface, respectively, of a dielectric substrate, each of the first and second conductive traces having a first edge and a second edge, and each of the first and second conductive traces having a section of predetermined length along a lengthwise dimension; a housing at least partially surrounding the dielectric substrate, wherein air resides between the housing and at least a portion of at least the first conductive trace; an input coupled to the first conductive trace; and an output coupled to at least one of the first and second conductive trace, wherein the second edge of each of the first and second conductive traces includes at least one outwardly extending protrusion, and wherein a plane parallel to the lengthwise dimension and orthogonal to the first and second surfaces intersects the sections of the first and second conductive traces.