Patent ID: 6840810
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: H01P,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A termination assembly for a differential signal, high-frequency transmission line, the transmission line having a dielectric body, the body having a plurality of raised lands interconnected by a web portion, each of the raised lands including a pair of conductive traces disposed on exterior surfaces thereof, the conductive traces being arranged in pairs on said raised lands and spaced apart from each a given distance along the length of said raised lands between two opposing ends thereof, the termination assembly comprising: a housing, the housing including a dielectric body portion having a cavity disposed therein which is complementary in configuration to said transmission line body and which is sized to receive an end of said transmission line, the housing cavity including a plurality of wide portions interconnected by a slot, the wide portions receiving said transmission line dielectric body raised lands and the slot receiving said transmission line dielectric body web when an end of said transmission line dielectric body is inserted into said housing cavity, the housing further including a plurality of conductive elements spaced apart from each other and disposed within the cavity so as to electrically engage said transmission line conductive traces when said transmission line dielectric body end is inserted into said cavity, and said housing further including conductive tail portions projecting exterior of said cavity and said body portion for engagement with opposing conductive surfaces of a circuit board.